Israel’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip is proceeding apace, maybe even better than expected. In addition to significant achievements in systematic killing and destruction already chalked up, the last few days have seen one more critical achievement: the deliberate starvation has started to yield results. (more…)
Category: Israel Palestine
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Defining antisemitism and bringing the killing to an end
In a homily delivered last Sunday Frank Brennan said the best way to counter antisemitism is by extending hospitality to the stranger and to all work to end the killing. (more…)
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Israel has succeeded in starvation, and the global moral edifice has collapsed sharply
I step out of my tent every morning, burdened with exhaustion, drenched in sorrow, searching for anything I might be able to buy for my family, a family worn down by hunger. Their bodies are too weak to move. Their faces have turned pale, drained of all signs of life. For two months, not a single grain of flour has entered our tent. My children still go to sleep every night with empty stomachs and unbearable pain. (more…)
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Former UN Aid chief calls Gaza genocide ‘Worst crime of the 21st century’
“I am absolutely convinced that what’s going on in Gaza is a genocide, because the thing speaks for itself,” said Martin Griffiths. (more…)
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On Jillian Segal’s report into combating antisemitism
Several excellent critiques of Jillian Segal’s “Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism” have appeared, by Louise Adler (The Guardian), Henry Reynolds (Pearls and Irritations), Nick Feik (Substack), Guy Rundle (Substack) and Jeffrey Loewenstein (Pearls and Irritations). I would like to add a few additional words. (more…)
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Defenders of rules-based order: not who you thought
On Tuesday, a committed group of over 1,000 activists rained on the Government’s parade, using the day of the opening of Parliament to protest Australia’s ongoing complicity in the Israeli Government’s genocidal actions in Gaza. (more…)
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Famine expert: Israel’s starvation of Gaza most ‘Minutely designed and controlled’ since WWII
“This is preventable starvation,” said Alex de Waal. “It is entirely man-made.” (more…)
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It’s clear – Israel now has a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza
Adolf Eichmann began his Nazi career as the head of the Central Agency for Jewish Emigration at the security agency charged with protecting the Reich. Joseph Brunner, the father of Mossad chief David Barnea, was three years old when he fled Nazi Germany with his parents, before the evacuation plan was implemented. (more…)
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Yousef Aljamal: The war on memory and writing through a genocide
Sitting opposite me in my black leather captain’s chair, looking more like a bouncer than a writer, was Yousef Aljamal, co-author of Displaced in Gaza – stories from the Gaza Genocide. (more…)
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Israel kills three in Gaza Catholic church sheltering elderly, children
At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded, including a priest, in Israel’s attack on the church. (more…)
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Let’s combat antisemitism, not use it to dehumanise others – Part 1
The state of Israel’s heinous conduct must not be seen solely as a “Jewish problem”. (more…)
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Vive la resistance! The heroes who oppose genocide
Nobody has a bad word to say about the French Resistance in World War II, right? Who would criticise a group confronting fascism, right? (more…)
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Orientalism and casus belli in the Middle East
There can surely have been few times in recent history when Edward Said’s seminal notion of Orientalism has had more tragic and pointed immediacy and relevance than now. (more…)
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An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities
Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist. (more…)
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Antisemitism, free speech and a dangerous redefinition: How one envoy is rewriting the rules
The recent synagogue fire in Melbourne is being used as a blueprint for sweeping changes to Australian law. (more…)
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Israel’s final Gaza solution
Reports of a shocking Israeli Gaza “solution” that aims to ethnically cleanse Gaza of all Palestinians by establishing so-called Humanitarian Transit Areas or concentration camps has surfaced in Israeli and other media. (more…)
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Despite denials, Australia has exported F-35 parts to Israel
Leaked documents show Canberra has been supplying Israel with the means to maintain F-35 fighter jets so it can continue its genocidal campaign in Gaza, Peter Cronau and Kellie Tranter report. (more…)
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An ambitious plan to combat antisemitism or an effective plan to silence Israel’s critics?
I watched the 7.30 interview with the special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, with mounting alarm. By the end of the interview, I was afraid for the future of Australia. (more…)
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Israeli settlers kill, destroy and steal with impunity
This week there was another attack on a religious institution. No, not in Australia but in the ancient Christian village of Taibeh, a Palestinian village in the Occupied West Bank. (more…)
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The Israel lobby stands loudly condemned for its silence
Reflect for a moment, as you read this piece, what is happening in Gaza. (more…)
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Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative
If words shape our consciousness, then the media holds the keys to minds. (more…)
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Jillian Segal ‘won’t dictate’ to husband over $50,000 to Advance
The special envoy seeking to dictate the nation’s speech has suggested it was her husband who was responsible for $50,000 given to far-right group Advance — and that she won’t “dictate” his actions. (more…)
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More than 5800 Gaza children diagnosed with malnutrition in June: UNICEF
“Children’s bodies are wasting away,” the agency said. “This is not just a nutrition crisis. It’s a child survival emergency.” (more…)
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NYT report says Netanyahu prolonged war on Gaza to stay in power
“He pressed ahead with the war in April and July 2024, even as top generals told him that there was no further military advantage to continuing,” reports The New York Times. (more…)
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Australian parliamentarians urgently need lessons in international law
As the new Parliament returns this month, it is timely to ask just how many Australian parliamentarians need urgent instruction in international law and how it impacts on government decision-making which complies with the United Nations rules-based order developed by the efforts of so many nations since 1945. (more…)
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‘No’ to Jillian Segal’s antisemitism action plan
Representing Jews Against the Occupation ’48 (JAO48), I would like to share our response to Jillian Segal’s “antisemitism action plan”. In short: we reject it. (more…)
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Antisemitism Plan sparks fierce debate over free speech, racism, and political agendas
At a press conference in Sydney on Wednesday 10 July 2025, the Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, together with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke launched the National Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism in order to address antisemitic hate, especially in the wake of intensified community tensions following the war in Gaza. (more…)
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Kostakidis to go before court, after judiciary recognises anti-Zionism is not antisemitism
Mary Kostakidis should hold her head up high right now, because of all the Australian journalists who are honestly calling out the holocaust that Israel is perpetrating against the Palestinians. (more…)
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Mahmoud Khalil to sue Trump admin for US$20m over ‘unconstitutional’ detention
“There must be accountability for political retaliation and abuse of power,” said Khalil. “And I won’t stop here.” (more…)
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Netanyahu leaves Washington without a Gaza ceasefire, just like he wanted
Benjamin Netanyahu is sabotaging talks, hoping Donald Trump will blame Hamas if negotiations fail. (more…)