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International How Israel’s deterrence policy came undone Lawrence Freedman 1 November 2023 And what it means for Gaza’s future International Netanyahu’s war Peter Rodgers 19 October 2023 Hamas’s appalling attack has exposed a government with no plan for resolving its country’s greatest challenges Books & arts Memoirs of a Middle East tragic Graeme Dobell 12 July 2023 A summing up by an Australian diplomat who loved the Arab world International A thousand frontiers Dimi Reider 16 May 2021 Why Netanyahu and Hamas both risk losing control of the conflict in Gaza

International Günter Grass, again Klaus Neumann 19 April 2012 The Nobel laureate’s latest intervention in public debate says more about him than about the Middle East, writes Klaus Neumann. But it also draws attention to… International The Hamas split and the future of the Palestinian peace talks Michael Bröning 22 March 2012 Hamas is undergoing an internal power struggle, which gives the West an opportunity to steer the organisation away from extremism, writes Michael Bröning National affairs Israel and the Palestinians: public opinion and public policy Murray Goot 22 February 2012 The evidence on Australian attitudes is much less clear than protagonists argue, writes Murray Goot, and the implications for public policy are far from straightforward Books & arts Much too promised land Hal Wootten 16 February 2012 Critics of Peter Kosminsky’s series The Promise – released on DVD this week – are misrepresenting its depiction of Arab and Israeli characters, argues Hal Wootten