New York, 2 February 2025 – Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, remarked that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached unprecedented proportions ...

How do wars end? There is a modern belief that they end around a negotiating table. In fact, historically, most wars end by one side winning and the other side losing. Critical to this is that the ...

During a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, with fragile hopes for an end to the war, relief is soon weighed down by ...

If this ceasefire is to last, the underlying cause of the violence must be addressed and Palestinians must be free to govern ...

On January 26th, 2025, one week after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Donald Trump commented on the ...

Ceasefire agreements are like modern constitutions. They are fragile, loaded with idealistic promises, and too easily ignored ...

Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas in accordance ...

After 15 months of war, Gaza is in dire need of reconstruction ... Dr. Jacob Stoil is the Chair of Applied History at West Point Modern War Institute, Senior Fellow of 40 th ID Urban Warfare ...

The ceasefire is a much-needed breather for the people of the region after 15 months of some of the most brutal violence seen in modern history ... returning to Gaza with 251 captives.

Israeli cabinet has ratified the ceasefire deal but its PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel 'reserves the right to resume war'.

The historical association is not the only scholarly group currently wrestling with Israel and Gaza. Last month, the executive council of the Modern Language Association, which represents nearly ...