Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Foreign relations
‘Israel is in the process of implosion’: Democracy faces massive test
A former deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament says the country is undergoing its greatest crisis – and democracies around the world have a stake in its future.
- by Matthew Knott
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Being Jewish and critical of Israel can make you an outcast. I should know
An Australian-Jewish writer details how his support for the Palestinian cause has made him a pariah in his own community.
- by Antony Loewenstein
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Foreign relations
Israel urges Labor not to recognise Palestine as party closes ranks
Labor’s official policy platform supports Palestinian statehood, but the government is wary of taking such a momentous step.
- by Matthew Knott and James Massola
Beijing adds Israel-Palestinian conflict to to-do list of mediation
The Chinese foreign minister has reached out to his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts to say his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks.
‘We’re here to stay’: Defiant settlers, hardline ministers march to West Bank outpost
The march to Eviatar, an unauthorised outpost evacuated by the previous Israeli government in 2021, was led by ultranationalist Jewish settlers, among them cabinet ministers.
- by Ilan Ben Zion
Tourists killed and injured in Tel Aviv car attack as violence rises
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered all reserve border police and additional defence soldiers to mobilise.
- by Rami Amichay
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Israel
Two sisters killed in West Bank after Israel stages rare airstrikes in Lebanon
The shooting came after Israel launched rare airstrikes in southern Lebanon early on Friday and pressed on with bombing targets in the Gaza Strip.
- by Josef Federman and Fares Akram
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Israel
Rocket sirens sound in Israel amid clashes with worshippers at al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinians, Jordan and Egypt have condemned what they say was an attack on Palestinians praying at the mosque in the early hours of Wednesday.
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FIFA World Cup
Hijacked by politics, Indonesia kicks spectacular own goal
Jakarta has been stripped of FIFA’s Under-20 World Cup amid a row over the involvement of Israel.
- by Chris Barrett
FIFA strips Indonesia of football World Cup amid Israel furore
Football-mad Indonesia was scheduled to stage the Under-20 World Cup in May and June, but FIFA has withdrawn the majority-Muslim nation’s hosting rights.
- by Chris Barrett
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Opinion
Our debate about writers’ angry tweets obscures the real scandal
You might think the controversy over Adelaide Writers’ Week is about one word or another. In truth, it is an awful distraction from the purpose of the Palestinian writers’ appearance at the event.
- by Maher Mughrabi