An arson attack on a private home flying the Palestinian flag took place in inner-city Chippendale during the first two weeks of January.
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Chris Minns’ hastily drawn-up “inquiry” into hate speech in NSW, following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, is set to lead to new laws criminalising certain words in addition to preventing protests. Pip Hinman argues this overreach and communities will not be made safer.
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Discussion at the Socialist Alliance’s 20th National Conference was shaped by world events, including Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza and Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Eleven groups, nine of them Jewish, urge the governor-general and prime minister to rescind the invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Kerry Smith reports.
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Jepke Goudsmit argues that we need to untangle the conflation between Zionism and Judaism and make clear the distinction between the worldwide community of Jews and the State of Israel.
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Change comes when enough see that a better world is possible and work towards it. Therefore, Jepke Goudsmit argues, we cannot give up. Palestinians have a word for it — “sumud”.
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Isaac Herzog cannot be welcomed in Australia as the government he represents has breached international law, including crimes against humanity including war crimes, apartheid, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing, argue Margaret Reynolds and Stuart Rees.
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Palestine activists say South Australian Labor’s self-promotion as a “defence state” makes it complicit in the Gaza genocide. Markela Panegyres reports.
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Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. Tim Gooden reports.
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Palestinian Australian Shamikh Badra and his brother Majid are determined to campaign to make sure the law against hate crimes applies equally for all sections of the community. Peter Boyle reports.
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A report says the combined revenue of the world’s 100 largest weapons corporations reached a record US$679 billion. Peter Boyle reports.
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A Palestine solidarity activist’s home was attacked in Katoomba. Kerry Smith reports.