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Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, sits at his family home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 23, 2025.

Labor figures demand Palestinian statehood as PM criticises Israel over famine in Gaza

The prime minister stopped short of following France and moving to recognise a Palestinian state as Gaza faces a “humanitarian catastrophe”.

  • Matthew Knott

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Smoke and fire rise to the sky following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Thursday.

Israel and US condemn ‘reckless’ French decision to recognise Palestine, as Gaza talks break down

The collapse in the ceasefire negotiations comes as Israel faces increasing global pressure over reports of mass starvation in Gaza and the shooting deaths of civilians trying to get aid.

  • Michael Koziol
Naima Abu Ful and her two-year-old Yazan in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

‘We have crossed the line’: Gaza hunger crisis turns into death spiral

This month, the hunger that has been building among Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinians passed a tipping point into accelerating death, aid workers and health officials say.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath
Arts Minister John Paul-Langbroek

Minister pressed library leaders twice before sinking award ceremony

Two months after John-Paul Langbroek intervened in a fellowship for an author accused of glorifying terrorism, new details of his efforts have emerged.

  • Matt Dennien
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No longer able to breastfeed, Randa watches her three-month-old starve

More than 100 aid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation is growing desperate. But Israel denies blocking supplies to Gaza or that there is famine.

  • Maeve Cullinan
Humanitarian groups warn that “mass starvation” is spreading and the situation is rapidly worsening.
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UNICEF footage shows babies suffering from acute malnutrition in Gaza

Humanitarian groups warn that “mass starvation” is spreading and the situation is rapidly worsening.

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When I visited Sydney, I was shocked by the antisemitism I encountered

Growing up Jewish in Australia, I had no personal family narrative of antisemitism. A weekend in Sydney changed that.

  • Marcus Solomon
A pro Palestine protest takes place on the lawns in front of Parliament House ahead of the opening of the 48th Parliament.

‘Immense frustration’: Labor base demands sanctions against Israel

Almost 80 Labor branches have passed motions calling for Australia to impose sanctions on the Netanyahu government and sever military ties with Israel.

  • Matthew Knott
A Hamas fighter in Gaza. With its coffers depleted, the group’s military wing can no longer adequately pay the salaries of its fighters.

How Gaza’s aid crisis broke Hamas and starved the Strip

As 2 million Palestinians face severe food shortages, Israel’s war has left Hamas starved of funds and looking increasingly desperate.

  • Ben Farmer, Melanie Swan and Iona Cleave
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Albanese government wants the Gaza war to end now. So do most Israelis

In Israel, the idea the war has gone on for too long is utterly mainstream, as is the idea Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is at least partly to blame.

  • Matthew Knott

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