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Guide to Resources on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, 2023

New sources and other websites for learning more about the conflict

Allsides.com has been offering multi-viewed resources on various aspects of the conflict:

How to Avoid Manipulation When Reading Coverage of Hamas Attacks on Israel

Israel-Hamas War: Updates, Tracking Misinformation, and More

Allsides' coverage of the conflict

The New York Times, which we have access to through our loyno email accounts, offers near continuous coverage of the conflict. Keep in mind that the NYT has been accused of being pro-Israeli, but their coverage is generally reliable, fact-based, and balanced. 

To activate your loyno New York Times subscription, go to access.nyt.com, search for Loyola University New Orleans, then follow the instructions for setting up your account using your loyno.edu or my.loyno.edu email address. 

The Wall Street Journal, is more right-leaning than the New York Times, but also offers reliable, fact-based, and balanced coverage. Set up your loyno Wall Street Journal subscription through sso. 

al-Jazeera English version is known to be a balanced news source that could be very good for following an international conflict. 

Access World News is a library database that provides text access to thousands of news sources globally. They offer the Israel-Hamas conflict as a Current Events topic and suggest a complex search. 

For a more scholarly approach, jadaliyya.com is a platform created and maintained by professors from diverse American and international academic institutions. The same platform provides a collaborative teach-in series that hosts scholars and analysts who discuss the history and contemporary politics around Israel/Palestine.