Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Politicians jet to the Middle East amid Euro summer holiday rush
While some pollies are swanning around Europe, a few backbenchers have popped up in Israel and Palestine this month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Australian pollies beat their English rivals in parliamentary tennis clash
A bipartisan side continued Australian dominance over the Poms, despite a few sledges, in London on Wednesday.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Israel ends West Bank raid, calling it a blow to militants
Twelve Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day raid.
- by Nasser Nasser and Imad Isseid
Palestinians killed as Israel launches attack on West Bank city
In what the Israeli military described as an extensive counterterrorism effort, a gunbattle lasting into Monday morning killed at least eight people.
- by Josef Federman
The book interrogating Israel’s military-industrial complex
Antony Loewenstein accuses Israel of not only running an apartheid state but profiting from the tools used to oppress millions.
- by Michael Ruffles
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Luke Foley returns to the Labor fold
Despite a period of political exile, the former NSW Labor leader still has many friends on Macquarie Street.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘It will be followed’: Push for Palestinian recognition embraced in Jakarta
Australia’s shifting stance on Palestine has been warmly received in Indonesia as President Joko Widodo prepares to make his first visit here in more than three years.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Victorian Labor gives Albanese deadline to recognise Palestine
The state Labor conference has backed recognition of Palestine in the current parliament, heaping more pressure on the federal government before the national conference.
- by James Massola
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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
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