Israel has long sought to gain a military advantage by degrading its adversaries’ military capabilities outside of times of direct conflict.
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The Israel Defense Forces has used southern Beirut as the template for a tactic of ‘total war’.
The episode highlights serious problems with accountability in Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in custody.
School leavers and reservists are refusing military service. But this is unlikely to stop the assault on Gaza anytime soon.
It was a stunning intelligence coup, 18 months in the making.
Israel has launched what it describes as an ‘extensive and significant’ operation in the West Bank camp, home to 25,000 refugees.
A close look at the nuts and bolts of the deal show that it could easily be disrupted.
A peace deal on the conflict in south Lebanon is reportedly close.
UN peacekeeping force Unifil is the only international witness to events on the ground in southern Lebanon as the IDF expands its incursion.
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.
The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
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.
All indications are that Hamas is surviving the Israeli onslaught more successfully than previously anticipated.
The US is redoubling its efforts to complete construction of an aid pier off the coast of Gaza, but with road crossings closed, this will not be enough.
AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Former Australian Defence Force Chief Mark Binskin has a wide remit, but it’s unclear how he’ll obtain the information needed for his investigation.
The UK government has received advice that Israel is breaking international law in its assault on Gaza, so has an obligation to stop supplying it with arms.
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Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Scholar-in-residence at the Center for Israeli Studies, American University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University and Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies, American University
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