Wars end. We tend to forget this. Inevitably, they must end. As sure as war, is the end of war. History teaches this in innumerable ways.

The Foreign Affairs Committee continues its inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hearing from grassroot organisations working in Israel and Palestine on Monday 27 January, at 2pm.

The Israeli military launched an operation in Jenin, dubbed Iron Wall, resulting in a dozen deaths with 35 wounded. For a Palestinian activist, Israel is imposing “total closure” on the West Bank to settle the score.

Maoz Inon’s parents were killed in Hamas’s October 7 attack. With a ceasefire now in effect, he says Israelis and Palestinians need to chart a new course for ‘a better future for all between the river and the sea’.

Our hearts have been torn apart every single day over the past 466 days of unimaginable devastation, fear, and loss.

Relieved. Hopeful. Even optimistic. Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.

Yonatan Zeigen, son of an Israeli pacifist killed on 7 October, speaks to AsiaNews about the question of “power and interests” behind the agreement, starting with the new US administration.

Mainstream Israel customarily venerates bereaved families, even sanctifying them. Some would say that the situation has changed recently, but this position is also based on the same falsity.