Israel hit three multi-storey towers as it hammered the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, and militants in the territory fired barrages of rockets at Israel, in the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 Gaza war, with no resolution in sight. The fighting has taken on many hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, but with a startling new factor: large, heated protests by Israeli Arabs in support of those living in the territories as well as counter-violence by Jewish Israelis.
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Published on: 13 May 2021
Iran says it is ready to restart its nuclear program on an "industrial scale" in the wake of the decision by US President Donald Trump to abandon the deal that curbs the country's nuclear ambitions. (source CNN)
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Published on: 11 May 2018
"Palestinians reacted with anger and bafflement on Wednesday after the Trump administration apparently backed away from insisting that having two states — one for Israelis, one for Palestinians — was the only viable solution to the decades-long Middle East conflict." (New York Times)
"The peace process has been moribund. Trump and Netanyahu have shaken it up but the implications are hard to anticipate."
—Harold Waller
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Published on: 16 Feb 2017
McGill University has signed three important memoranda of understanding this week for collaborative research partnerships with institutions in Israel. The memoranda were signed by Dr. Rose Goldstein, McGill’s Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations), during an economic mission led by Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay and co-organized by the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain and Montréal International.
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Published on: 14 Sep 2012
