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A Palestinian protester holds a placard showing a crossed-out noose during a rally in the Beit Jala village near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Israel’s death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno‑nationalism

The vote to have death by hanging as the default for Palestinians guilty of killing Israelis represents the further entrenchment of a two-tier legal system.
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How will the Iran war change the Middle East? We asked 5 experts

The US, Israel and Iran war will shift alliances and create insecurity for years to come.
A member of the Iranian security forces stands guard next to a banner honouring former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on March 30. Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Trump underestimated Iran’s resilience. Now there is only one way out of the war

Iran’s regime was structured to withstand attacks from more powerful foes. It’s also resolved to deny the US and Israel a victory at all costs.
Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, centre, and lawmakers celebrate after Israel’s parliament passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, at the Knesset in Jerusalem Monday, March 30. Itay Cohen/Haaretz/AP

New Israeli law could mean death penalty by default for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

This development reverses decades of global movement towards abolition of the death penalty, while normalising executions in an occupied territory.
As Iranian missiles fly, Israel’s sophisticated Iron Dome air defence system is under strain. A potential collaboration with Volkswagen to manufacture key components of the Israeli rocket interceptor could expose both the carmaker and Germany to a breach in International law if it produces arms for Israel. Hamara / Shutterstock

How do Israel and Iran’s nuclear status differ under international law?

If Israel possesses a nuclear arsenal, while Iran is denied that possibility, what do the international norms on accepting, producing or acquiring nuclear weapons have to say about such double standards?
Attendees wearing MAGA merch stand next to an image of Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, on March 25, 2026. Leandro Lozada AFP/Getty Images

I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies

Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, acting Commander of U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, right, stand before the Senate Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2026. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

How the National Security Council typically functions to plan and fully assess risks when presidents consider going to war

The national intelligence community has seemingly been sidelined from Trump’s Iran war decisions – a far cry from previous administrations, writes a former National Security Council member.

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