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I woke up early on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 7, to a cascade of alerts on my phone. Hamas had launched an untold number of rockets into Israel from Gaza and had made incursions into southern Israel. Israel had responded by saying it was at “war.”
My colleagues and I – in the U.S. and abroad – quickly got to work, scanning news websites in the U.S. and Israel, monitoring television reporting and determining what stories we wanted to do. Then we started chasing down scholars to write those stories. Being that busy, battening down the hatches and focusing on work, enabled us to be productive at a time when the news was filled with horrible images that tugged at the emotions of anyone who saw them.
Here are some of the stories we have produced over the past five days:
As 300,000 Israeli reservists gather near the Gaza border in anticipation of an expected ground assault, it’s clear this war is nowhere near over. The Conversation will stay on this story, providing you with context and analysis that can help deepen your understanding of the forces at play.
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The 1973 Yom Kippur War proved a watershed moment in Middle East conflict and Israel’s politics.
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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?
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Destruction from the latest siege of Gaza.
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona
The enclave abutting Israel has been described as the world’s ‘largest open-air prison.’ Conditions have deteriorated for the population there under a 16-year blockade.
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Pictures are put together on a pavement beside candles during the ‘Jewish Community Vigil’ for Israel in London on Oct. 9, 2023.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung
James Forest, UMass Lowell
An estimated 150 hostages were taken by Hamas in Israel and brought back to Gaza. The government of Israel faces tough choices in dealing with the crisis.
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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.
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W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication
The unusual candidacy of former President Donald Trump has made election polling especially appealing, more than a year from the election. But consumers beware: Those polls may be wrong.
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Eric D. Carter, Macalester College
Argentinians will vote in a new president on Oct. 22, 2023. But the front-runner’s plans to slash health funding might find resistance.
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Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury
Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.
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Laura Blessing, Georgetown University
A major crisis abroad may exacerbate internal divisions within one of the US’s major political parties.
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Liam Collins, United States Military Academy West Point
A special forces officer explains why an overreliance on intelligence is a recipe for disaster.
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Jim Krane, Rice University; Mark Finley, Rice University
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are changing.
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