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For the first time, the Arab League has called for Hamas to disarm and disband.
Violence in the West Bank has intensified since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.
Israel’s strikes in Syria, framed as protecting the Druze, reflect a strategy to fragment the Syrian state and secure Israel’s role as the dominant regional power.
A joint statement by NZ and 27 other countries opens a door for further action against Israel over Gaza. What domestic and international steps could be taken?
Protesters, activists and international law are doing their job, but only political action can end a genocide.
States must exercise their full diplomatic leverage to pressure Israel to let aid in at the scale required to avert famine.
Interviews with 30 Iranian Canadians help to untangle the roots of political tensions and evolving solidarities in the Iranian diaspora in Canada.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world’s worst fears as hopes of a truce between Israel and Hamas have been dashed.
Israeli nuclear expert Avner Cohen talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how Israel has been allowed to continue with its nuclear ambiguity.
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite and Druze communities.
Dozens of people – many elderly – have been arrested in the United Kingdom after protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
Pressure is mounting on Israel to lift all restrictions on food and other emergency supplies, with more than 870 Palestinians having been killed while seeking aid.
Today, most of the Druze community is split between three countries: Lebanon, Syria and Israel.
The Syrian goivernment has lost control of the southern province of Sweida. This suits Israel just fine.
Netanyahu has so far prolonged the war to remain in power. Now as another party leaves his coalition government, he is reportedly considering calling an early election for the autumn.
The use of armed drones is not new, but they are gaining importance in current conflicts as combat units. Their automation is likely to accentuate this phenomenon.
Syria’s foreign ministry says a number of soldiers and civilians have been killed by coordinated Israeli drone attacks and airstrikes near the two countries’ border.
Thirty years after Srebrenica, our legal definition of genocide is still far too rigid.
The antisemitism strategy could stoke social divisions due to its reliance on biased arguments, weak evidence and overreach in its recommendations.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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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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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan