The war to end all peace
Neither diplomacy nor military conquest can resolve the Middle East’s deepest conflict.
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Pilgrims of a lost Palestine
In Forgotten, writers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson explore the careless treatment and outright destruction of Palestinians’ most precious memorials…
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Sharone Lifschitz: “On 7 October, my father saw his life’s work going up in flames”
The film-maker on her father Oded Lifschitz and the plight of the 7 October hostages.
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Letter from Gaza: the fighting is over, but the mourning is just beginning
This war has reached into every home, leaving no family untouched by its flames, no heart unscarred by its agonies.
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Israel is still at war
Could the West Bank city of Jenin suffer the same fate as Gaza?
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Burying the lost children of Gaza
We survivors of this war are searching for our broken families. But, even so, we must count ourselves as victors.
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Gaza’s uneasy peace
Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire. But can a new Palestinian society be built from the ruins of war?
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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Jerusalem: city of blood and blame
The violent summer of 1929 reveals the deep and tangled roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Britain’s complicity with Netanyahu’s war must end
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant make it clear: there is no justifying Israel's war.
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Yahya Sinwar’s deadly mission
The late Hamas leader’s cold determination led his fellow Palestinians down a trail of terror.
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The curse of Netanyahu’s war
Can the Israeli prime minister resist the urge to pursue a devastating escalation?
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Is Netanyahu cracking down on Palestinian Israelis?
The arrest of Intisar Hijazi is part of an alarming illiberal turn.
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Letter from Gaza: a year of devastation
Alongside the alphabet of letters, Gazan children learn the language of war.
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In Egypt, displaced Palestinians live in limbo
More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Cairo since October 2023, with many only able to wait.
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In Gaza, every second is a fight to stay alive
The world has turned away even as the destruction and killing go on.
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A blood-dimmed tide washes over the Middle East
Israel has won several remarkable military victories – with a catastrophic human cost.
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Netanyahu’s all-out war
The great survivor of Israeli politics is fighting for his future.
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What it means to be Palestinian
Leading writers reflect on the war in Gaza and the prospect of peace.
Raja Shehadeh: “Palestinians are not treated as human beings deserving of human rights”
The author and human rights activist on why a future Palestinian state is further away than ever.
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