Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles speaks in parliament [Photo: Richard Marles] In a display of bloodthirsty militarism, the Australian Labor government and the Liberal-National Coalition opposition came together yesterday to pass a parliamentary motion giving full support to Israel’s genocidal bombardment of defenceless Palestinians in Gaza. The motion, introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, proclaimed that the parliament “stands with Israel …

Hamas’ coordinated rocket attack on Israel, which killed hundreds of Israeli citizens and brought a new Palestine-Israel War, is another chapter in the history and expansion of the Zionist settler state. To start with, this war is not a Hamas-Israel War or Gaza-Israel War as deliberately misnamed for Western propaganda machines.  This verbal misnomer is nothing but a calculated ploy …

  Palestinians have been living under the worst kind of repression for more than seventy years. The Gaza Strip has been described as the world’s ‘largest open-air prison’ Targeting civilians in war is an international crime. The reality however is that war is all about killing. While we all pay lip service to the sacredness of civilian life, civilians become …

This article condemns Israel’s aggressive actions and the coalition’s support, while highlighting the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. It ends with the call for a peaceful future where Jews and Palestinians coexist harmoniously. Bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes, were picked from the morgue of Aqsa Hospital to be buried in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on October 15, 2023 [Mustafa …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken prepares to board his plane at Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland to Israel and Jordan on October 11, 2023. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/Public Domain)  Despite the massive show of force off the waters of Israel, the Biden Administration is profoundly uneasy about any escalation of the conflict into a …

Two Palestinian women look at the massive destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City’s al-Rimal district, on October 10. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) Khulood Khaled was woken up by the sound of Israeli airstrikes as she slept next to her son last week. Black smoke filled the room, making it difficult for her to breathe. She felt a sense of panic setting in, …