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Wondering why Jerusalem matters so much? A 25-year veteran of the Israeli Foreign Service explains what you need to know.
Even before Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict was far-fetched. Now it’s all but impossible. And that might not be a bad thing.
Many American evangelicals believe that the establishment and protection of Israel set up a chain of event for the return of Jesus. What were the origins of this narrative?
Bethlehem looms large in our minds with the approach of Christmas. But the reality for people living there now or tourists wishing to visit the ancient city remains deeply politically fraught.
The city is key to both Israeli and Palestinian identity.
The BBC’s former correspondent in Gaza reviews Donald Macintyre’s Gaza: Preparing for Dawn.
With just 67 words, a British foreign secretary kicked off a hundred years of conflict and displacement.
After many failed attempts, Hamas and Fatah might just have struck a crucial accord. But can they follow through?
In a poisonous atmosphere of Islamophobia and xenophobia, Palestinian-Americans are finding ways to belong.
What caused the latest crisis at the world’s most explosive piece of real estate, and could it happen again?
Deadly, ineffective and generally fated to fall, border walls are multiplying and becoming the new normal in international relations.
A 50-year-old conflict that redrew the Middle East in less than a week tells us a lot about how states can play the media.
As 1,300 prisoners went on strike for improved conditions, a wave of solidarity protests spread across the Palestinian Territories.
A linguistics scholar explains why the loss of Arabic in Israel would be a loss of history, culture and possibly human rights.
Amed Kathrada’s legacy can be used as an example for a good life. South Africans will miss his unwavering courage to speak out on matters of national interest.
Unless we’re addressing inequalities everywhere, we will achieve equality nowhere.
Donald Trump is only the most recent in a long line of US presidents who have overestimated their ability to manage the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
What would single and two-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian question look like?
Israel has only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them.
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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