The Hamas announced on July 6, 2026 that it is relinquishing its rule of the Gaza Strip. Is Hamas doing this to preserve its political survival and military capabilities? There is consensus after the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that Israel will not accept a Palestinian state under any circumstances and insisted that Hamas would be disarmed — willingly or by force. His
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The world is preparing to make, once again, the one mistake it never seems able to stop repeating: sending soldiers to manage a political problem that soldiers
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In the weeks since a ceasefire took effect, Hamas has reasserted its power in areas vacated by Israeli forces, including by executing Palestinians it accused of collaborating or committing crimes. While Washington’s
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U.S. officials said intelligence collected in 2024 indicated that Israel’s military lawyers had warned of evidence supporting potential war crimes charges for its campaign in Gaza, operations largely reliant on American-supplied weapons,
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As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the human consequences of armed conflict— I once believed
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On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”,
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Donald Trump’s decision to name former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to a leading role in overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has stirred unease among several Arab and Muslim nations, according to
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In the months leading up to the Gaza ceasefire deal, Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned Palestinian leader often dubbed the “Palestinian Mandela,” received a confrontational visit in his cell from Israel’s far-right security
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Britain has reversed its stance and deployed military personnel to Israel to join a US-led multinational effort tasked with monitoring the precarious Gaza ceasefire, Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed, just days after
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