Since the ceasefire came into effect, I’ve been searching for a way out of all the horrors that surrounded us in Gaza, but I can’t find one. (more…)
Category: Israel Palestine
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The armistice of 1918 and the ‘ceasefire’ of 2025
Remembrance Day is coming. More accurately it is Armistice Day. The armistice between Germany and the Western Powers was signed at Compiègne in France on the morning of 11 November 1918, after four years of war. Sadly, there are heart-chilling parallels to today. (more…)
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The onus is on Israel and its allies to end the genocide, not their victims
It’s actually never legitimate to withhold aid from starving civilians. It was never legitimate at any time. (more…)
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Gaza has a ceasefire, now Palestine needs self-determination
Whether it’s the Israeli Government, an international peacekeeping force, or a post-conflict reconstruction authority for Gaza chaired (grotesquely) by Donald Trump, the fate of Palestine still rests in the hands of outsiders. (more…)
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As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?
At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US atomic bombing in 1945 and Gaza today, aside from massive destruction. (more…)
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Israel returns Palestinian prisoners’ bodies with ‘signs of torture, mutilation and execution’
An unknown number of Palestinians abducted by Israel died or were killed while in custody; living former prisoners have described horrific and, sometimes, deadly torture. (more…)
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One more betrayal of the Palestinians
The history of the Palestinians is a history of betrayal. In the wake of World War I, Britain and France redrew the map of the Middle East to suit their own ends. (more…)
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Stark contrasts in health of returning hostages
Peter Slezak has been keeping a watching brief on the both harrowing and joyous scenes as prisoners and hostages from Palestine and Israel were freed this week. He has gathered sources for P&I readers and observes the following. (more…)
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Denial and amnesia: Is the global community ready to welcome Israel back?
Analysts express concern over the rehabilitation of Israel, even as it says it has done no wrong. (more…)
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War without end, peace without justice
The Gaza war has become the most searing mirror of our century’s political and moral contradictions. (more…)
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‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills at least 9 in Gaza, says it will break truce aid terms
“Israel is working extremely hard to blow up this ceasefire,” said one observer after IDF troops shot dead Palestinians trying to return to their homes in the largely flattened strip. (more…)
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Gaza: The peace of the genocide alliance
The great war may be coming to an end, but the violence of occupation, apartheid, and territorial expansion is not. (more…)
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Remembering my Palestinian father
In these awful times of genocide and massacre, I particularly remember my late Palestinian father. (more…)
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Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza
Press groups are also demanding justice for the more than 200 journalists slaughtered in Palestinian territory over the past two years. (more…)
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Shameful distortion that lies at the heart of US conservative politics
The news of ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza is cause for great rejoicing and for giving credit where it is due. But the big questions remain: where to from here, and how did the world allow this to happen in the first place? (more…)
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From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage
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Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice
The ceasefire plan in Gaza has dominated our news in recent days and weeks. One aspect of the plan is the obligation of Israel in the first phase to release a number — a large number — of Palestinian prisoners. (more…)
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How Israel lost a war by not deserving to win
It is ultimately futile and probably wicked to calculate winners and losers in a war against civilians, least of all on any sort of balance sheet weighing and measuring the value of dead bodies. (more…)
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Time for a ‘just peace’ for all peoples in Palestine
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong took a long time just to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. And their belated declaration of Palestinian statehood is an empty gesture when we are still sending F-35 jet components to Israel. (more…)
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Childhood on hold: Growing up too soon in Gaza and beyond
UNICEF has called Gaza the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child.” It estimates every single child in Gaza will need mental health support. (more…)
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Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own
Western leaders now claim credit for “peace”, but Gaza’s survival belongs to its people alone. (more…)
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‘We must keep the pressure on’: Humanitarians say ceasefire doesn’t erase Gaza genocide
“This much-needed and welcomed ceasefire does not change the simple fact that Israel has just committed a genocide in Gaza,” wrote the co-founder of European Jews for Palestine. (more…)
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Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza
The US pundit’s “dead Gaza baby” joke was not a slip of the tongue, but a window into a media culture that trivialises Palestinian suffering and deflects responsibility. (more…)
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How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu
In the not-too-distant future, the Netanyahu Government will fall. When this happens, it will become politically fashionable (and indeed necessary) for Western leaders outside the US to intellectually “package” the genocide in Gaza. (more…)
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Trump says Israel and Hamas sign off on first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
Mediator Qatar said more details of the agreement would be announced at a later date. (more…)
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Jeffrey Sachs: Twenty-point plan minus the US-UK colonialism
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares offer a revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. (more…)
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Is Greta Thunberg the lone voice for justice in our world?
As the world moves from one crisis to another and our politicians ignore the immense injustices that are happening in their nation and in the world, what do ordinary non-violent citizens do to let their politicians know they aren’t happy with their lack of moral and ethical fortitude? (more…)
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Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter?
In an age when millions feel invisible to those in power, these aren’t rhetorical questions. They’re the foundational need that either builds democracies or tears them apart. (more…)
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Between two wounds: Gaza confronts Trump’s plan to end the war
On a cold morning in central Gaza City, Nevin Al-Barbari, 35, sat in what remained of her family home, watching her two-year-old daughter, Reem, explore the rooms she had only recently come to know. (more…)
