This unleashing of violence, including the initial acts and the response to them, inevitably leads to war crimes.
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Israel’s war with Hamas is unlike anything Israelis have seen before in some important ways, writes an Israeli filmmaker. But in other ways, it is reminiscent of the distant and not so long ago past.
It will be painful if Israel and Hamas militants continue to exchange rocket fire and airstrikes. But invading Gaza would increase the devastation even further.
New Zealand must be even-handed in its response to the catastrophe unfolding in Israel and Gaza, while still trying to keep hope of peace alive.
Many people in Gaza are reliant on the United Nations and other international aid groups to meet their basic needs, like food and medical care. A scholar of peace and conflict economics explains why.
A special forces officer explains why an overreliance on intelligence is a recipe for disaster.
Legitimacy is an essential part of comprehending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its intractable nature.
Deprived of viable political alternatives, Gaza residents have increasingly looked to violence as their only salvation from an open air prison.
Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
The Israeli hostages in Gaza are living a nightmare. They’re likely to remain displaced, under duress and will be the human shields of this war.
The enclave abutting Israel has been described as the world’s ‘largest open-air prison.’ Conditions have deteriorated for the population there under a 16-year blockade.
Support for the Palestinian cause has remained a steadfast element of South African foreign policy since the ANC came into power in 1994.
Politicians and even charities often don’t speak out about the failure to protect children.
Rarely has been the prospect of peace between Israelis and Palestinians seem so remote.
In this podcast, expert on the Middle East and former Australian ambassador to Lebanon Ian Parmeter joins The Conversation to analyse the conflict so far; explaining its background and ramifications.
What we published across the network in the days after war reignited in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Hamas named its action ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’, which emphasises what it sees as Israeli acts of desecration of a holy Islamic site in Jerusalem.
The bloody ground attacks by Hamas in Israel caused the biggest shock. But the unprecedented scale of rocketry and successful use of armed drones contributed to the surprise.
Failings leading up to the Arab-Israeli War of 50 years ago cost the then Israeli prime minister their job. Could history repeat?
Israelis will consider it critically important to reclaim their country’s military deterrence capabilities against Hamas, which may necessitate a military takeover of Gaza.
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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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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Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
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Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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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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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
