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As the ground war in Lebanon heats up, how did it happen and where might it all end up?
Arab Americans look more likely to vote for Trump than Harris in the upcoming US election.
Washington has had little luck in its calls for de-escalation in the Middle East. Is America’s ‘ironclad’ support for Israel part of the problem?
A US counterterrorism expert explains the dynamics between Israel, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas – and why Hezbollah presents new risks for the US and other places globally.
This is the sixth time Israel has mounted a military invasion of Lebanon.
With Israeli troops on the ground in Southern Lebanon, conflict in the Middle East escalates further. But Israel’s tried this before and hasn’t achieved its goals.
War with Israel could destroy Lebanon’s already fragile economy and political landscape.
The government has pledged to examine the visa status of protesters who waved Hezbollah flags in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend, and has also met its pledge to appoint an Islamophobia envoy.
There is now speculation that Israel may invade Lebanon while Hezbollah is in disarray.
The killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has left the Lebanon-based militant group leaderless, but history tells us that Israel cannot occupy territory in Lebanon for any sustained period.
Wars have always required false dichotomies: Christian and Muslim, civilization and barbarism, West and East to justify violence against the other.
Hezbollah’s leadership ranks have been decimated, but it has the capacity to re-establish itself. It also reportedly has an arsenal of 150,000 rockets, missiles and drones it can use to strike back.
Israeli strikes have wiped out much of the leadership of a group that has huge influence – if not popularity – within Lebanon.
Buffer zones are supposed to be mutual agreements, not imposed by one side of a conflict on its rival.
Israel’s attempt to eliminate militant Palestinians in Lebanon led to slaughter of civilians, economic and political chaos and the creation of Hezbollah.
The law of armed conflict is straightforward – combatants must only target military objectives, not civilians.
The increasing attacks and fiery rhetoric in the Israel-Hezbollah confrontation are spreading terror among civilian populations already grappling with the uncertainty and stress the war has wrought.
Israelis and Lebanese face similar predicaments: Their well-being is being sacrificed for military priorities.
Our expert analysis of the attacks on Hezbollah this week.
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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 in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Scholar at Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Aalborg University
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University
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Postdoctoral fellow at Queen's University's Centre for International Policy and Defence (CIDP), Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Migration Studies; Director of the Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University