Middle East tensions
‘You’ve got to stand for something’: Why this Nationals MP stands alone on Gaza
Nationals MP Mark Coulton says calling for the respect of civilians in conflicts should not be a radical position.
- by Angus Thompson
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Albanese cool on French call for international coalition to fight Hamas
A call for a global coalition to fight Hamas terrorists in Gaza has triggered Australian concerns about the risk of a “spillover” into wider conflict in the Middle East.
- by David Crowe and Rob Harris
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Israel Hamas as it happened: Israel steps up Gaza strikes, aid flows through Rafah
The war has now been going for more than two weeks and expectations of a ground invasion in Gaza are growing.
- by Melissa Cunningham, Angus Thomson and Lucy Cormack
The truth about our coverage of conflict
Coverage of conflict is always difficult. So in cases like the Gaza hospital blast, we need to make an important admission.
- by Patrick Elligett
The global peacemaker who wanted to untie the ‘Middle East knot’
Former president of Finland and veteran diplomat Martti Ahtisaari mediated many conflicts in a long career.
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Israel links Gaza aid to hostages’ release as humanitarian catastrophe looms
Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip, in retribution for the deadliest attack on civilians in Israeli history.
- by Henriette Chacar, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk
Israeli war cabinet to send message of military might as troops ready for ground invasion
Five members will make up a separate “war-management” cabinet, which will have powers to pass only legislation that is connected to the war in Gaza.
- by Lucy Cormack
King Charles appalled by ‘barbaric acts’ in Israel, palace says
During a 2020 trip Charles spoke of the evil of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism, as well as his sadness over the suffering faced by Palestinians.
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Which side? Countries that back Israel – and those that oppose it
Some have stopped short of censuring Hamas; others have called for fresh efforts to find a lasting peace settlement; a few have laid blame at Israel’s door.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
How Israel’s internal divisions helped spark the bloody Hamas massacre
Iranian and Hamas’ perceptions of Israel as weak, vulnerable and divided were almost certainly encouraged by thousands of reservists refusing to report for voluntary duty in protest at the judicial reform proposals.
- by Tzvi Fleischer
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Far from Israel, Australian Jews like me are on high alert
I long for peace in the Middle East, I support a two-state solution and I believe Netanyahu is dangerous. But because I’m Jewish, I’m despised, and that’s profoundly distressing.
- by Kerri Sackville