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Interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla raises legal and humanitarian questions

04.05.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Shamikh Badra

Global Sumud Flotilla: Labor must condemn Israel’s aggression

Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud flotilla and abduction of civilians, including Australians, demands an explanation, argues Shamikh Badra.

03.05.2026 20

Green Left Weekly

Shamikh Badra

Vale Caroline Graham: A comrade who created hope on the shores of Gaza

Shamikh Badra pays tribute to Caroline Graham, an activist who turned solidarity with Gaza into a living act of hope and resistance.

25.04.2026 20

Green Left Weekly

Shamikh Badra

Protest is not a flaw in democracy and fear cannot be made law. The NSW supreme court ruling upholds these truths

The New South Wales supreme court’s ruling is not merely the invalidation of a law. It draws a clear constitutional line: the state cannot suppress...

17.04.2026 8

The Guardian

Shamikh Badra

Angus Taylor targets Palestinians in new ‘immigration’ policy

Liberal opposition leader Angus Taylor's new immigration policy, built around what he calls “Australian values”, is nothing of the sort. Shamikh...

16.04.2026 20

Green Left Weekly

Shamikh Badra

‘Arrest Herzog’: The people’s cry against impunity

When the masses chanted “Arrest Herzog”, they were not calling for vengeance but accountability, writes Shamikh Badra.

23.02.2026 40

Green Left Weekly

Shamikh Badra

Seven of my relatives were killed in Gaza. For me, Herzog’s visit was never an abstract debate

13.02.2026 350

The Guardian

Shamikh Badra

Herzog’s visit "a terrible cruelty"

04.02.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Shamikh Badra

Resisting oppression is not antisemitism

Shamikh Badra gave the following speech at a public meeting hosted by the Northern Beaches Committee for Palestine on April 13. He spoke alongside...

15.04.2025 20

Green Left Weekly

Shamikh Badra