La guerre au Moyen-Orient

Krieg im Nahen Osten

War in the Middle East

Guerra en Oriente Medio

Guerra in Medio Oriente

Following Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on 7 October and Israel’s response in the Gaza Strip, the death toll on both sides is high. What are the historical and geopolitical causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict? And what new alliances are being forged in the region?

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Fuelled by discriminatory clichés, its return is largely due to its traces, still present across the continent. But what is the EU doing to combat the return of anti-Semitism? We take a closer look.

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, Europe has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Europe faces a resurgence of anti-Semitism

In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life in the Jewish state after the Hamas attack.

Israel: Life After Terror

In Israel everything changed overnight on 7 October. In this episode, Tracks East looks at life after the Hamas attack.

Tracks East

A focus on the geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East following the signing in 2020 of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four countries in the Arab world.

New Alliances in a Region in Crisis

A focus on Middle East geopolitical after the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab countries.

Middle East: Between War and Peace

Beirut is just 80 kilometres from the border with Israel. Palestinians in the camps in Lebanon are watching the bitter war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza with concern but they are divided between Hamas and Fatah supporters.

Lebanon: Hamas and Fatah United?

Palestinians in the camps in Lebanon are watching the bitter war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza with concern but they are divided between Hamas and Fatah supporters.

ARTE Reportage

As Israel reels from the 7 October Hamas attack, left-wing voters are especially lost. Many of the locations attacked by Hamas such as the Kibbutzim are home to Israelis advocating for peaceful coexistence and a Palestinian state.

Israel: The left in Disarray

As Israel reels from the 7 October Hamas attack, left-wing voters are especially lost. 

The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect. The two-state solution has yet to materialise, and recent years have been marred by political assassinations, violent uprisings, extremism, terrorist attacks, and police repression.

What Future for Palestine?

The creation of an independent Palestinian state seemed possible in 1993, but thirty years later it feels like a distant prospect.

Mapping the World

Founded in 1948 after the trauma of the holocaust, Israel, where three-quarters of the population is Jewish, has gone through many crises and has tense relations with the Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab states.

Israel: Endless Conflict, New Alliances

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. But where is the space for a Palestinian state?

Israel: Making (In)Roads into the West Bank

Every year Israel builds more and more road infrastructure in the occupied West Bank, encouraging new settlements to house the overspill from the crowded urban centres of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 

In the north of the West Bank, near Nablus, a new episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being played out: the War of the Hills. It pits young radical Jewish settlers, protected by the Israeli army, against young militant Palestinians from a new armed group: the Lion's Den.

West Bank: War in the Hills

In the north of the West Bank, near Nablus, a new episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being played out:

War in the Middle East

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Europe faces a resurgence of anti-Semitism

Tracks East

Israel: Life After Terror

Middle East: Between War and Peace

New Alliances in a Region in Crisis

ARTE Reportage

Lebanon: Hamas and Fatah United?

ARTE Reportage

Israel: The left in Disarray

Mapping the World

What Future for Palestine?

Mapping the World

Israel: Endless Conflict, New Alliances

ARTE Reportage

Israel: Making (In)Roads into the West Bank

ARTE Reportage

West Bank: War in the Hills