Middle East

Words won't feed starving Gazans. Activists call for sanctions now!

The global outcry from the streets against Israel鈥檚 starvation genocide in Gaza continues to grow, pushing some Western governments to wring their hands 鈥 a sign the Palestine movement is starting to exert some power.

delegates standing on a staircase

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, told the Hague Group conference that it 鈥渉as the potential to signal not just a coalition, but a new moral centre in world politics鈥, reports Ben Radford.

Drones and surveillance in occupied Palestine

Niko Leka聽reviews聽Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein鈥檚 two-part video series, The Palestine Laboratory, which shows how Israel exports weapons and surveillance technology to the world.

91自拍论坛鈥檚 Riley Breen spoke to Hala Shanableh and Amin Abbas from Boycott Caltex Australia about the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign.

A week of brutal sectarian violence in Suwayda, in southern Syria, has left more than 1000 people dead, during which disparate Druze factions united against the Syrian government and Israel further consolidated its grip on the region.聽Sarah Glynn聽reports.

Janet Parker told a pro-Palestine protest outside Parliament House as Western governments dig in to support Israel, protesters will bring make them accountable.

As Israel鈥檚 genocide against Palestinians continues, protesters from across the country converged in Canberra, before the new parliament opened, to demand Labor sanction Israel. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist report.

Rainbow Collective鈥檚 latest documentary, To Kill a War Machine, explores Britain-based Palestine Action鈥檚 direct action tactics. Dom Williams saw the film before it was withdrawn.

Two men's faces with a backdrop of destruction in Gaza

The Socialist Party of Malaysia is protesting the invitation聽issued to United States President Donald Trump to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-US summit in Malaysia, reports Susan Price.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is failing to win people to Labor鈥檚 commitment to the United States on AUKUS, which, as Peter Boyle argues, explains why he was less-than-honest in his John Curtin Oration speech.

Jillian Segal, with Labor鈥檚 support, wants to make it harder for people to oppose genocide and Zionism. Jonathan Strauss argues that this racist plan needs to be rejected.

Protests across the country condemned Israel鈥檚 continued starvation campaign in Gaza and Australia鈥檚 complicity in the genocide. Pip Hinman, Peter Boyle and Jordan AK report.