OFFICIAL – Israel’s proposed death-penalty law is a war crime
Greg Barns

OFFICIAL – Israel’s proposed death-penalty law is a war crime

Not satisfied it seems with the continued genocide of Palestinians, Israel is now looking to execute Palestinian prisoners by introducing a death penalty law.

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Jessica Corbett

Lancet study shows more than 3m years of human life lost in Israeli assault on Gaza

“To speak of three million years of human life erased is to confront the true scale of this atrocity – generations of children, parents, and families wiped out,” said the head of a US advocacy group.

Palestine’s future: Australians are outraged
Margaret Reynolds,  Stuart Rees

Palestine’s future: Australians are outraged

At an Australia-wide webinar on 31 October, David Spratt paid tribute to the late Ali Kazak, Palestine’s first ambassador to Australia.

Israel, lies and videotape
Alison Broinowski

Israel, lies and videotape

We have heard a lot in the last two years and one month about Jewish Australians feeling unsafe or intimidated.

108 years since the Balfour Declaration – a promise written in ink, fulfilled in blood
Refaat Ibrahim

108 years since the Balfour Declaration – a promise written in ink, fulfilled in blood

On 2 November 1917, Britain wrote with the ink of politics what it had no right to write with the ink of history.

The West’s double game on Gaza
Scott Burchill

The West’s double game on Gaza

In the aftermath of the attacks of 7 October 2023 and for months afterwards, Western governments that have been long-standing supporters of Israel — including the Australian Government — invoked “self-defence” to justify the severity of Israel’s response.

Australia can't get away with genocide
Alison Broinowski

Australia can't get away with genocide

Australia repeatedly fights as the deputy sheriff in our ally’s wars. Afterwards, our contributions are forgotten and we continue to dodge blame for the disastrous results, including war crimes. Can we get away with this over Gaza?

Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations are part of its strategy to keep waging war on Gaza
Tareq S. Hajjaj

Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations are part of its strategy to keep waging war on Gaza

Here’s Israel's strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill dozens of civilians and fighters, stop fire and claim you’re honouring the ceasefire. Then do it again.

Notice which genocides you are and are not allowed to oppose
Caitlin Johnstone

Notice which genocides you are and are not allowed to oppose

Do you notice how nobody’s losing their jobs or getting deported for criticising the genocidal atrocities in Sudan?

What Israel's genocide has laid bare
Coen Luettringhaus

What Israel's genocide has laid bare

Two years into an ongoing genocide — recognised as such by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B’Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights, Doctors without Borders, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, the University Network for Human Rights and countless scholars of international humanitarian law, genocide and Holocaust studies — we are now to normalise the obscene, and move on.

Australian Palestinian farm in the occupied West Bank raided by Israeli settlers
Helen McCue

Australian Palestinian farm in the occupied West Bank raided by Israeli settlers

Australian citizen, Palestinian farmer and vigneron Sari Kassis, whose family company Domaine Kassis wines sells both locally and overseas, has reported that over the past two weeks there has been a rapid increase in destructive raids on his farm by the Israeli “Hilltop Youth”.

Gaza under siege: The continuation of Zionist demographic cleansing policies since the 19th century
Refaat Ibrahim

Gaza under siege: The continuation of Zionist demographic cleansing policies since the 19th century

Israeli propaganda tries to present the war on Gaza as a “defensive reaction.” Yet the historical record tells a very different story: systematic genocide, the destruction of civilian life and deliberate attempts to uproot entire populations. All of this is a direct continuation of Zionist colonial policies that began in the late 19th century.

The leader most capable of governing a future Palestinian state is languishing in an Israeli jail
Amin Saikal

The leader most capable of governing a future Palestinian state is languishing in an Israeli jail

As the future of Gaza hangs in the balance, the Palestinian Authority needs renewal if it’s to eventually govern the Strip and play a key role in making the two-state solution a reality.



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