Perpetuating Trauma
There was some good news yesterday. A ceasefire has been called in the Israel/Gaza conflict. It capped off a disturbing week where various issues seemed to be about ongoing inter-generational traumas. Just an ordinary every […]
Palestine
Situation Critical: UNRWA and its Continued Operations
In April last year, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the United Nations Security Council that “an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s operations is under way, with serious implications for peace and security.” Repeatedly, requests by […]
‘The Peasants are Revolting – again !’
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is to visit Israel for a week of discussions with the Israeli government – probably not with Benjamin Netanyahu as it would seem inappropriate for our first law officer to be meeting […]
Suing Antony Blinken: The US State Department, Israel and the Leahy Law
On December 17, a number of Palestinians alleging human rights violations by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank filed a federal lawsuit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) against the US Secretary of […]
Is it Armageddon?
I cannot be sure, but I seem to recall that Scott Morrison’s attitude to global warming ran something like, ‘it doesn’t matter much, Jesus is coming back soon, and the world as we know it […]