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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
It was business as usual between Israel and Tehran. But the rocket attack that killed 12 children in the Golan Heights could be the miscalculation that sparks a wider confilct.
The opposition leader’s trip further underlines the unravelling of bipartisanship towards Israel.
The killing of the Hamas leader in Iran may provoke a wider regional war.
A rocket attack killed 12 children and young people in a small Syrian Druze community in the Golan Heights.
But the crisis around army service for ultra-Orthodox youth is more than a political issue. It touches on the essence of the relationship between the Jewish state and its citizens.
Hezbollah is the most powerful, sub-national militant group in the world. A war with Israel could be devastating for the region.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
An expert discusses the key points arising from the Israeli prime minister’s speech to US Congress.
Israel’s democracy was already diminishing before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but things have only worsened since then.
Hopes for progress on reaching a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza have faded quickly.
Haredi Jews have been exempt from military service for all of Israel’s history, so this ruling will be deeply divisive. An Israel scholar explains.
The IDF says Hamas is an idea that is rooted in the hearts of Palestinians and trying to eradicate it is impossible.
Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah is a large, well-equipped army with the capability to badly hurt Israel.
A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah would likely set the entire region on fire, involving Iran and its proxies, and could drag the US into direct confrontation with Tehran.
All indications are that Hamas is surviving the Israeli onslaught more successfully than previously anticipated.
Recent events in the Middle East reveal internal divisions in both the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships.
As with the Good Friday agreement in 1998, both sides in the Gaza war need to negotiate in good faith – but this is sorely lacking.
Hezbollah’s evolving capabilities are taking Israel by surprise.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Research Scholar, Middle East 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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Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst