Daniel Levy, who knows a thing or two about peace negotiations, warns us that, “The plan is being used to push back against the momentum behind holding Israel accountable, the thing that could actually produce positive change.” (more…)
Category: Israel Palestine
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A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine
Political and media commentary on the Hamas killings of October 2023 have been preoccupied with claims that these were not only the worst terrorists but that their actions were without precedent. (more…)
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7 October not a day to abuse protesters
When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and her New South Wales counterpart Chris Minns. (more…)
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Hundreds of thousands flood cities across Europe to demand end to genocide in Gaza
An estimated 250,000 people dressed in red crowded into Museum Square in Amsterdam, demanding that the Dutch government end its support for Israel. (more…)
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Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Today, tomorrow and the day after
Back in January last year, my Toda Policy Brief 182 was published with the title “Israel and Gaza: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. (more…)
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7 October 2023: Return of the Hannibal Directive and the genocide starts now – Part 2
By noon on 7 October 2023, news of Palestinians taking hostages grip the attention of Israel’s top military and political leadership who are gathered in the “Pit”, the Kirya bunker in Tel Aviv. (more…)
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Secret cargo: Inside Australia’s covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel
At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal. (more…)
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‘Ban Israeli football’: Scholars urge UEFA to bar Israel over Gaza horrors
In a letter, legal experts have underscored the killing of Palestinian footballers and a UN panel’s finding that Israel is committing genocide. (more…)
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7 October 2023: shocking yes, surprising no
A new book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Road to October 7 – a brief history of Palestinian Islamism, by Erik Skare, shows how the seeds of the Gaza war were sown over decades. (more…)
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What are international protests revealing about Palestine, Israel and public opinion?
When I first saw the figures on international protests from October 2023 to September 2025, I was fascinated. I hadn’t realised which countries had been most active and the results surprised me. (more…)
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7 October 2023: What really happened? Part 1
At dawn, on 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters blast over 100 holes in the walls and fences that separate the Gaza Strip from Israel. (more…)
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Chris Hedges – Statement by the National Press Club ( 4 October 2025)
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges’ forthcoming address to Australia’s National Press Club on Gaza has been cancelled, as revealed in an article published during the weekend. The National Press Club has responded in a media statement. (more…)
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Palestinians out by 7 October?
No wonder Israel’s prime minister was grinning. He had his fourth meeting this year with President Trump. He also got what he came for: permission to “finish the job”. (more…)
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Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel. (more…)
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No justice or peace for Palestinians in Trump’s Plan
The Trump Plan is designed to reframe the issues in favour of Israel. Palestinians have been betrayed again. (more…)
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Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law
The Israel Defence Force has intercepted a flotilla of humanitarian vessels seeking to deliver aid to Gaza, taking control of multiple vessels and arresting activists, including Greta Thunberg. (more…)
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What do Palestinian Australians think of the Trump peace plan?
Irrespective of what Hamas’ decides, Trump’s peace plan is a bitter pill to swallow. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. (more…)
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Erasing Gaza’s ecosystem
Israel is rightly known for its technological prowess, not least when it comes to making war. (more…)
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Ben Saul on Palestinian recognition and the Trump plan
At the National Press Club this week, Ben Saul argued that Australia is more than a “modest middle power” and must step up on Palestine. (more…)
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Chris Sidoti’s prescription for action on Palestine
At the National Press Club this week with Ben Saul, Chris Sidoti argues that recognition of Palestine is important, but that Australia must also comply with international law obligations, including acting on arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court. (more…)
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Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud Flotilla vessels: What we know so far
Despite carrying only a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid, the flotilla had pressed forward with its mission to establish a maritime corridor into Gaza. (more…)
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Trump-Netanyahu plan: Reproducing occupation under the name of ‘peace’
What was recently proposed by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the title “peace deals” is nothing but a rearrangement of the cards of power in the region, far from addressing the core of the Palestinian issue: justice. (more…)
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Trump’s mongrel punt
In the Australian vernacular, a mongrel punt is an erratic kick forward of a football which leaves those participating in the game with an awkward choice between contesting possession (possibly at the cost of broken fingers) and waiting to see where the ball bounces. (more…)
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Sidoti and Saul on what we can and must do to stop the killing
Appearing yesterday at Canberra’s National Press Club, Chris Sidoti and Ben Saul laid out the things Australia can and must do to play our proper part to end the genocide. In coming days we will run the text of both speeches, and the questions that followed. For now it is well worth your time to watch two genuine leaders. (more…)
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Peace without justice
We are told that Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan envisages a potential pathway to a future Palestinian state. (more…)
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‘Stunning reversal’: New York Times poll finds US support for Israel has plummeted
“Though this was utterly unthinkable even five years ago,” said one journalist, “it’s now reflected in poll after poll, and is so entrenched it’s hard to imagine it can be reversed.” (more…)
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Palestine, hate and the fantasy of White Australia
Last week, as the prime minister confirmed Australia would recognise Palestine, far right protesters still hit Melbourne’s streets. (more…)
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Critics sceptical that Trump-Netanyahu peace plan will work as outlined
One critic noted Trump’s plan for Gaza “contains numerous opportunities for Netanyahu to renege on his commitments, as he has repeatedly done in the past”. (more…)
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Trump’s peace plan shows Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president. (more…)
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Trump’s Gaza peace plan welcomed by Arab and Islamic countries, the West
The Palestinian Authority joins regional leaders in welcoming US president’s 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. (more…)