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Israelis struggle to process Hamas attacks
Hamas' brazen terror attacks caught Israel by surprise. Aside from their deadliness, the attacks have also dealt a blow to Israelis' sense of security. By William Noah Glucroft
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Israel
Survivors mourn lost loved ones following Hamas terror attack
Hundreds of Israelis were killed during the Hamas terror attacks, and scores are still missing or have been taken hostage. Tania Kraemer spoke to a few of those who lost loved ones in the attacks
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Hamas attacks on Israel
Tel Aviv: a city paralysed
Deutsche Welle staff member Jochen Rosenkranz was in Tel Aviv when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. As the situation over the weekend steadily worsened, he witnessed a city shaken to its very foundations
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Hamas-Israel conflict
Hamas violently forces detour from Saudi-Israel momentum
With its surprise attack against Israel, Hamas has violently shifted the world's eyes back to the Palestinians and dealt a severe blow to momentum to secure a landmark U.S.-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia
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Gender rights and "Pink Bike"
Gaza ladies' bicycle club
After helping her daughter survive cancer, Rania Shaik has dedicated herself to bringing joy to the women of Gaza by letting them loose on two wheels. Ziad Ali reports
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Khaled Hroub on Hamas
"A project of resistance"?
Hamas' influence may be on the rise, but as yet the movement has failed to assume national leadership. Palestinian political analyst Khaled Hroub examines the factors at play with Michael Young
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Hamas and Hezbollah
A new alliance in Lebanon?
The Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, with Hezbollah's help, is building up a military presence in Lebanon, the ultimate consequences of which could be devastating, writes Mohanad Hage Ali
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Middle East conflict
Israel's endless occupation
Fifty-five years after Israel began occupying Palestinian lands, it is more difficult than ever to imagine a way out. The seeds of the two-state solution that were planted by visionary leaders on both sides have failed to take root. All that remains is a fatalistic acceptance of the conflict’s insolubility. Commentary by Schlomo Ben-Ami
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Geneva Initiative's Gadi Baltiansky
The two-state solution – what future?
A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has practically disappeared from the international agenda. Israel’s unity government has decided against negotiations and Palestinian politics are stuck in deep stagnation. Yet some are working tirelessly to change that. Noam Yatsiv talks to Gadi Baltiansky of the Geneva Initiative
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Palestinian-Israeli rappers
Dugri duo for dialogue
"We have had enough of hate and violence": when the situation between Hamas and Israel escalated again in May last year, a Jewish and an Arab Israeli sought an artistic and stirring response. They call themselves "Dugri" – straight talking for a better future. By Sarah Judith Hofmann
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Middle East
Young Arabs: "more Israeli and more Palestinian than ever"
May 2021 saw a deadly flare-up in Israel-Hamas hostilities, with eruptions of extreme violence in several of Israel's 'mixed' cities. Two weeks later, a broad-spectrum governing coalition – the first to include an independent Arab Israeli party – was formed. Noam Yatsiv reflects on this year's rollercoaster of events with Thabet Abu-Rass, co-director of NGO Abraham Initiatives
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Joe Biden, Mahmoud Abbas – and the UN
The Palestinian ultimatum
By issuing an ultimatum before the UN General Assembly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hoped to shake the U.S. from its complacency and force Israel to engage in real negotiations to end its occupation of Palestinian lands. With Palestinians losing patience, the alternative is an upsurge in violence, writes Daoud Kuttab