Elbit Systems

Drones and surveillance in occupied Palestine

Niko Leka听reviews听Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein鈥檚 two-part video series, The Palestine Laboratory, which shows how Israel exports weapons and surveillance technology to the world.

This year marks 80 years since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan,听killing between 150,000 and 246,000 people and devastating two cities. Alexander Brown听documents the history of the strong regional anti-war movement in the Illawarra.

Markela Panegyres argues that while the global movement for Palestine has shifted public opinion, it has to become more organised to stop this genocide.

Elbit systems, the Israeli weapons and surveillance company, is a key focus of pro-Palestine activists, who want their governments to stop supplying it with component parts.听William Maxwells reports.

The Victorian government would have known that a weapons expo would be a focus for pro-Palestine and anti-war protesters. It went ahead anyway because, as Jacob Andrewartha argues, it is committed to militarism.

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre will host a weapons bazaar that ought to be called 鈥淭he Merchants of Death鈥. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Labor keeps repeating the lie that it is not sending weapons to Israel. Sam Wainwright,听on behalf of Stop AUKUS WA, outlinedhow Australia is complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Video by Alex Salmon.

NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge has found out, via a FOI request, that as much as $600 million from the Australian Future Fund is going to weapons companies. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Efforts to unearth details of the defence relationship between Australia and Israel are proving difficult.听Binoy Kampmark reports that听defence is continuing to deny information due to alleged damage to听international relations.

Nasser听Mashni told the protest for Palestine听it was wrong to see Israelis and Palestinians are听equally responsible for the continuing bloodshed in Gaza.听Stephen W Enciso reports.

Stop arming Israel

Globally, the Palestine movement鈥檚 demand for an arms embargo on Israel has had some success. We need to keep up the pressure here, argues Sue Bolton.

The Israeli arms industry has taken something of a shine to Victoria with Elbit Systems, manufacturing drones,听one of its most enterprising representatives. Binoy Kampmark reports.