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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Israeli troops have withdrawn after two days of fighting in a camp in the occupied West Bank.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.’
Israel’s prime minister is under pressure from public protests and an increasingly assertive right wing in his coalition government.
The youth of Masafer Yatta understand the power of education to help them lift up their communities and share their struggles with the world — and they continue to fight for their right to it.
Israel may no longer be a fledgling state – but it has yet to overcome the basic contradiction that has defined it from the very beginning.
A scholar of Jewish history explains how the term ‘pogrom’ lives in Jewish collective memory and why its use can be highly contentious.
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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, University of London
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Sociology Instructor, York University, Canada
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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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
