20 January 2024, Courier-Mail, by Adella Beaini and Tiffany Bakker: The United States says it will not stop working towards a two-state solution despite Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu reiterating his stance opposing a future Palestinian state.
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 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 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 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 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 MoreIsrael-Gaza updates
8 January 2024, ABC News/Israel-Gaza updates
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 MoreBiden Urged Netanyahu to Call Off Attack on Hezbollah
26 December 2023, The Australian / Wall Street Journal, by Vivian Salama – Dion Nissenbaum – Benoit Faucon: Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon days after Hamas militants’ October 7 assault on southern Israel, warning such an attack could spark a wider regional war.
Read MoreThe gap between Biden’s words and deeds on Gaza is growing — and there are two words the US president can’t shake
24 December 2023, ABC, by Brad Ryan in Washington DC: Eleven days after 1,200 people were killed in the brutal October 7 attacks, the American president was in Tel Aviv with a message for grieving Israelis. “Israel, you are not alone,” he promised. “The United States stands with you.”
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