At least 340 healthcare workers have been slain, mainly in the line of duty, by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip. Paul Gregoire reports on a healthcare workers' vigil in Liverpool.
The likes of Lidia Thorpe and Gary Foley, as they helpfully remind us, see no moral or practical difference between Israel and Australia. So perhaps we should start to wonder what else they’ve got planned, or what they’re willing to countenance in the fight against 'settler-colonialism' closer to home. This is especially relevant as we navigate post-referendum politics
Asked what she thought of 'Gas the Jews' being chanted on the Opera House steps, activist Randa Abdel-Fattah first professed to have heard nothing of the sort. Could it be that those ears, so finely tuned for catching 'Islamophobic' utterances, have been rendered defective by the curses and bellows of so many like-minded haters of Israel?
Despite the incessant efforts of the pro-Israel lobby to censor Palestinians and their allies, the festival was a testament to the strength of transnational solidarity between those fighting for liberation around the world, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah.