Australia should recognise the state of Palestine. The legal, moral and political arguments are compelling.
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Tried and tested in the field, Israeli weapons and surveillance technology are being packaged and sold for export.
Generations of Palestinian writers and poets have expressed their feelings of grief and loss.
Many in the West are unaware of the displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians in 1947-8
The village of Lajjun, near Nazareth, which was destroyed in 1948 to make room for a kibbutz is a microcosm of the catastrophe that still affects Palestinians 75 years later.
For the first time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948.
A series of poor decisions in the face of Jewish manoeuvring led to the end of the British mandate in Palestine and the creation of the Israeli state.
British media coverage of the creation of the state of Israel reflected the concerns of the government at the time.
Israel may no longer be a fledgling state – but it has yet to overcome the basic contradiction that has defined it from the very beginning.
Mark Raphael Baker is best known for two outstanding memoirs, The Fiftieth Gate, exploring his parents’ Holocaust experience, and Thirty Days, about the death of his first wife.
The UN’s resolution to recognize Nakba Day on May 15, to mark the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in 1948, helps to acknowledge past traumas but does the resolution have other implications?
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces problems on all fronts.
The controversial new government of Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure from massive protests by both Israelis and Palestinians.
A scholar of Jewish history explains how the term ‘pogrom’ lives in Jewish collective memory and why its use can be highly contentious.
Three Ukranian authors, including Maria Tumarkin – who’s made a powerful statement – have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week after harsh criticism of the Ukranian president by a participating author.
Gan Siyabonga is unique in Israel. It highlights a group that was both anti-apartheid and pro-Zionist.
Calls have erupted to cancel two writers from Adelaide Writers’ Week – including from South Australia’s Opposition leader. Why? And are they justified? Denis Muller weighs the evidence.
When universities are seen as favouring one position on the Palestine/Israel issue, their ability to uphold academic freedom as a fundamental tenet of democracy is jeopardized.
A claim about how persecuted Jews were freed from the Soviet Union decades ago relates to how Palestinians might be treated today.
Netanyahu looks to be back in power, but his new far-right coalition partners are likely to make his life difficult.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst