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What does Israel want in the Lebanon conflict?
Today’s Big Question Despite diplomatic talks in Washington, ‘significant hurdles remain’ in dealing with the ‘distorted reality’ of Israel’s leaders
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Why Hungary’s elections matter to the global right
THE EXPLAINER The far-right has long looked to Viktor Orbán’s government as the model for its ultra-nationalist project. With days to go before Hungary’s national election, they’re starting to worry.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s gamble in Iran
Talking Point In going to war, the Israeli PM is risking his country’s long-term security, as well as support at home and abroad
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Why do the US and Israel seem to be fighting two different Iran wars?
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION Cooperation doesn’t necessarily mean unity when it comes to each nation’s end goals for the growing Middle East conflict
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Political cartoons for March 16
Cartoons Monday’s political cartoons include gifts from Trump, endless war, and more
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How will the Iran war end?
Today’s Big Question As oil prices rise and travel remains disrupted, many of the routes to concluding the conflict are still ‘fraught with danger’
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Should the EU and UK join Trump’s board of peace?
Today's Big Question After rushing to praise the initiative European leaders are now alarmed
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Is the Gaza peace plan destined to fail?
Today’s Big Question Since the ceasefire agreement in October, the situation in Gaza is still ‘precarious’, with the path to peace facing ‘many obstacles’
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Israel’s E1 zone in the West Bank: the death of the two-state solution?
The Explainer Controversial new settlement in occupied territories makes future Palestinian state unviable, critics claim
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‘Let 2026 be a year of reckoning’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Why recognizing Somaliland is so risky for Israel
THE EXPLAINER By wading into one of North Africa’s most fraught political schisms, the Netanyahu government risks further international isolation
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What have Trump’s Mar-a-Lago summits achieved?
Today’s big question Zelenskyy and Netanyahu meet the president in his Palm Beach ‘Winter White House’
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Who is fuelling the flames of antisemitism in Australia?
Today’s Big Question Deadly Bondi Beach attack the result of ‘permissive environment’ where warning signs were ‘too often left unchecked’
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The issue dividing Israel: ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers
In the Spotlight A new bill has solidified the community’s ‘draft evasion’ stance, with this issue becoming the country’s ‘greatest internal security threat’
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