President Trump reversed a long-held perception among US foreign policymakers that pressuring Israel should only be done in private.
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Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are taking credit for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. It is expected to take effect one day before Biden leaves office.
Three-phased deal will start with the release of 33 hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023. If fully implemented, the agreement will see the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian enclave.
The impression that Israel is at a stalemate or that there is a rift between leader Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli public over the fate of the hostages is misleading. His hold on power is solid.
The mass protests are evidence that many in Israel feel abandoned by their government. Yet, Netanyahu is unlikely to shift course.
Israelis’ and Jewish people’s long-held feeling of persecution, dating back to biblical times, contributes to most Israelis’ desire to continue the war in Gaza.
Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling, in large part because of how the war has gone for both sides.
Diplomatic pressure, rising military casualties and the problem of Israeli hostages in Gaza have not deterred Netanyahu from ordering an offensive on Rafah.
US President Joe Biden’s recent warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has limited Israel’s options in Gaza. And neither of Israel’s war objectives appear to have been met.
The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
The prisoner-hostage exchanges mean a huge amount to both sides of the conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably feels he has no choice, from a political perspective, but to continue prosecuting the war in the same manner.
Netanyahu has rejected the latest peace deal and vowed to continue until Israel achieves ‘total victory’.
A scholar of Israeli politics explains why Israelis are increasingly turning against Netanyahu and his promise that Israel can quickly defeat Hamas and bring Israeli hostages home.
The mistaken killing of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defense Forces at the weekend has substantially increased pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire.
A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
Despite mounting public anger, the veteran leader has proven time and again that it is not wise to bet against him.
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
The Israeli hostages in Gaza are living a nightmare. They’re likely to remain displaced, under duress and will be the human shields of this war.
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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PhD Candidate in the Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Associate Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
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Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Department of Migration in Global Perspective, The Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany., Humboldt University of Berlin
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Professor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences