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Global Edition | 9 October 2023
A few weeks ago, The Conversation published a three-part podcast series marking the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords which sought to bring peace to the Middle East and deliver a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. In it, leading negotiators and intermediaries from that period lamented the lost opportunity, and warned that matters were likely to deteriorate, rather than improve.
That deterioration came at the weekend, in the most rapid and shocking way. The scale, speed and nature of the attacks launched by Hamas from Gaza, across into Israel, were unexpected. The targeting of civilians, killed or taken back into Gaza as hostages, has been a grim hallmark of the attacks.
Below, you will find a series of reaction articles, commissioned by editors in the US, Canada and Australia and written by experts on conflict and the Middle East. In the days to come we will of course publish more from across our network and in multiple languages. And if you haven’t yet listened to the podcasts, now would be the ideal time to listen in.
Stephen Khan
Global Executive Editor
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After a shocking Hamas assault on Israel, both sides brace for the devastating fallout
Eyal Mayroz, University of Sydney
Israelis will consider it critically important to reclaim their country’s military deterrence capabilities against Hamas, which may necessitate a military takeover of Gaza.
a.. The unprecedented attack against Israel by Hamas included precise armed drones and thousands of rockets
Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University
The bloody ground attacks by Hamas in Israel caused the biggest shock. But the unprecedented scale of rocketry and successful use of armed drones contributed to the surprise.
b.. Why did Hamas attack, and why now? What does it hope to gain?
Ian Parmeter, Australian National University
Hamas named its action ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’, which emphasises what it sees as Israeli acts of desecration of a holy Islamic site in Jerusalem.
c.. The Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins
Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver
The Palestinian fighters who launched deadly attacks into Israel on Oct. 7 are not Iranian puppets – but they are doing the work Iran wants done.
d.. Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability
Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles
Failings leading up to the Arab-Israeli War of 50 years ago cost the then Israeli prime minister their job. Could history repeat?
20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
Simon Lewis, College of Charleston
African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now
Andrew King, The University of Melbourne
The preliminary global-average temperature anomaly for September is a shocking 1.7°C. These are the drivers of current record-breaking heat.
a.. The Voice: why Australia is holding a referendum on First Nations representation to government – podcast
Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Carissa Lee, The Conversation
Plus a view on the Voice referendum from Canada. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
b.. Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades
Pardis Mahdavi, University of La Verne
Narges Mohammadi is the second Iranian woman, after Shirin Ebadi, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She remains locked up in Evin, Iran’s most notorious prison for political detainees.
c.. Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for giving ‘voice to the unsayable’
Alexander Howard, University of Sydney
For Jon Fosse, the fourth Norwegian to win the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, writing has been a way of surviving.
d.. Cautious welcome: World Bank and IMF return to Africa, but questions remain
Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town
Many sources of finance, including those from the World Bank and IMF, don’t adequately cater for African nations’ specific needs.
e.. You’ve heard of long COVID, but did you know there might also be a long cold?
Giulia Vivaldi, Queen Mary University of London
COVID isn’t the only respiratory disease to leave the patient with long-term symptoms. Colds and flu can do the same.
f.. Polar bears may struggle to produce milk for their cubs as climate change melts sea ice
Louise Archer, University of Toronto
Climate change has affected food availability for polar bears, which can impact polar bear mothers’ ability to lactate.
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