The slipperiness of ceasefire
Why the path to peace is shorter in Gaza than Ukraine.
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How Israel’s war spread to the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis are allies of Iran but not proxies. They believe they are carrying out the will of God.
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The chaos of Israel’s postwar plan
No one in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government can agree what “the day after” should look like.
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“They want monsters”
This has been the most violent year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank.
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What the left gets wrong about Gaza and “decolonisation”
The West needs to remember that not all freedom movements are progressive or democratic.
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UN commissioner: “Gazans could start dying of hunger”
Philippe Lazzarini on the worsening refugee crisis in Gaza.
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The new world disorder
A new binary of opposing powers has emerged, with the forces of chaos ranged against the West.
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This Christmas, it is hard to watch as our ancestral lands fragment
Israelis, Palestinians, Ukrainians and Armenians around the world have had to witness horrifying events from afar.
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Israelis and Palestinians have been taken back to the traumas of 1948
Reporting from the front line in Gaza, I have seen the destruction wrought on all sides by this long conflict.
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What should Ukraine do next?
If it wants long-term Western support, Kyiv needs to show that it has a coherent war strategy.
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Putin still wants to win
Simply “not losing” in Ukraine is not enough for Russia.
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The innocent are innocent, whichever side of the Hamas-Israel war they are on
I am an Israeli that knows you can’t defeat an ideology with brute force – there must be a better…
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As long as Palestine remains occupied, cycles of violence will continue
If there is one silver lining it is that the world has taken notice of the Palestinians in Gaza, the…
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Cheap weapons, new wars
Warfare is increasingly about low-tech not high-tech arms – and the US is falling behind.
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Gaza and Ukraine have divided the world into geopolitical tribes
From universalists to Westernists, there are common patterns holding the views on the two conflicts together.
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Rashid Khalidi: “Israel is stealing land as we speak”
The Columbia University professor on 7 October, Israel’s response, Barack Obama’s betrayal, and his book, The Hundred Years’ War on…
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The empire can’t strike back
The US has finally lost control of the Middle East.
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The Age of Fury
The radiating consequences of the Israel-Hamas war are being felt across European cities.
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Gershon Baskin: “There’s only one way to bring all the hostages back alive”
The hostage negotiator on what it will take to secure the return of those held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
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Tzipi Livni: “A ceasefire isn’t a solution”
Israel’s former foreign minister on how the Gaza conflict could end.
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