Australia’s recognition of Palestine, like that of other Western countries, is a step in the right direction, but it remains a sham. (more…)
Category: Israel Palestine
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Tributes, condemnation pour in over slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Israel’s killing of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza prompts global outrage and calls for accountability. (more…)
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What will Australia’s recognition of Palestine mean in practical terms?
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…)
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‘I entrust you with Palestine’: The final testament of Anas al-Sharif
Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, left behind a powerful farewell message – his final testament to his people, his family and the world. (more…)
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Recognition of the State of Palestine must be combined with principled action to stop Israel’s intensifying genocide in Gaza
The Jewish Council of Australia affirms the Palestinian people’s fundamental right to self-determination – a right that has been systematically denied by the Israeli state. (more…)
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Germany’s arms embargo on Israel isn’t betrayal, it’s a moral reckoning
The arming of Israel now, so that it can carry out its plan to take control of Gaza and carry out ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in the territory, is one of the most antisemitic and anti-Israeli measures imaginable. (more…)
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Hundreds arrested in London for opposing ban on nonviolent group Palestine Action
“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…)
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Stand with Mary
It’s a privilege to join you today concerning Mary’s court case which is about the most fundamental issues of truth, justice and free speech in a decent society. (more…)
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Starvation is the constant companion of children in Gaza
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…)
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NSW Premier and the right to protest
Great Labor leaders are usually good communicators, persuasive, with a commanding presence. (more…)
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The occupation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza was always Netanyahu’s intention
On 19 December 2023, in Pearls and Irritations I wrote: “Hamas is the excuse for the Israeli attack on Gaza. It is not the reason. The real Israeli reason and objective in Gaza is to drive out the population and destroy infrastructure as part of a long-term plan to expel Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere. This settler colonisation has been ongoing since 1948, starting with the Nakba.” (more…)
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Justice for Palestine: Why Hamas must be involved
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…)
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From Hiroshima to Gaza: Eighty years of failing to contain violence
Note from the editor: For months Refaat Ibrahim has been writing for P&I from the centre of Gaza in unimaginable conditions. Today I add the note he sent with the piece, so you can see the sacrifice he makes every day. (more…)
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Israeli military plans to occupy Gaza City in major escalation of war
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…)
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How we at Physicians for Human Rights Israel decided that the Gaza war is a genocide
When examining all the factors together, we identify a clear pattern that indicates Israeli intent to kill Palestinians in Gaza. The systematic nature is the smoking gun. (more…)
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IDF chiefs break ranks
Israeli military and security chiefs are active participants in Netanyahu’s biblical holocaust on Palestinians. (more…)
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Gaza doesn’t need another gesture, it needs real action
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…)
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The Segal report and the universities
The Segal report presented to Prime Minister Albanese on Thursday, 10 July, represents an unprecedented challenge to Australia’s 39 public universities – to their autonomy, their independence and to their reputation both here and internationally. (more…)
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‘Israel doesn’t want journalists on the ground’: CNN’s Jeremy Diamond on the fight to enter Gaza
The foreign press corps in Israel has been battling — unsuccessfully — since the Gaza war began in October 2023 to be permitted access to the Strip in order to report on the conflict and the humanitarian situation there from the ground. (more…)
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Middle Australia marches
As fully paid members of Middle Australia, my partner and I had a clear middle row view on Sunday’s March for Humanity. (more…)
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Gendered violence in war isn’t a flaw. It’s a feature
When people ask, “Why are children always the first to suffer in war?” I find myself thinking about Gaza. (more…)
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Watermelons in the rain
We knew a thousand police couldn’t arrest 90,000 of us, so the march for Palestine was always going to happen. An 11th-hour decision by Justice Belinda Rigg just made it legal. (more…)
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Recognise Palestine? Then free Marwan Barghouti!
The world’s most important hostage must be released. Powerful Western countries have signalled that in the face of the genocide they may recognise the state of Palestine. States need leaders. That’s why Marwan Barghouti — often dubbed the Palestinian Mandela — must be freed. (more…)
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Interfaith groups come together to call for Gaza action
A coalition of Australian interfaith and community organisations — including leading Muslim, Christian, and Jewish groups — is calling on the Albanese Government to sanction Israel and to urgently recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. Full page advertisements have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers. The signatories represent a broad spectrum of religious, ethnic and political affiliations, united in an unprecedented show of solidarity. Their joint message is clear. The time for action is now. (more…)
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Palestine recognised
We are approaching the end game. There is a movement towards recognition of Palestine by major Western nations, namely France, the UK and Canada, and including, possibly, Australia and New Zealand. (more…)
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Israel activates its cells – the Kostakidis case
The conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism is the test in the Zionist lobby case against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis for her Gaza reporting and the outcome will be of great international significance, says Joe Lauria. (more…)
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Albo’s Palestine delay an act of moral cowardice
The Albanese Government’s failure to move to follow the lead of the UK, Canada and France in recognising the state of Palestine smacks of cowardice. (more…)
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Urgency of Palestinian recognition
Of course, Netanyahu is angry about talk of Palestinian recognition. He runs a narrative that Palestine and Palestinians do not exist. (more…)
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‘Stop genocide!’ March across Sydney bridge for Gaza
“One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West.” (more…)
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The time has come for a Palestinian nation
The political leaders of Israel have long spoken of an existential threat. Critics, and many of its well-meaning friends have offered suggestions about the reasonable or fair thing to do. But its enemies and many of its neighbours, Israel says, want the annihilation of the very idea of the Jewish state. (more…)