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High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the European Parlament Plenary Session ‘Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions’. Alain ROLLAND/European Union 2025 - Source : European Parlament

EU sanctions against Israel: here’s what’s on the table

Europe has the means to prevent further suffering in Gaza, but political will is lacking.
The national Lebanese flag hangs on a building amid a Hezbollah demonstration in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 6, 2025. Photo by Nael Chahine / Middle East Images via AFP

A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?

For decades, Lebanon has been torn apart by internal division and external conflict. There may currently be a narrow window for a different future.
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza (left) and a Jerusalem protest about hostages held by Hamas, 2025. Abed Rahim Khatib, Anadolu, Getty Images/Abir Sultan, Getty Images

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity

Survivor testimonies hope for understanding, empathy – and change. From the Yoorrook Commission to Gaza and Israel, they build a case for justice in a shared future.
Residents of Gaza need to go to one of four checkpoints managed by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to receive aid supplies. Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Chaotic new aid system means getting food in Gaza has become a matter of life – and often death

Critics say the new aid distribution system put in place by Israel is deeply flawed and is leading to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House on June 24, 2025, in Washington, less than 12 hours after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Ceasefires like the one between Iran and Israel often fail – but an agreement with specific conditions is more likely to hold

While Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire after 12 days of airstrikes, it isn’t clear what specific measures, if any, the countries might agree to in order to keep the peace.
Dangerous friendship? The US president, Donald Trump, meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington in February, AP Photo/Alex Brandon

US joins Israel in attack on Iran and ushers in a new era of impunity

The US president’s decision to join Israel’s air campaign against Iran’s nuclear programme is the death knell of the old rules-based order.

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