Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Benjamin Netanyahu
West Bank erupts in protest amid more Israel-Hamas fighting
In the most widespread Palestinian protests in years, hundreds of young people clashed with Israeli troops, who shot and killed at least 11.
- by Fares Akram and Lee Keath
Latest
Israeli tanks on the border pound Gaza to destroy tunnel network
Saleh Aruri, an exiled senior Hamas leader, said his group has turned down a proposal from Egypt for a three-hour hiatus in the fighting.
- by Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss
As it happened: India repatriation flight passengers test positive to COVID; Israel-Palestine conflict escalates; Gareth Ward steps down
The Israeli Prime Minister has called in the military amid violent clashes in Gaza, a NSW MP has joined the cross bench amid a police investigation and federal Labor has pledged millions for affordable housing and clean energy.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Broede Carmody
What is happening in Jerusalem and Gaza?
There’s been a rapid escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians this week. Here’s what you need to know.
- by Miriam Berger
‘We were good neighbours’: Mixed Israeli cities baffled by sudden street fighting
The new fear and distrust in Lod has old roots in duelling nationalism. Violence that started there in reaction to events in Jerusalem this week, has now spread.
- by Isabel Kershner
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
What is behind the escalating violence in Gaza and how is TikTok involved?
Today on Please Explain, world editor Michelle Griffin joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the growing tensions in the volatile region.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Opinion
Gaza unrest gets in way of Biden’s foreign policy goal
Biden wants to treat the Middle East like any other region outside of Asia. But overnight, he’s found out that’s easier said than done.
- by Victoria Cooper and Jared Mondschein
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Israel
Israel begins fresh Gaza military offensive, troops massed on border
The attack is the latest escalation after four days of cross border rocket attacks from Palestinian militants.
As air war rages, gangs of Jews and Arabs clash on streets of Israel
Israelis worried that the battle inside the country may be harder to stop than the air war still being waged with Gaza.
- by Miriam Berger
Netanyahu declares he will deploy military to quell ‘anarchy’
Amid the most severe outbreak of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip since a 2014 war, people are asking an all-too-familiar question: Where should we go?
- by Isabel Debre and Fares Akram
Opinion
Benjamin Netanyahu
Never mind who started it, it’s clear who benefits from the violence in Gaza and Israel right now
A little war now and then is good for Hamas and for Binyamin Netanyahu.
- by Gwynne Dyer