A tearful premier and ‘Moscow on the Torrens’: How to lose a writers’ week in six days
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but the parting words of former Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) director Louise Adler delivered a serious cut. In her resignation, published by The Guardian on Tuesday, she referenced a 2023 speech from SA Premier Peter Malinauskas in which he lamented the thought of politicians stifling events […]
How did Hamas respond to Trump’s Gaza deal? What did Trump say in response? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Hamas has submitted its response to United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal, agreeing to free all the Israeli captives it holds, but asking to negotiate other aspects of the 20-point plan. Trump – who had given the Palestinian group a deadline of Sunday to respond positively to the deal – has reacted by […]
Qatari PM hopes ‘momentum’ now to end Israel’s Gaza war; Hamas deliberates | Gaza News
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says the Gaza ceasefire plan unveiled by United States President Donald Trump meets the key goals set by mediators – stopping the killing and displacement of Palestinians – and urged all sides to seize the “momentum” to bring Israel’s war to an end. In […]
How Geraldine Brooks learned how to live again through grief
In 2019, Australian writer Geraldine Brooks was forced into a world of practicalities when her beloved husband, Tony, collapsed on the street in the United States and died. She had to immediately manage finances and family life, organise a funeral and work out what had happened for Tony to so suddenly and unexpectedly die. As […]
Genocide, urbicide, domicide – how to talk about Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
South Africa has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice, accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza – and 12 other countries have backed the case. “Genocide” is a legal term that has been increasingly used to describe what Israel is doing in Gaza as it kills more people, a figure nearing […]
How to distract a starving child: Hunger in Rafah amid Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
Rafah, Gaza – A tiny little girl called Wafaa is sitting in front of a tent in Tal as-Sultan, playing in the sand listlessly as she cries with hunger. It is difficult to tell how old she is given her emaciated frame, but her mother, Tahrir Baraka, 36, tells Al Jazeera that Wafaa is two […]
Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials about how to handle the war in Gaza
A member of Israel’s war cabinet has cast doubt on the country’s strategy for securing the release of hostages held by Hamas, saying only a cease-fire can free them. Key points: Israeli cabinet members accuse the prime minister of delaying any discussion of postwar scenarios to avoid looming investigations The Palestinian Red Crescent accuses Israel […]
Analysis: How to enforce the Israel-Hamas truce | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The pause was agreed to on Tuesday night, announced on Wednesday and was expected to temporarily halt the war on Thursday morning. But the fighting did not stop and in fact, seemed to intensify. Aerial bombardment continued, supporting Israeli forces trying to get as close as possible to the centre of Gaza City before the […]
How to Define Genocide | The New Yorker
Last week, the Times published an opinion piece by the historian Omer Bartov, which raised the question of whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute a genocide. “I believe that there is no proof that genocide is currently taking place in Gaza, although it is very likely that war crimes, and even crimes against humanity, […]