12 January 2024, The Age, by Mike Corder and Raf Casert: The Hague: In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa has formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Read MoreUK prepares to take action against Houthis after Red Sea attacks: report
12 January 2024, The Age, by Sachin Ravikumar: London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a call with his cabinet about a possible response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants on Red Sea shipping, British media reported on Thursday, London time.
Read MoreAs Biden warns of wider conflict, Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ plays with fire
12 January 2024, The Age, by Roger Shanahan: There are growing fears that the war in Gaza is, to borrow US President Joe Biden’s term, metastasising into a regional conflict. In the past 10 days, a senior leader of Hamas and a senior leader of Hezbollah have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes, while a US airstrike killed a senior commander of the Shi’a Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraq. And a letter signed by a dozen nations, including Australia and New Zealand, warned the Yemeni Houthi movement to end their attacks on shipping and to release detained vessels or face the consequences.
Read MoreAnthony Albanese lashes Iran for ‘meddling’ in Israel-Hamas conflict
11 January 2024, Herald Sun, by Courtney Gould: Anthony Albanese has blasted Iran for its “destructive” role in the Middle East, accusing the nation of medding” in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Read MoreBlinken says Abbas ‘committed’ to reform his administration
11 January 2024, The Australian, by Mai Yaghi and Leon Bruneau: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken overnight on Wednesday said Mahmoud Abbas was committed to reforming the Palestinian Authority to potentially reunite war-torn Gaza and the disputed West Bank under its leadership.
Read MoreLabor breaks with US on Israel ‘genocide’
11 January 2024, The Australian, Greg Brown: The Albanese government has again broken with the US by refusing to repudiate a genocide case launched by South Africa against Israel in the UN’s top court, as crossbench senator David Pocock urges Labor to “publicly support” the international probe.
Read MoreCorbyn shows trial for what it is
12 January 2024, The Australian: It speaks volumes about the “genocide” charges brought against Israel at the International Court of Justice that South Africa has named the notoriously dotty far-left former leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as joining its delegation to the Hague.
Read MoreICJ hears South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza war
12 January 2024, Herald Sun, by Tiffany Bakker and Adella Beaini: The UN’s top court has heard how Israel has shown “chilling” and “incontrovertible” intent to commit genocide in Gaza, with full knowledge of how many civilians it is killing.
Read MoreAfter 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?
7 January 2024, The Conversation, by Ian Parmeter, Australian National University: The conflict still has a long way to run and may be headed towards stalemate. From a geopolitical perspective, here’s where the main players stand at the start of the new year.
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza updates
8 January 2024, ABC News/Israel-Gaza updates
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