The Palestinian Territories
The six weeks that turned Fatima Payman’s rift with Labor into a chasm
Fatima Payman was a quiet backbencher for her first two years in the Senate. But for the past six weeks the former union official has become a household name.
- by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
Latest
Parliament House security under review after twin protests
Four protesters unfurled pro-Palestine banners from the roof as a group of climate activists glued themselves to the floor in the building’s Marble Foyer.
- by Olivia Ireland, Angus Thompson and Jessica McSweeney
‘Endless cycle of death and displacement’: Weary Gazans on the move again
An evacuation order by the Israeli military this week covering a third of Gaza came as people are less and less equipped to handle repeated forced displacements.
- by Raja Abdulrahim
Payman furore to come to a head as Albanese suggests exit
It’s understood Fatima Payman intends to make a statement about her future on Thursday and announce a formal split from Labor.
- by Angus Thompson, Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Israel signals it will turn on Khan Younis after weeks of hammering Rafah
Streams of civilians trudged on foot after an evacuation order that covered the eastern half of Khan Younis and a large swath of the Gaza Strip’s south-east corner.
- by Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Exiled’ Payman defiant after PM tells her to consider her position as senator
The prime minister and the young Muslim senator are at loggerheads as Payman says she has been told to resign.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Analysis
Political leadership
Albanese had to act on Payman, but doing so creates new headaches for Labor
It was Fatima Payman’s third strike against caucus solidarity, but Labor is likely to face blow-back from Muslim Australians.
- by James Massola
‘I walked for humanity’: Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to recognise Palestine
Labor senator Fatima Payman has become the party’s first member to cross the floor in decades after she voted with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood in a vote on Tuesday.
- by Angus Thompson
Israel blows up aid centre, Netanyahu hints at redirecting to Lebanon border
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip would end “very soon”.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Israeli forces tied wounded Palestinian to bonnet and drove off
The IDF said the soldiers’ conduct was not in line with protocol and that the incident will be investigated and dealt with.
- by Emily Rose
When the only escape from war in Gaza is to buy a way out
For many Palestinians, securing approval to exit the territory is possible only after raising thousands of dollars to pay middlemen or an Egyptian company.
- by Adam Rasgon
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