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Counting protesters down – how the Adelaide protest against Herzog was reported

12.02.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice

11.01.2026 10

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Avoiding false conclusions

08.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Best of 2025 - Who is a terrorist?

06.01.2026 6

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2025 in Review: Palestine, international law and Australia’s silence

18.12.2025 3

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Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice

13.10.2025 8

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Our media and Palestine/Gaza

23.09.2025 10

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Who is a terrorist?

08.09.2025 9

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The response to recognition

18.08.2025 10

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Palestine recognised

05.08.2025 10

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Australians for Humanity pushes for votes against Israeli genocide

09.04.2025 7

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UN vote: Newspaper raises irrelevant questions about an ICJ decision

03.04.2025 6

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Antisemitism: a vehicle for engendering anti-Palestinian racism

27.01.2025 8

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Our media ignores the elephant in the room: Israel’s illegal occupation

It falls to someone to bring the discussion concerning what is happening in the Middle East, back to the elephant in the room. And what is the...

06.01.2025 7

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Will Australia act on Israel team’s participation in Tour Down Under?

Some readers may recall an earlier article Israel and the Tour Down Under, published on 4 January. The article addressed the then forthcoming...

28.12.2024 6

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How we got to Gaza: a compendium

The linked article “How we got to Gaza 2024”, is a compendium put together by retired Adelaide historian CL Parkes. The source material is the...

27.12.2024 10

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Israel’s relentless bombing leaves Syria defenceless against military aggression

This is just another example of the exceptionalism that we have come to expect with Israel. That exceptionalism is the Zionist belief that Arab...

17.12.2024 10

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Settlements in Palestine

As we are potentially approaching a time when the world must address a Palestinian resolution, it is appropriate to consider possible obstacles. As...

10.12.2024 3

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