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Ta-Nehisi Coates's writing on race fueled a reckoning in America. Now he wants to change the way we think abou Israel and Palestine. IT WAS MID-AUGUST, roughly a month and [...]

We are former U.S. government officials who resigned from our respective positions over the last nine months due to our grave concerns with current U.S. policy toward the crisis in [...]

The two states gambled that direct attacks would not lead to a disastrous escalation. Yet the Middle East now stands on the brink of an all-out regional war Phrases such [...]

JUST BEFORE SUNRISE on October 7, 2023, Salim Munayer's wife, Kay, shook him awake at their apartment in Jerusalem. His cellphone was popping with alerts. 'WhatsApp is going crazy,' she [...]

'Israeli occupation' is on the lips of everyone from Hamas militants to Harvard students, European protestors to American politicians. It is perhaps the most cited cause for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, [...]

As the only Palestinian journalist in Global's newsroom, I pushed for accurate coverage of Israel and Palestine. But after posting against the genocide of Palestinians, I was fired. I REMEMBER [...]

Since the Israeli regime unleashed an unprecedented attack on the people of Gaza, amounting to what many experts have identified as 'genocide', millions from London to Jakarta have taken to [...]

Byline: Just Earth News Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed the 'elimination' of Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif during a strike in central Beirut. IDF confirmed the development and wrote [...]

The spacious beige villas in Doha's northern suburbs were once home to many of the senior leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamists. But they have largely been empty in recent [...]

What happened Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Monday that Israel was committing 'genocide' against Palestinians and urged the international community to halt the country's 'attacks on the Palestinian [...]

Byline: Andy Andersen Lioness is a mess of political signifiers without a coherent political worldview. You might say that's what makes this cowboy techno-thriller an all-American TV classic. In the [...]

What happened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant Tuesday, sidelining a popular rival as Israel fights grinding wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Gallant's firing brought thousands [...]

Over the past year the two men leading Israel's war effort could barely hide their contempt for each other. So when Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, announced on November 5th [...]

Byline: Just Earth News The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday confirmed the elimination of a top commander of Hezbollah's Nasser Brigade rocket unit in southern Lebanon. The commander was identified [...]

The 2024 presidential election takes place amid war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Donald Trump has long fashioned himself as Israel's champion. It is a stance likely to continue [...]

Byline: Marc Lutz Forty-six states saw gas prices drop this past week, Idaho included. That comes on the heels of continued conflicts in the Middle East. With the upcoming election, [...]

Byline: Just Earth News The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday confirmed Hezbollah's Bint Jbeil Area commander Ahmed Jafar Maatouk has been eliminated. 'The Commander of Hezbollah's Bint Jbeil Area, Ahmed [...]

AFTER DECADES of shadow war between the Jewish State and the Islamic Republic, in the early hours of October 26th Israel carried out its first officially acknowledged https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/10/09/the-israel-iran-standoff-in-maps . Dozens [...]

Oil Action: oil prices steadied and are on course for a weekly gain as investors weigh the risk of a retaliatory strike by Israel on Iran that could impact supply. [...]

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said US adversaries want to dismantle the world order. The bank chief said the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts could escalate into World War III. Dimon said [...]

After the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in 2021 Yahya Sinwar appeared sitting in an armchair in the open air, surrounded by rubble and smiling. It became a defining image of [...]

Hopes of a ceasefire in Gaza after the death of https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/10/24/yahya-sinwar-made-hamas-his-own-fief , the leader of Hamas, seemed to fade. Mr Sinwar was the mastermind of the attacks on October 7th [...]

It has become almost an article of faith: assassinations don't matter. For more than a year Israel has been killing leaders of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist group, and Hizbullah, a [...]

In the last week Twitch has found itself embroiled in controversy over what streamers are allowed to say and do about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The incident [...]

Residents of Beirut are, by now, used to warnings from the Israel Defence Forces ahead of bombing runs. Typically, these instruct locals to stay away from a tower block suspected [...]

What happened Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and presumptive architect of its October 7 terrorist attack on southern Israel, was killed Wednesday by Israeli soldiers [...]

Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 terrorist attacks. A routine patrol by Israeli trainee soldiers on Wednesday ended in Sinwar's death. Israel defied pressure [...]

The price of oil could hit $120 a barrel by early 2025, according to Citi. That's according to the bank's bull case, which assumes conflict in the Middle East escalates. [...]

In a country that has just been invaded by Israel, you might expect soldiers to be manning watchtowers. In Lebanon, they are just as likely to be spotted driving taxis. [...]

In the late 1990s Israel started work on a memorial to honour the South Lebanon Army (SLA), its proxy force during its occupation of Lebanon. It was inaugurated in May [...]

What happened The Biden administration warned Israel in an Oct. 13 letter that U.S. military aid was at risk unless the Israeli government allowed significantly more food, medicine and other [...]

Kamala Harris is walking a delicate line as she campaigns for the presidency: She is committed to Israel's right to defend itself after last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas [...]

India, Oct. 14 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a dire warning about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, stating that Israel blocking food aid access [...]

AS ISRAEL'S invasion of Lebanon rages, amid mounting casualties and fierce missile and rocket exchanges across the border, one issue is becoming clearer: the extent of Hizbullah's fortifications near the […]

IN THIS ISSUE / Over to you Editor’s note This week marked a year since the conflict in the Middle East became far worse after the Hamas attacks in Israel. [...]

In This Issue / Politics & economics Israel expands operations Raids into Lebanon have raised fears of a wider war. Matthew Partridge reports A day after the anniversary of the [...]

FOR MORE than https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/03/the-year-that-shattered-the-middle-east , fighting between Israel and Iran's network of allied militias has brought the two countries dangerously close to direct war. Recent escalations make such a confrontation [...]

Donald Trump said Gaza could be rebuilt into one of the most beautiful places in the world. There is still not end in sight to the Israel-Gaza war that has [...]

Exactly one year on from Hamas's deadly attack on 7 October it is Israel that is now looking to reshape the Middle East by force. Despite repeated attempts by US, [...]

What happened Israelis gathered Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas that sparked an escalating conflict in the Middle East. (https://theweek.com/defence/israels-wars-is-an-end-in-sight-or-is-this-just-the-beginning) Israel ramped [...]