Israel’s latest missile strike on Iran may be more a face-saving exercise aimed at satisfying members of its coalition government than a true escalation of hostilities.
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Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.
The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.
In recent weeks, as thousands died and the threat of famine settled over Gaza, the relationship Israel and its western allies had started to fracture. Iran’s attack appears likely to change that.
Iran’s attack on Israel may have failed, but its timing was orchestrated to create maximum division.
Cancel culture leads to educational detriments that can harm democracy.
A long-running conflict between adversaries Israel and Iran fell short of open confrontation – until both countries took more direct aim at each other.
Despite launching an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, Iran is still trying to avoid a larger war.
Tehran has warned that no Israeli embassy is safe following deadly bombing of its mission in Damascus.
Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
At one of the world’s largest arms fairs, missiles are treated as commodities and warring regimes as clients.
Labor MP Josh Burns joins us to discuss the government moving towards recognition of a Palestinian state to help facilitate a two-state solution and the wider Middle East crisis.
The age of AI warfare has arrived – and it’s not looking good.
In a hard-line speech, Peter Dutton has said the Albanese Government has failed to provide moral clarity on Israel and cannot see the danger that antisemitism poses to Australia.
The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
The Albanese government’s policy has been for a two-state solution, but it has not previously embraced recognising a Palestinian state ahead of that.
The Palestinian enclave faces an interconnected series of crises that will amplify the human costs of conflict even when the bombing ends.
Former Australian Defence Force Chief Mark Binskin has a wide remit, but it’s unclear how he’ll obtain the information needed for his investigation.
Israel has historically made statements and taken actions to placate US anger without always following through. But will Biden’s threat to put conditions on aid force Israel to behave differently?
Top contributors
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
