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Leanne Piggott

Leanne Piggott is the Director of Business Education at The University of Sydney Business School and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is currently co-editing a volume in DFAT's series of Documents on Australia on Australian Foreign Policy, on Australia and the Middle East in the post-1950 period.

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  • Leanne Piggott 21 Oct 2015 10:11

    Israel-Palestine: Why has violence spiked now?

    An Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Tuesday (Photo:Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency/Getty) Sporadic incidents of violence, both by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and by Palestinians, have been a constant of the Israel-Palestinian conflict in recent years. However, since 1 October the level and frequency of violence has spiked dramatically.