Middle East • Crikey

More taxpayer money handed to Zomi Frankcom’s killers as Land Forces protests begin

Bernard Keane — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:52:11 +0000

Defence continues to give taxpayer money to Elbit Systems, the Israeli company whose drone was used to murder aid worker Zomi Frankcom.

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Dutton’s plan to ban people from Gaza was illegal… and predictable

Abul Rizvi — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:38:49 +0000

Dutton's proposal also marks the first time that that a major party leader has refused point blank to assist people with family links to Australia fleeing a war.

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Dutton wrong with ‘unprecedented’ visa claim

Kate Atkinson — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:16:20 +0000

Peter Dutton claims Palestinians arriving in Australia on tourist visas after fleeing a war zone is unprecedented. This is false.

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‘Beyond crass, downright subversive’: Crikey readers on Dutton’s plan to block Gazans from entering Australia

Crikey Readers — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:07:34 +0000

Plus praise for Max Kaiser’s assessment of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and one reader predicts Kamala Harris will be 'the most consequential person of the 21st Century'.

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‘We had to run for our lives’: 86% of Gaza is now under forced evacuation orders

Rachel Coghlan — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:31:22 +0000

'Things are getting more tense … It feels as if breathing through the eye of a needle.'

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‘We’re not quite sure what’s going to happen’: An Australian psychologist at one of Gaza’s last hospitals

Zacharias Szumer — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:41:03 +0000

An Australian psychologist serving in one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals speaks to Crikey about the situation on the ground.

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‘Goodies for the war criminal’: Masha Gessen on Netanyahu, Trump and Rupert Murdoch’s influence in Australia

Charlie Lewis — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:20:09 +0000

Ahead of their visit to Australia, acclaimed writer Masha Gessen talks to Crikey about their homeland of Russia, the war in Gaza, the upcoming US election, and reasons to be hopeful.

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Is Australia’s position reasonable after the ICJ ruling on Israel?

Michael Bradley — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:39:02 +0000

The media has generally reported the ICJ’s opinion as 'non-binding'. The truth is a little more complicated.

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A two-state solution now seems impossible. How will Australia respond?

Michael Bradley — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:06:41 +0000

'Whatever the two-state solution was prior to these developments, it is now most certainly a mirage thanks to the Knesset. The ICJ’s move makes it all the more plain.'

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At the heart of the Payman pile-on lies a fundamental failure of imagination

Guy Rundle — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:30:22 +0000

Did Labor force Fatima Payman out as part of some broader political strategy? Or was it just plain old incomprehension and incompetence?

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