This Month
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- Trade unions
Split over ‘unbalanced’ ACTU policy on Israel-Gaza
A Left-aligned union leader has claimed officials quashed debate over Gaza at last week’s ACTU Congress by allowing criticism of Israel without mentioning Hamas.
- David Marin-Guzman
Greens ‘fanning flames of division’, says besieged Labor MP
Federal Labor MP Peter Khalil has accused the Greens of spreading disinformation and speaking at protests that resulted in hate speech and physical harassment.
- Gus McCubbing
Greens accused of using Gaza to ‘harvest votes’
The government and the opposition have jointly accused the Greens of using the Israel invasion of Gaza to harvest votes and fan violence, at the expense of social cohesion.
- Phillip Coorey
May
Rich Lister Charlie Shahin’s hopes for peace in Gaza
Seven decades ago Charlie Shahin’s parents were forced out of Palestine. This weekend he is on the way back to the Middle East.
- Emma Connors
Israel’s ‘unbearable’ Rafah strike triggers global outrage
Israel faced widespread international condemnation for the airstrike that killed dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced civilians in Rafah.
- Updated
- Isabel Kershner
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah operation
Israel is unlikely to comply with the order from the International Court of Justice, but the ruling adds more pressure to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Updated
- Mike Corder
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
International court has received $50m from Australian taxpayers
Australia is one of the biggest bankrollers of the International Criminal Court, which wants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Netanyahu to address US Congress soon: House speaker
The Israeli prime minister will soon address the US Congress, according to Mike Johnson, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
Furious Israel pulls funding after Palestinian state recognition
Tel Aviv will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority after three European countries decided to recognise a Palestinian state.
- Aaron Boxerman
- Opinion
- Protests
What campus protesters get wrong about divestment
Resisting magical thinking about how financial markets work would help them better direct their efforts today.
- The Economist
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
Labor accused of ‘rewarding’ Hamas with Palestine vote
Opposition frontbencher Senator Jane Hume said there could be no sustainable two-state solution without the consent of Israel.
- Ronald Mizen
Australia’s ‘yes’ vote on Palestine at UN slammed by Labor MP
Penny Wong said Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood will help to broker peace, but a Labor MP has argued it will further isolate Jewish Australians.
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- Matthew Cranston
March
Dropping aid from planes is expensive and inefficient. Why do it?
Aid professionals say dropping aid from planes is an expensive, inefficient way to deliver much-need supplies, but the US, Jordan, Egypt, and France are forging ahead.
- Sarah Dadouch and Claire Parker
February
Israel rejects unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state
It did not explicitly rule out the possibility of Palestinian statehood, focusing instead on the process.
- Isabel Kershner
January
Shippers sound alarm over Red Sea crisis as costs double
Maersk and DHL warned that the Red Sea attacks have “clogged up” global trade and could lead to shortages of vessels within weeks, with a knock-on effect on prices that could kindle inflation.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Wong can help in a Middle East dead end
Foreign Minister Penny Wong would be right to question Israel on how it defends itself. But the real job is convincing both sides that violence is exhausted as a solution.
- The AFR View
Who are the Houthis and why are the US and UK attacking them?
The Iranian-backed rebel group has launched dozens of attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea since the war between Israel and Hamas started.
- Gaya Gupta
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza
It is the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began and could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas of Gaza.
- Dan Williams, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh
December 2023
Three-stage plan for peace offers hope to end Gaza war
A new peace talks plan has revived hopes of a truce with a proposal to bring together leaders in the West Bank and Gaza for a permanent ceasefire.
- Lizzie Porter
