Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US Air Force member dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli embassy
The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, appeared to be protesting the Israel-Hamas war, saying he would “no longer be complicit in genocide”.
- by Michael Balsamo
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Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon after Hezbollah downs drone
Underlining the risks of escalation, Hezbollah fired 60 rockets at an Israeli army headquarters in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
- by Laila Bassam and Ari Rabinovitch
Melbourne Writers Festival split prompts warning from Indigenous leaders
Leading Indigenous advocates say there isn’t anything that connects their cause to what is happening in Gaza.
- by Chip Le Grand
Push to deny visa for Palestinian hijacker who praised Hamas terrorists
Leila Khaled, who appears holding an AK-47 in famous murals in the West Bank, is a member of a hard-line Marxist group that shocked the world with airline hijackings and bombings.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Netanyahu confirms hostage deal talks, plans to move Gazans to the north
“There’s room for them to go north of Rafah to the place that we’ve already finished fighting in,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
- by Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
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Melbourne Writers Festival
Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row
The deputy chairman of the Melbourne Writers Festival has quit over what he says is “historically untrue and deeply offensive” material in this year’s program.
- by Chip Le Grand
US and Britain launch large-scale military strikes in Yemen
The Australian-supported strikes, aimed at targets associated with Houthi militants, were intended to degrade their ability to attack ships in sea lanes critical for trade.
- by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
Netanyahu reveals his long-awaited plan for postwar Gaza
Deep disagreements over Gaza’s future have led to increasingly public friction between Israel and the United States, its closest ally.
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue
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Give peace a chance: The urgent need for trust in the Middle East
Jonathan Glover argues that there are certain fault lines that need to be overcome before people in the Middle East can “shuffle away from war”.
- by Raimond Gaita
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‘Serious lapse of judgment’: William’s Gaza intervention raises eyebrows
Members of the British royal family are expected to keep well out of politics, so why did Prince William enter the fray with a controversial statement on the war in Gaza?
- by Rob Harris
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Israel
Israel opening road through Gaza Strip to the sea: reports
The reported gravel road stretches some eight kilometres from the Israeli border to the coast and divides Gaza in two.