israel
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Why exactly does Australia traditionally support Israel, despite that country's continued defiance of UN resolutions? Ailsa Burns looks at some possible explanations
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Australia has been one of Israel's most uncritical supporters since its beginnings, writes Ailsa Burns, but how long can we keep this support going, and what is it costing us?
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While the rest of us toasted the New Year, newmatilda.com correspondent Antony Loewenstein was in Cairo for the Gaza Freedom March
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The Goldstone report tells some uncomfortable truths about the way the Gaza conflict got started. But they are truths Stephen Smith would rather not hear, writes Jake Lynch
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We're often told that Islam promotes a 'martyrdom culture' completely foreign to our humanist, life-celebrating tradition. After spending Remembrance Day in Beirut, Austin G Mackell is not so sure
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With hopes for a two-state solution waning, the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas is prompting new calls for a one-state solution, writes Antony Loewenstein
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There's a reason the Goldstone Report into the attack on Gaza has created a political storm, writes Michael Brull. It's because it presents rock solid evidence that Israel's military routinely acts like a terrorist organisation
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is popular with the West precisely because he supports the illusion that the occupation is no obstacle to a Palestinian state, writes Michael Brull
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'Moderate' Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad may be popular with western leaders, but under his watch the gulf between rhetoric and reality is growing, writes Antony Loewenstein
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It's unlikely Richard Goldstone's report into the Gaza bombings will result in ICC prosecutions but it may mark a turning point in the conflict, writes Mustafa Qadri
