Writer
Peter Rodgers
<em>Peter Rodgers is a former Australian diplomat, award-winning journalist, and the author of six books. He is currently writing a novel set around a small NSW country town whose inhabitants are forced to confront the past. </em>
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Labor, Palestinian statehood and the UN General Assembly
With the ALP platform now formally supporting Palestinian statehood the Albanese government soon faces a tricky question. When the UN General Assembly convenes in mid-September (UNGA 77) will Australia put its vote(s) on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where its declared policy is? Continue reading »
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Israel’s Government of change – or is it?
Israel now has the most diverse “unity” government in its history and it’s all thanks to one man: Benjamin Netanyahu. Without the visceral contempt for Netanyahu, engendered during his 12-year reign as Prime Minister, the possibility of such an assortment of parties coming together would have been unthinkable. Continue reading »
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Israel-Palestine – plus ça change, only worse
It may seem an odd, almost insensitive thing to say but the most searing aspect of the current appalling violence between Israelis and Palestinians is not the death, destruction and suffering from new storms of rockets and bombs and bullets. It is the awful, depressing predictability of it all. The only difference this time is Continue reading »
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Australia and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – can policy overcome politics?
A new public opinion survey finding that Australians hold surprisingly balanced views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict offers scope for the government to ditch its short-sighted, partisan approach. But will it? Continue reading »
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West Bank annexation – dead and buried or just comatose?
If Trump is re-elected and revives Netanyahu’s ambitions, Australia must have a plan to make the existing “suspension” permanent. Continue reading »
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Australia’s foolish and embarrassing silence over Israel’s annexation plans
What an absurd, paradoxical situation. The Australian Government pursued a very public campaign against China over Covid-19. Yet regarding Israel’s plan to unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank – the government has lost its tongue. Continue reading »
