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Israel-Palestine conflict divides South African politicians – what their responses reveal about historical alliances

Asher Lubotzky, University of Houston Israel-Paelstine: Hamas’ brazen and deadly attack on…

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Israel has no good options for dealing with Hamas’ hostage-taking in Gaza

James Forest, UMass Lowell Hamas, the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group that mounted…

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Hamas: What you need to know about the group that attacked Israel

Veronika Poniscjakova, University of Portsmouth The group Hamas launched a surprise attack…

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Israel-Hamas war: A political scientist explains why the very subject of peace is now unthinkable

Samy Cohen, Sciences Po Hamas’ surprise attack on Southern Israel on 7…

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How Hamas weaponised Palestinians’ despair

Marie Durrieu, Sciences Po The scale of Hamas’ attack on Israel on…

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Children in Palestine and Israel continue to suffer as international law is routinely ignored

Jason Hart, University of Bath Among the hundreds already dead in the…

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Why did Hamas attack, and why now? What does it hope to gain?

Ian Parmeter, Australian National University In hindsight, the drivers of Hamas’s startlingly…

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Nobel peace prize: Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights

Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi…

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The Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins

Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver There will be only one winner in…

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Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability

Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles 1973 Arab-Israeli war: The parallels…

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