Palestine

The Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin says Australia recognising a Palestinian state is influential.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plans to take control of “all of Gaza”, despite international warnings.

Tens of thousands of people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Palestine, demanding peace and aid in war-torn Gaza.

On Gaza, the Australian government must stop asking “when is the right time?” and start asking “what is the right thing?”

A Gaza-bound boat carrying 21 activists, including two Australians, has been intercepted by Israeli troops. 

The names of the 17,000 Palestinian children who have been killed in Gaza by Israel were read aloud outside Parliament House on Wednesday. 

Australia joins more than two dozen nations in calling for an immediate end to the war on Gaza and condemning Israel’s actions.

At least 69 people have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza on Thursday, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency. 

Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas has been severely injured in her right eye while being arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney.

In new shootings by Israeli forces at aid stations in Gaza, at least 40 Palestinians have died, according to local medics and officials. 

Most Australians find Israel’s denial of aid to Palestinians in Gaza unjustifiable, according to fresh polling figures.

An Israeli strike on Gaza hit the home of pediatrician Dr Alaa al-Najjar and killed nine of her 10 children, while she was working.