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Palestinians transport the injured to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip early Monday as fighting raged with Hamas around the Gaza Strip and the death toll from the war against the Palestinian militants surged above 1300.

October 1, 2024 0 Comments Boštjan Videmšek

A year of horror in Gaza, the graveyard of civilisation

The upcoming first anniversary of the total war in Gaza exposes how the international system is not working and how we have come to live in a time of eternal warfare.

More details Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal, Gaza City

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August 9, 2024 0 Comments Boštjan Videmšek

Will the Middle East be consumed by vengeance?

As Israel and Iran engage in sabre rattling, a major conflict threatens to break out in the Middle East, with the key players either actively stoking the flames or watching passively from the sidelines.

Protester in London holds up sign reading 'peace please'. Image: Alisdare Hickson, Flickr

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January 11, 2024 0 Comments Khaled Diab

How the demons of trauma haunt the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Individual and collective trauma triggered by past and present atrocities provide fertile ground for extremists to perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and advance their agendas.

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October 19, 2023 0 Comments Khaled Diab

FAQ ME: Fact checking the Gaza war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – part II

In the second part of this Q&A series, Khaled Diab fact checks the claims being made about the war in Gaza and the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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October 13, 2023 1 Comment Khaled Diab

FAQ ME: Fact checking the Israel-Hamas war and the wider conflict

The latest Israel-Hamas or Israel-Gaza war has resulted, as is often the case, in a tidal wave of propaganda, misinformation and misunderstandings. In this Q&A, Khaled Diab fact checks the war and responds to misconceptions about the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Egyptian forces cross the Suez Canal in 1973

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October 5, 2023 2 Comments Khaled Diab

How Egypt clutched political victory from the jaws of military stalemate

Although the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is widely regarded as a military victory in Egypt, it ended in a stalemate and near defeat. Nevertheless, it ultimately led to the return of all occupied Egyptian territory and saved Egypt’s ruling junta from popular discontent.

Clearing rubble after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey

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July 21, 2023 0 Comments Boštjan Videmšek

Trauma and deprivation in the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquake

Months after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, untold thousands of traumatised survivors are living in tents or containers with no prospect of employment or a swift return to their homes or alternative housing. Boštjan Videmšek spoke to some of them.