A cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has seen the release of 58 hostages held in Gaza and 111 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
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Hamas rules Gaza with repression and violence and polls show that it does not have the support of ordinary Palestinians.
While the war in Gaza has riveted public attention, the simultaneous escalation of violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is not disconnected from the violence in Gaza.
Modern settlers to Palestine viewed the desert as something they needed to “make bloom.” But it already was, thanks to the long history of Palestinian agricultural systems.
The slogan has been attacked as ‘antisemitic’ and defended as a ‘call for freedom.’ Behind the controversy is decades of usage.
In this podcast, Liberal Senator James Paterson joins The Conversation to discuss the High Court's ruling, his concerns about rising anti-Semitism, rising cyber risks, and Australia's future relations with China
A four-year survey of Palestinian school children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem found hope and wellbeing already seriously declining. The situation now can only make it worse.
A scholar who has studied Palestinian refugees for 20 years explains the history of their displacement and the stakes involved for those living in an indefinite exile.
Dates that changed the course of history in what has been called ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’.
The author spoke with 96 Palestinian teenagers in 2015 about their lives and their hopes for the future.
The concern and passion currently being manifested by supporters of the two sides could lead this time to more effective action.
Politicians have used their assumptions about Gazans to support their policies. But the people in Gaza experience these policies far differently, writes a scholar of Islamism.
Research explains why Palestinians experiencing despair may gamble with their own lives despite little real hope of improving things.
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.
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.
Recent events have put pressure on the formerly strong relationship between the US and Israel.
Israeli settler youth in the West Bank are using their right-wing ideology as a tool that allows them to harm Palestinians and their villages with no remorse.
Benjamin Netanyahu has helped reshape Israel and the broader world in profound ways. And there’s a dark side to those changes.
Since 1948, the story of Palestine has been a story of constant displacement and eviction.
Israeli troops have withdrawn after two days of fighting in a camp in the occupied West Bank. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that it would not be a ‘one-time action.’
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Professor of Development Planning, 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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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Sociology Instructor, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University
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Associate Professor of Religion, Miami University
