The Greens have adopted a new policy position on Palestine and Israel which expresses concern that Israel’s “ongoing colonisation of Palestinian land” is eroding the potential for a two-state solution and states that “Israel is practising the crime of apartheid”. The updated resolution — which was backed by Greens MPs and senators and drafted in […]
Read MoreIsrael far-right minister visits Al-Aqsa compound
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday, a controversial move by the extreme-right politician amid heightened tensions in annexed east Jerusalem. The move came three days after Ben-Gvir and tens of thousands of Jewish nationalists marched through the Old City and just over a week into a fragile Gaza […]
Read MoreThe Film That Predicted Israel’s Far-right Takeover
Last month’s screening of the new Israeli documentary “H2: The Occupation Lab” at a community center in Pardes Hannah was supposed to be anything but exceptional. But a letter from Shai Glick, an energetic right-wing activist who had never even seen the film, persuaded the local council chief to cancel the event. Glick has spent […]
Read MoreIsrael’s far right hits ground running, and ripple effects are already being felt
Glancing up and staring directly into the camera, the suspect who broke into the centuries-old Jerusalem cemetery appears to spot the CCTV equipment recording his hate crime. Seemingly unfazed, he looks down again, focusing on the task at hand – pushing over a stone cross and smashing it to pieces. The two young males who […]
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