Middle East

Protesters call on Labor to cut ties with Israel on Palestinian Children's Day

Pro-Palestine supporters protested outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Palestinian Children’s Day. Chloe DS reports.

Killing paramedics: Israel’s war on Palestinian health

Israel’s pattern of institutional response to alleged war crimes is well rehearsed, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Israel resumes genocidal campaign in Gaza

After seven weeks of a ceasefire, Israel suddenly resumed its genocidal bombing campaign. In surprise air attacks in the middle of the night, it killed at least 400 Palestinians, writes Kevin B Anderson.

Protests erupt as Israel massacres more health workers

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Secrecy and virtue signalling: Another view of ‘Signalgate’

The addition of Jeffrey Goldberg of the��ٱ��Գپ�� to a US government Signal chat about bombing Houthis in Yemen helps inform the public about what the powerful are up to, writes Binoy Kampmark.

DAANES, Syrian caretaker gov’t sign security agreement in Aleppo

Rojava Information Center spoke to Aleppo journalist Hamude, who said the deal “is like a test-run of decentralisation. If it works well, maybe it can be implemented in other regions.”

Authoritarian politics: Netanyahu’s war on Israeli institutions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a war on Israeli institutions and their representatives, an effort that is impossible to divorce from his ongoing trial for corruption, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Rojava: Turkish attacks on Tishreen dam are an ecological threat to the whole region

For months now, the picturesque banks of the Euphrates River have become a war zone, as Turkish jets bomb the hills surrounding the Tishreen dam. Protecting this vital water source are hundreds of protesters in need of international support, reports Make Rojava Green Again.