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Trump sends more troops to Mideast as Iran war spreads
speed read In the 72 hours since the US and Israel began bombing Iran, the war has already engulfed at least 11 countries
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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The best war movies of the 21st century
War is hell. For most people, these eight extraordinary films will be as close as they ever get to it.
By David Faris Published
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What life was like in Iran before the 1979 Islamic revolution
In depth What led to the overthrow of the Shah and are there parallels between then and now?
By The Week UK Last updated
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from Gaza
Speed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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How Iran protest death tolls have been politicised
In the Spotlight Regime blames killing of ‘several thousand’ people on foreign actors and uses videos of bodies as ‘psychological warfare’ to scare protesters
By The Week UK Published
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The Board of Peace: Donald Trump’s ‘alternative to the UN’
The Explainer Body set up to oversee reconstruction of Gaza could have broader mandate to mediate other conflicts and create a ‘US-dominated alternative to the UN’
By The Week UK Published
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Who is to blame for Maccabi Tel Aviv fan-ban blunder?
Today’s Big Question MPs call for resignation of West Midlands Police chief constable over ‘dodgy’ justification of ban from Aston Villa match, but role of Birmingham Safety Advisory Group also under scrutiny
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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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
By The Week UK Published
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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
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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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’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Israel approves new West Bank settlements
Speed Read The ‘Israeli onslaught has all but vanquished a free Palestinian existence in the West Bank’
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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What is the global intifada?
The Explainer Police have arrested two people over controversial ‘globalise the intifada’ chants
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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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’
By The Week UK Published
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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’
By The Week UK Published
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