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Mubarak held power for three decades, on the foundation of a personality cult.
The Jordan Valley, which US president Donald Trump has proposed integrating into Israel, has been transformed by the introduction of date palms, emptying it of its Palestinian inhabitants.
The Israel-Palestine “peace” plan concocted by Donald Trump’s administration openly violates the principles of international law and, if implemented, would set a dangerous precedent.
Long in the making, the US administration’s Middle East plan was quickly rejected by Palestinian leaders. It was hardly surprising, as they took no part in its drafting.
In retweeting a doctored image of Nancy Pelosi standing in a hijab in front of an Iranian flag, Trump is playing into fears that Iran and Islam are evil and anti-American.
Vital Hasson was born into the Jewish community of Salonica, Greece, a cultural capital of the Sephardic world. After World War II, he was executed for helping the Nazis destroy that community.
‘Solidarity tourism’ has made Christmas a very busy time of year in Palestine.
The holy river is used and abused so much that it barely reaches the Dead Sea these days.
There’s little hope as we head into 2020 that Israel will negotiate in good faith with Palestinian leaders. Yet Israel will never be safe from attack until it does so.
Immigrants and their descendants residing in the poorest peripheral cities of the state are the main supporters of the right, and Netanyahu in particular.
In countries where people access different justice providers, a hybrid model could pull them together and ensure better oversight and human rights.
Treating Israeli settlements as part of Israel in the new Canada-Israel free-trade deal entangles Canada in serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
About the only thing the Trump administration’s peace plan has going for it is the fact that no one expects it to work. And the plan’s likely failure could trigger more Israeli-Palestinian violence.
The former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff is taking ‘tough guy’ politics to a new level.
If Israel’s longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu loses in the upcoming elections, some hope that his removal will pave the way for peace. But there are several reasons why that’s not likely.
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering has grown.
The bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Binyamin Netanyahu is rooted in the admiration of generations of Hindu nationalists for Israel.
Social media promised to be a democratising platform for citizen journalists – but now its limitations are becoming clear.
Cultural heritage establishes closer ties between a community and the land it lives – and relies – on.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
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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 in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst