Today
Israel vows Iran will pay ‘heavy price’, Lebanon combat intensifies
Israel and Iran traded verbal blows, while in Lebanon the first direct troop clashes claimed lives on both sides.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Matthew Cranston
September
Starmer calls for return of ‘sausages’ from Gaza in conference gaffe
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer misread his script – which called for the return of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 last year.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Australia pleases no one after abstaining on anti-Israel vote
Penny Wong defended Canberra’s stance on a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem, warning about escalation.
- Andrew Tillett
Trump meets Harris; RBA’s jobs boom warning; Pub buyer probed
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Brawls over RBA and ASIO as election season starts
Three institutions – the central bank, the security service, and the national census – all became political footballs this week.
- Laura Tingle
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Angry Israelis cross red line on hostage deaths
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to cave to the biggest demonstrations since the Gaza war began last October and agree to a ceasefire.
- Ethan Bronner
Netanyahu refuses to ‘surrender’ to hostage deal pressure
The Israeli prime minister has said the war would end only when Hamas was defeated, despite mass protests and a strike to urge a ceasefire.
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- Patrick Kingsley, Aaron Boxerman and Thomas Fuller
August
- Opinion
- US election
‘Gaza’ is the word Democrats dare not whisper in Chicago
Silence is the wisest option for Kamala Harris on a divisive election issue that is harming the global image of the US.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
Melbourne Symphony ‘hides’ board, ignores phone as crisis deepens
The MSO is scrambling to review itself after its musicians called for the sacking of the managing director and chief operating officer following a guest pianist’s cancellation for onstage Gaza comments.
- Michael Bailey
July
NSW Labor formally backs Palestine state ‘as priority’
NSW Labor has sent a message to its counterparts in Canberra, passing a motion demanding the federal government recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Alex Mitchell and Samantha Lock
Thousands fill Washington’s streets to protest Netanyahu visit
Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza that has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians filled several blocks as they weaved through the streets of the nation’s capital.
- Ashraf Khalil and Alanna Durkin Richer
Campaigners seek to harness Gaza anger among UK Muslim voters
Britain’s ‘Muslim Vote’ campaign is looking to win enough votes to send a strong message to the new parliament.
- Muvija M and Hannah Ellison
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor’s identity politics tensions exposed
Senator Fatima Payman is also now part of the Greens’ political weaponisation of the Gaza war to try to win Muslim votes in Labor-held seats.
- The AFR View
Israel to test Hamas-free ‘bubbles’ in postwar Gaza plan
The pilot scheme for the “humanitarian enclaves” – a template for what Israel imagines would follow the war – will soon be launched in northern Gaza neighbourhoods.
- Neri Zilber
June
Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses the floor over Palestine
The first-term Labor senator has avoided expulsion from the ALP after voting with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Trade unions
Split over ‘unbalanced’ ACTU policy on Israel-Gaza
A Left-aligned union leader has claimed officials quashed debate over Gaza at last week’s ACTU Congress by allowing criticism of Israel without mentioning Hamas.
- David Marin-Guzman
Greens ‘fanning flames of division’, says besieged Labor MP
Federal Labor MP Peter Khalil has accused the Greens of spreading disinformation and speaking at protests that resulted in hate speech and physical harassment.
- Gus McCubbing
Greens accused of using Gaza to ‘harvest votes’
The government and the opposition have jointly accused the Greens of using the Israel invasion of Gaza to harvest votes and fan violence, at the expense of social cohesion.
- Phillip Coorey
May
Rich Lister Charlie Shahin’s hopes for peace in Gaza
Seven decades ago Charlie Shahin’s parents were forced out of Palestine. This weekend he is on the way back to the Middle East.
- Emma Connors
Israel’s ‘unbearable’ Rafah strike triggers global outrage
Israel faced widespread international condemnation for the airstrike that killed dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced civilians in Rafah.
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- Isabel Kershner