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Deadly strike in the Golan Heights risks opening new front in long-disputed territory

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies & Associate Professor of Francophone & Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Dickinson College
imageMourners at the site of an airstrike that killed 12 young members of the Druze community. Matteo Placucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

A missile strike that killed 12 children playing soccer in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 27, 2024, has prompted international concern that the Middle East conflict could expand into the...

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