Israel / Palestine
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Israel’s Australian ‘hostages’
Hundreds of Australians’ family members holding valid Australian visas are being prevented from fleeing devastated Gaza – by the Israeli military, and the impotence of the Australian government. Continue reading »
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“Another Massacre”
They bombed the Tabeen school in Gaza City with so much explosive force that not a single full body was recovered. Continue reading »
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Iran is about to attack Israel
Iran may be about to launch a proper missile strike on Israel for the first time ever – in retaliation for the attack on Tehran last month which killed Ismail Haniyeh. Israeli intelligence says an attack is likely to come within days. Continue reading »
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The 1948 Irgun re-born?
Isn’t it time that the western ruling structures raised their eyes from their reverie, and read the runes that manifest all around them? Continue reading »
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What the UN Chief can do for Gaza
Secretary-General António Guterres has limited his role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to that of a town crier, expressing “grave concern” from time to time regarding the terrible Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel’s collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza every day since then and long before. To change his Continue reading »
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Team genocide walks out on Nagasaki commemorations
In an astonishing “Fuck you” to the survivors of the 1945 US nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, several Western countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Italy and the UK have just dropped a bombshell: reportedly announcing their ambassadors are shunning this week’s commemorations in solidarity with Israel. Continue reading »
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“Well-run machine”: New Hamas leader Sinwar governed Gaza from 2017-2023
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar ran Gaza so well, Benjamin Netanyahu once spoke in his own cabinet in favour of supporting Hamas against the Palestinian Authority, Marwan Bishara reminds us. Continue reading »
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Rape and genocide: the Israeli war machine we support
The headline above is outrageous and incendiary – it is also unquestionably true. We have a duty to bear witness to what the Palestinians must endure. Continue reading »
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“Well What SHOULD Israel Have Done After October 7?”
People often object to criticisms of Israel’s ongoing mass atrocity in Gaza by saying, “Well what SHOULD Israel have done in response to October 7 then?” They say it like the question should confound you, as though it’s some kind of thought-terminating unanswerable Zen koan or something. Continue reading »
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Israeli MP condones sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners
What democracy would accept a member of parliament agreeing that it was permissible and acceptable for it’s solders to sexually abuse political prisoners Continue reading »
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The challenge of appointing the special envoy on Islamophobia
The appointment of a Special Envoy on Islamophobia by the Albanese Government comes amidst complex political times and strained community relations with Australia’s Muslim leadership. Continue reading »
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UN probe finds ‘Appalling Acts’ of torture against Palestinians detained by Israel
The U.N. report found evidence of sexual violence, waterboarding, and the use of dogs against detainees, many of whom were deprived of food, water, sleep, and toilet access. Continue reading »
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The Tent of Nations, a place of hope
One Palestinian farming family’s story Continue reading »
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Jeffrey Sachs: “US Subservient to Israel”
A MUST-WATCH 29-minute interview in which Jeffrey Sachs tells it like it is and as few others dare to tell it. Continue reading »
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Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh: a futile act by a rogue state
From Ismail Haniyeh to Imad Mughniyeh, Israel’s policy of assassinations is a great example of winning the battle but losing the war, writes Emad Moussa. Continue reading »
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Under the spell of denial: the Khmer Rouge in New York and Netanyahu in Washington
Few alliance nations would ponder how the cadence of Netanyahu’s speech inside Congress put them under the spell of denial. This is akin to the Khmer Rouge (government in exile) that was invited to hold a seat in the United Nations until 1993. Continue reading »
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The hanging body of 7-year old Sidra Hassunah
This is what a genocide looks like. Continue reading »
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Writings from the ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment: The series
On 29 April 2024, students established a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in the centre of the Australian National University (ANU) campus. The students made the following demands: Continue reading »
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Civil war in Israeli army, Parliament as MPs detain soldiers for gang rape of Palestinian prisoners at vault of horrors
The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday, military police raided the Sde Teiman detention centre where Palestinian prisoners are being held, detaining nine Israel soldiers suspected of gang raping and severely sexually torturing detainees. One further suspect was not apprehended. The soldiers belong to the Force 100 unit, which has been detailed to Sde Continue reading »
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Crying antisemitism drowns out the real problem
Zionism has become for some people a sort of ethnic superiority which denies equal claims to recognition by Palestinians. If we are unable to talk about this within the Jewish community we are doing a great disservice to both Palestinians and Israelis, writes Dennis Altman. Continue reading »
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Apartheid Israel
“(I)f pressed on legality … our position is that it is for competent judicial bodies to determine whether crimes against humanity have been committed” – (DFAT, 2022, FOI release). What then are DFAT and Australia’s obligations following the finding by the International Court of Justice that Israel has established an apartheid system in the Occupied Continue reading »
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No more silence
If Zionist ideology ever fit into the modern world, and I will leave this an outstanding question, it no longer does. Continue reading »
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Art and popular resistance: truth telling from ANU to Gaza to Sudan
Palestinian liberation movements on this continent are intertwined with Blak liberation and resistance movements for restorative land justice around the world. To organise for Palestinian liberation, to organise for First Nations liberation on this continent and globally, is to call for a drastic restructuring of settler identity and cultural awareness of the role of settler Continue reading »
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When the spring came
When the spring finally came, we returned to our neighbourhood, and we found that wildflowers had grown amid the fallen buildings and the rubble. Wildflowers grew above it all, above all our people, and above all their dreams. Continue reading »
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Space and domination: The ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment
As of the 14th of July 2024, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the Australian National University (ANU) is 76 days old. For Palestinians, 14,000 kilometres away, past the iridescent waters of the Riau Islands, through the rice paddies of India and the vastness of the Saudi sands; for Palestinians trying to survive in their home, Continue reading »
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The World Court has cleared the fog hiding western support for Israel’s crimes
The legal ruling by the world’s highest court obliges Western states not just to end their persecution of the boycott movement but to take up that cause as their own. Continue reading »
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The insignificant seven
In a blow that will strike little fear into the hearts of the Israeli Government, Foreign Minister Wong has announced sanctions against seven West Bank settlers. Continue reading »
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Declaiming antisemitism: tribal solipsism or linguistic imperialism?
Claims of antisemitism are currently the pejorative de jour, an all-purpose prosecution intended to condemn any who engage in criticism of rampaging genocidal Zionist activity to instant and unchallengeable perdition. Continue reading »
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Succumbing to the Zionist Lobby: higher education institutions abandon ethics and integrity
Gaza Solidarity Encampments across the colony have exposed our corrupt, wage-theft-riddled, million-dollar-VC-run universities as the hypocritical institutions they are. Continue reading »
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The ICJ decision – where to from here?
The ICJ delivered its advisory opinion on 19 July regarding the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Readers are by now familiar with the basic rulings of the Court, not from mainstream media, I might add. The ICJ’s judgment has been reported, but its consequences, and particularly for Australia, have barely raised a comment. Continue reading »
