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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Israel’s war in Gaza, which is fast approaching its first anniversary, is taking a heavy economic toll.
The latest Israeli incursions into the West Bank will only encourage more resistance and militant defiance among Palestinians.
A World Bank report from May suggested the Palestinian Authority was close to collapse – it is by no means out of the woods.
Israel has approved its largest seizure of land in the West Bank in over three decades.
Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority ‘until further notice’, and not for the first time.
Middle East expert, Simon Mabon, answers our questions about what this key development might mean for the prospects of peace in the region.
Chile has the largest population of Palestinians outside of the Middle East, they have set up a series of community institutions including a football team.
The ultra-orthodox unit of the IDF has been accused of serial human rights abuses against Palestinian civilians on the West Bank.
Nathan Thrall’s harrowing account of an avoidable tragedy doubles as a devastating analysis of the everyday realities of occupation, in the context of Palestinian and Israeli history.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
The destructive force that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has unleashed in Gaza is rooted in a century-old ideology that says overwhelming power is how Israel should deal with Palestinians.
A major ground assault on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during one of Islam’s most important months could result in a major escalation of violence.
Israel has made it clear that Hamas should have no role in Gaza after the war. But seeking an alternative in the Palestinian Authority is fraught with problems.
John Strawson, a UK-based researcher of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, answers questions about the Israeli prime minister’s plan for Gaza.
The two sides got very close to a deal in the 1990s but have drifted apart since then.
While the conflict between Hamas and Israel is unique, the case of South Africa’s border war – and subsequent fall of apartheid – might offer lessons that apply to the Middle East.
PIJ is perceived as a terrorist group operating in the shadow of Hamas, aiming to dismantle Israel with the backing of Iran – but that’s not true.
The US maintains a two-state solution is still possible, but Israel’s leader – and a majority of its people – disagree.
Top contributors
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Writing Instructor, York University, Canada
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Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Development Planning, UCL
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Rhoda and Richard Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor in Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
