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ASIO called Raneem’s uncle a threat. The family’s fighting to find out why
The first person from Gaza to challenge his cancelled Australian visa has been refused information about why he was knocked back, and is now stuck in Cairo.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Why Israel and Hezbollah won’t say they are at war
Israeli officials say they are not seeking war with Hezbollah and that it can be avoided. Hezbollah also says it doesn’t want a war but is prepared for one.
- by Joseph Krauss
Every visa sent to ASIO: Home Affairs advice challenges Dutton claim
Confidential documents reveal that Palestinians leaving Gaza went through eight stages of identity verification, challenging Coalition attacks against the government.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘The mission is clear’: Israeli generals in no doubt about next step against Hezbollah
In addition to exploding electronic devices, Israel has moved a powerful fighting force up of thousands of troops to the northern border.
- by Julia Frankel
Will Penny Wong anger Israel for the third UN vote in a row?
Australia is working to water down a resolution calling for an Israeli arms embargo and demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Intimidation’: US, Turkey furious after dual citizen killed in West Bank
Two witnesses said the young woman who had attended a protest and was “just standing there” was shot in the head by Israeli forces who had opened fire.
- by Kareem Fahim, Loveday Morris and John Hudson
Ward on wrong track on trains blame game
South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty, on test, for many months. They are a ghost fleet.
This Middle East one-pot wonder’s secret? It’s served upside down
The exact origins of dishes in this region are impossible to untangle. Indeed, many foods date back to times before modern borders existed.
- by Ben Groundwater
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Dutton is placing all his bets on an issue not crucial to voters
The Middle East has become new and ugly territory for Australian politics, but the engaged minority’s focus is no guide to how it will play out for the disengaged majority at the ballot box.
- by David Crowe
Israeli airstrike kills 18 people from one family in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon killed at least 28 people, just hours after mediators expressed optimism for an imminent ceasefire.
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Is Dutton’s view on refugees positively Trumpian?
The opposition leader knows there’s a world of difference between having some sympathy for some of the aims of an organisation and being a supporter - it just doesn’t suit his political ambitions to acknowledge it.
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