Jerusalem: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday one of its employees was killed during an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank. The United Nations agency, UNRWA, said the employee was its first to be killed in that Palestinian territory in more than a decade. But he is among dozens of Palestinians killed […]

Our ‘right’ to be over it Haven’t we heard it all before, that Victorians have the “right” to publicly protest. However, under the Andrews/Allan governments, the consistent claim that we, as a democratic society, are given what we desire is bunkum. We, the people, who pay dearly for our legitimate rights to walk freely, to […]

An anti-war group has declared “enough is enough” as factions emerge between two of the largest protest groups following the disastrous Land Forces weapons expo rallies. Cracks have emerged between the Liberation Crew and the Sit-Intifada groups after a “premeditated verbal attack” was launched at one of groups hosting a rally. The Liberation Crew – […]

A group of Israeli hostages were huddled in a tunnel in Gaza a few days after they had been dragged from their homes on 7 October, when the man who had plotted their abduction appeared out of the subterranean gloom. His hair and beard were grey and his dark-ringed eyes stared out from under thick […]

Not right place for arms  Although it is (terribly) necessary for peaceful states to arm themselves in the deterrence and resistance of tyrants and their invasive forces, your correspondent (Letters, 13/9) is  right that for arms companies  to display their wares in such a  commercial and open fashion in  a civilian place is entirely inappropriate […]

Australia’s arts institutions are tearing themselves apart. They have long been a key battleground in the so-called culture wars – but since the Hamas terror attacks of October 7 and the retaliation by Israel that has followed, the tension over the relationship between art and politics has never been more evident. On one side are […]

The marking of a Jewish-owned small business with a symbol used by Hamas militants to identify targets to kill has prompted calls for police to use counter-terrorism laws to stamp out its use within Australia’s pro-Palestinian movement. Twice in two months, wine seller Tim Cohen found an inverted red triangle on the wall of his […]

The grim anniversary of Hamas’s killing and kidnapping spree in 2023 is just weeks away. A year of unremitting death and suffering without a single redeeming feature. Neither hope, nor justice nor even the prospect of improved security. All have gone sharply backwards. The unfathomable savagery of the attacks in a kibbutz and a music […]

An IDF air strike on a Gaza City house where displaced Palestinians were taking refuge has killed 11 people, Gaza’s civil defence ministry said. The strike — on a house near the Shujaiya school in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood — took place at around 1am local time. At least 10 other people have reportedly also died […]

In the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, residents are struggling to return to normality after the longest – and deadliest – Israeli military operation in the area for 20 years. On Sunday, the start of the working week, traffic choked the city centre for the first time in nearly two weeks after roads were […]