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Albanese stresses need for ceasefire, says Greens losing votes on Gaza
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to truce talks in Qatar, raising hopes for an end to the war.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Gaza war death toll 41% higher than estimated, Lancet study finds
The peer-reviewed statistical analysis was conducted by academics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Yale University and other institutions.
- by Maggie Fick
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli ambassador calls him ‘wonderful’. But Palestine’s top envoy is heading home
The de facto Palestinian ambassador’s tenure is ending after almost two decades, with one big dream yet to become reality.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘How can I do better?’ Israeli ambassador’s candid confession
The ambassador knows he must do more to tell Israel’s side of the Middle East story and stop a once-close bilateral relationship from spinning out of control.
- by Matthew Knott
Israeli military says its actions ‘influenced’ Hamas’ killing of hostages
The recovery in September of the bodies of six Israeli hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, triggered deep shock in Israel.
- by Emily Rose
Israel accused of killing Palestinians by denying water, as Gaza bombing continues
Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of people in Gaza overnight, as Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide and MSF said signs of ethnic cleansing “were undeniable”.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic
Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Inside the fiery meeting that would define the government’s relationship with Israel
Fallout from the war in Gaza has created a deepening rift in relations between Australia and Israel. The hostilities are political and personal.
- by Matthew Knott
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Labor’s ‘anti-Israel sentiment’
The Israeli leader cited Canberra’s decision to vote for a UN resolution demanding the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.
- by Rob Harris, Ashleigh McMillan and Brittany Busch
‘The two-state solution is absolutely dead,’ leading Palestinian advocate says
The head of the Palestinian lobby in Australia said the two-state solution was akin to partitioning apartheid South Africa into separate black and white nations.
- by Matthew Knott
‘It must stop now’: Amnesty accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
Amnesty said the United States and other allies of Israel could be complicit in genocide, and called on them to halt arms shipments.
- by Samy Magdy
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