Protesters are gearing up for a three-day arms bazaar, which will host some of the biggest weapons’ corporations that have profited from two years of genocide in Gaza. Pip Hinman reports.
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Senators Lidia Thorpe and Fatima Payman, who introduced the “Genocide Red Lines Package” in the last parliament, are working on a new version aimed at ensuring Australia meets its obligations under international law to prevent genocide. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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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 Donald 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.