Censure might occasionally be necessary to preserve the integrity of a parliament, but using it to punish members for their personal views threatens the foundations of democracy.
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The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
A philosopher weighs up the legal and moral arguments on both sides of the conflict.
Aid workers consistently face a host of moral challenges and often have to make difficult choices. Organizations need to be aware of the mental impact on their staff and provide support.
Urban warfare and the extensive tunnel network in Gaza benefit Hamas and pose a major challenge to the Israeli military.
Hundreds of Australian journalists signed an open letter to news organisations calling for better coverage of the war. It calls their impartiality into question.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
Hamas rules Gaza with repression and violence and polls show that it does not have the support of ordinary Palestinians.
When people find themselves displaced from their homes, finding or creating beauty can be just as vital as food, water and shelter − and serves as a form of resistance and resilience.
With the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing, we asked a range of academics to nominate works that can help explain things.
Without independent evidence, the ABC is right not to adopt for itself terms such as ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid’, but equally it is right to report others making such allegations.
Lessons from firms who’ve supported other causes.
Bit by bit, the philosopher Rai Gaita showed Maria Tumarkin and Juliet Rogers the morally serious worth of face-to-face conversation.
The dismissal of Palestinians as “barbaric” or somehow less human is rooted in a long history of colonizing narratives, including how the land and people were first viewed as “uncivilized.”
Modern settlers to Palestine viewed the desert as something they needed to “make bloom.” But it already was, thanks to the long history of Palestinian agricultural systems.
The slogan has been attacked as ‘antisemitic’ and defended as a ‘call for freedom.’ Behind the controversy is decades of usage.
A four-year survey of Palestinian school children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem found hope and wellbeing already seriously declining. The situation now can only make it worse.
The consumer boycotts over the Gaza crisis are the latest in a long line. Here’s when they’re more effective.
Labour frontbencher Imran Hussain has resigned over the party’s failure to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
Top contributors
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations & Co-Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of Law and director of LLM programs, University of East London
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Professor, Sociology, Mount Royal University
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
