Egypt's Rafah crossing is a lifeline to Palestinians living in Gaza - but Cairo may not provide it
Oct 18, 2023 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
Israels siege on the Gaza Strip after a devastating Hamas attack on Israel has caused alarm in Egypt. Egypt shares a 12km-long border with Gaza and controls the main exit point the Rafah crossing for the approximately...
'Gaza is being strangled': why Israel's evacuation order violates international law
Oct 18, 2023 11:34 am UTC| Law
In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to rural areas or abroad under...
Hamas and Hezbollah: how they are different and why they might cooperate against Israel
Oct 18, 2023 11:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
As Israel prepares for a massive military operation against Hamas in Gaza, risks of an escalating regional conflict loom large. The most critical additional threat to Israel is from Hezbollah, the militant group and...
How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace — together
Oct 18, 2023 11:30 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Oct. 4, 2023, just days before the Hamas attacks on Israel and the retaliatory Israeli aerial bombardment and siege on Gaza, thousands of Israeli and Palestinian feminist peace activists gathered in Jerusalem and near...
Gaza conflict: how children’s lives are affected on every level
Oct 18, 2023 00:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
Children living in Gaza have never known anything but overcrowding, shortages, conflict and danger. Its been 18 years since the then Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, moved all Israels settlers and military...
Oct 17, 2023 15:33 pm UTC| Life
For patients in Gazas besieged north, the order to evacuate from hospital beds and head south amounts to a death sentence. That was the stark assessment of the World Health Organization on Oct. 14, 2023. By then, four...
How Serbia-Kosovo tensions hang like a spectre over the European Union
Oct 17, 2023 06:53 am UTC| Insights & Views
An armed band of Serb militants recently ambushed police in Kosovo. In the resulting firefight and retreat, four people including a police officer died from their wounds. The incident sparked official recriminations...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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