Both sides have stepped back from the precipice of all-out war, but this doesn’t mean the danger is over.
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The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing Iran.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is partly the result of an unsuccessful, decade-long plan to ‘contain and deter’ the Iranian regime.
The Geneva Conventions, are supposed to protect civilians in war. Israel and Hamas appear to have forgotten this.
The Auckland Philharmonia’s performance of the opera Tristan und Isolde raises the inevitable ‘Wagner question’. But cancel culture is not the answer.
If New Zealand supports a ‘rules-based international order’ its response to the International Court of Justice’s findings on the Occupied Palestinian Territories should involve deeds more than words.
The release of a Russian hit man and the assassination of Israel’s enemies in Lebanon and Iran have shone a spotlight on killings carried out on state orders.
Druze are often held up as the best-integrated of Israel’s Arab minorities. But members of the faith who live in the Golan Heights have an especially complicated relationship with Israel.
While a Harris presidency wouldn’t differ hugely from Biden’s, the two Democrats do have notable differences on the Gaza war and free trade.
From railway sabotage to depictions of the last supper during the opening ceremony, the first week of the Olympics has shown just how fractious our world has become.
It was business as usual between Israel and Tehran. But the rocket attack that killed 12 children in the Golan Heights could be the miscalculation that sparks a wider confilct.
Iran’s new government must balance the need to respond forcefully to an attack on its soil with the desire to pursue diplomatic and economic reforms.
The opposition leader’s trip further underlines the unravelling of bipartisanship towards Israel.
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 killing of a senior Hamas leader has led to heightened concern about escalation of violence in the region.
The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
The first Jewish summer camps were founded at the turn of the 20th century and have become cherished traditions. But many face tough questions about how to discuss Israel and antisemitism.
The killing of the Hamas leader in Iran may provoke a wider regional war.
A rocket attack killed 12 children and young people in a small Syrian Druze community in the Golan Heights.
Top contributors
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
