The spiraling violence on the West Bank makes a peace deal between Palestinians and Israelis almost impossible to imagine.
- Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
The plan does contain some positives for Hamas. And they are unlikely to get a better offer.
As Israel begins its assault on Gaza City there is little prospect for a ceasefire.
Israel and Hamas both have reasons to want a ceasefire. But they are different.
Israel’s new plan signals that expanding its territorial control over Gaza is more than just a short-term military tactic.
Whoever is the new president wants the Senate on their side. Predictions suggest a shift from Democrat to Republican control.
However, signals do matter, especially when seen as part of a broader international shift.
The brutality of Israel’s assault on Gaza and the failure to secure the release of the October 7 hostages have left the Israeli prime minister with few friends domestically or internationally.
The prisoner-hostage exchanges mean a huge amount to both sides of the conflict.
The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.
Une implication totale du Hezbollah dans le conflit en cours entre Israël et le Hamas ouvrirait probablement la voie à une guerre régionale.
Hezbollah’s full involvement in the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict would likely open up a regional war.
Democratic failure to rescue the speaker may mean they don’t get the budget and Ukraine aid they were hoping for.
Running a campaign or serving as president from jail would pose untold challenges, but it’s not prohibited.
Biden remains the default candidate for the Democrat nomination for the 2024 election, but he is ageing and many believe the party would benefit from a younger candidate.
A los republicanos no les ha ido tan bien como se preveía en los resultados de las elecciones de medio mandato de Estados Unidos.
The Republicans have not done as well as predicted in the US midterm results.
Las luchas internas en la política palestina han contribuido a crear tensiones, mientras los graves enfrentamientos entre árabes y judíos en ciudades mixtas de Israel se recrudecen.
Factional infighting within Palestinian politics has played a part in building tensions.
Présentation des principaux membres de la nouvelle administration américaine.
What can Biden’s picks for his cabinet tell us about his administration?
The Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented power-sharing agreements before but none of them have worked.
If the violence feared in the aftermath of the election does manifest, it will be because of Congolese society’s commitment to and defence of democracy, not in spite of it.
Young Palestinian activists are risking their lives to protest against Israeli occupation – here’s why.
A Middle East in meltdown forced the Obama administration to give up crucial leverage.
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