Category: Israel Palestine

All the dire predictions at the time Israel banned the UN Relief and Works Agency in January 2025 have come to pass. (more…)

Those who accuse the Albanese Government of breaking with a historic Labor position of opposing recognition of a Palestinian state are wrong. (more…)

I am part of a small group of people who intended to hold an event to discuss the situation in Gaza. Shortly before our event was scheduled, the Jewish board of Deputies pressed our venue operators to cancel the event. This incursion into our right to gather was a striking example of the ethos that informs so much of the Zionist lobby’s methods of silencing any departure from what is perceived as pro-Israel lines of argument. Thus: (more…)

Prime Minister Albanese’s announcement on 11 August that Australia will recognise the state of Palestine is a dramatic break with the past. (more…)

From restricting truck crossings to preventing proper cargo securing, Israel has imposed layers of bureaucratic and physical obstacles that hinder every stage of delivering food and medical supplies to Gaza. (more…)

The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government. (more…)

During the past weeks, media coverage of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, including the creation of widespread famine and instances of starvation, has motivated a majority of Western countries to support a permanent end to the war in Gaza, potentially through a UNGA-endorsed Palestine/Israeli two-state solution. (more…)

In an interview with the ABC, Chris Sidoti, Commissioner on the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said the decision on recognition of Palestine was necessary, but not sufficient in and of itself. (more…)

“Let us be under no illusion,” said one organiser. “The government is criminalising the people of Britain for standing up against the biggest genocide of the 21st century, as it’s live streamed from Gaza.” (more…)

Dear Child, I am the nothingness that will kill you. You do not know it, but you will feel the heaviness of your fate seep into your bones and flesh. (more…)

Great Labor leaders are usually good communicators, persuasive, with a commanding presence. (more…)

What next for Palestine? Gaza is a wasteland, a dystopian scene of devastation and starvation. The occupied West Bank is under siege from rampant Israeli settler gunmen. (more…)

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military occupation of Gaza City, located in the north of the Palestinian enclave. (more…)

Like many Australians watching the unfolding devastation in Gaza, I read about Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s recent announcement of $20 million in additional humanitarian aid with mixed emotions. (more…)

As fully paid members of Middle Australia, my partner and I had a clear middle row view on Sunday’s March for Humanity. (more…)

When people ask, “Why are children always the first to suffer in war?” I find myself thinking about Gaza. (more…)