Peter Boyle argues that Labor has to be forced to respect the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court orders to stop arming the genocide and bring its chief perpetrators to account under international law.
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We must stay alert to the likelihood that Palestinians will be betrayed again, as Trump’s so-called peace plan — or rather ultimatum into submission — is being negotiated, writes Jepke Goudsmit.
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Israel’s illegal interception and detention of activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade was a violent affair, reports Binoy Kampmark.
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Anthony Albanese’s October 7 statement is further evidence of his government’s complicity, including lies by omission, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Emergency rallies in several cities demanded Labor to pressure Israel to release the Global Sumud Flotilla participants, after it illegally stormed their vessels in international waters and imprisoned them. Alex Bainbridge and Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud report.
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The Palestinian People’s Party is calling on all progressive forces to act for Palestine and stop Israel from committing genocide in Gaza.
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While Gaza City residents are either being hounded out of their homes by Israeli helicopters or being shot and killed while trying to access food and aid, Labor recognised Palestine but did not move to sanction Israel for its genocide.
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Byron Shire Council adopted an Ethical Procurement Policy, mandating council to boycott all companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements. Nick Fredman reports.
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Francesca Albanese’s report for the United Nations Human Rights Council makes for stark and dark reading, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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The only beneficiaries of Australia’s reversion to colonial subservience to an increasingly authoritarian United States president will be a small section of the political and corporate elite — and at huge cost to the majority, argues Peter Henning.
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Nuclear obsession warps our thinking about truth. Nuclear armed countries establish so-called red lines around their weapons and yet accept genocide in Palestine, aggression in Ukraine and civil wars in numerous other countries, argues Tony Smith.
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The strikes on Iran are the manifestation of a failing international order, where the “mutually binding rules-based order” is being replaced by the pantomime of strongman politics, argues Academics for Palestine WA and Gwen Velge.