By Jeremy Salt “Israel is a democracy and not run by a terrorist organization.” Thus spoke Peter Dutton, the leader of the Australian opposition Liberal Party. In denying any equivalence between Hezbollah and the state […]
By Jeremy Salt Although primarily anti-war, the Gaza genocide and the presence of Israeli arms merchants in Melbourne were the sharp edges of demonstrations against this marketing of the weapons of war. Of the 900+ […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on seven Jewish settlers and a youth group for violent crimes against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on […]
By Jeremy Salt Mary Kostakidis is respected for her commitment to truth and justice. She defends the Palestinians because that’s where truth and justice lie. In a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission, the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Melbourne University students who participated in the sit-in did so under the expectation that under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights, their peaceful protest was protected under that law.” A […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Witnessing our government’s indifference to the greatest injustice of our times makes me question the direction the party is taking,” said Senator Fatima Payman. Four protesters have been arrested after […]
Australia’s senators made a fresh effort in the country’s parliament on Tuesday to recognize the Palestinian state but failed as the Labor-led government opposed the motion. The motion was moved in the Senate by lawmaker […]
By Jeremy Salt Benjamin Netanyahu is a major war criminal. Australians don’t need the International Criminal Court to tell them he is a criminal. Opportunism, hypocrisy, manipulation, and deceit come quickly to mind when delving […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Since 2017, Australia has issued over 350 military export permits to Israel – and new data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade reveals that Australia has, during the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Australian government has emphasized the importance of preserving evidence related to the attack. Australia is taking significant steps following the Israeli airstrike that resulted in the death of seven […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “We’re worried the language we’re using in our coverage is askew, favoring the Israeli narrative over objective reporting.” Staff at Australia’s national broadcaster have warned that its coverage of the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A 92-page document, endorsed by more than 100 Australian lawyers and barristers, has been submitted to the International Criminal Court accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of “complicity” in Israel’s genocidal […]
By Margaret Cassar The Australian Friends of Palestine activists in Adelaide recently waved the Palestinian flag in this grove in solidarity with Palestine. We have a short post-colonial history here in South Australia. The HMS […]
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe condemned “the violent occupation of Palestine, the brutality of the colonial power that is Israel, and their state-sanctioned murder of the Palestinians.” Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the Australian […]
Australia, Canada and the UK have rebuked Israel over its decision to create thousands of new settlement units in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. In a highly unusual joint statement on Saturday, the foreign ministers […]
By Margaret Cassar A huge amount has changed in the twelve years since we started our weekly BDS actions, organized by the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (Afopa), in the heart of Adelaide, Australia. People […]
By Ramzy Baroud US President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ was meant to represent a finality of sorts, an event reminiscent of Francis Fukuyama’s premature declaration of the ‘End of History’ and […]
By Jeremy Salt Two Albaneses made international news in mid-October. One was the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, whose government withdrew Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as the zionist settler state’s capital, declared in 2018 […]
Saudi Arabia welcomed in a statement on Wednesday the Australian government’s decision to reverse its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign […]
In a move that is expected to rattle Tel Aviv, Australia has decided to drop its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, The Guardian reported. The move is a reversal of a […]
The board for one of Australia’s biggest cultural festivals announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of investments from foreign governments, a year after the event was rocked by controversy over funding from the Israeli embassy. […]
By David Faber The ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’ is an absurd creature of global Zionism. It actually wantonly distracts people of goodwill from remembering the Shoa. It seeks primarily to criminalize constructive criticism of Israel’s […]
The Australian government announced on Thursday that they will list the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as a terrorist organization, Australian media reported. “The views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US State Department spokesperson Ned Price dismissed Amnesty International’s report that labels Israel an ‘apartheid state’ during a news briefing on Tuesday, saying, “We don’t offer our own public comprehensive […]
More than 70 Jewish organizations and individuals have signed an open letter endorsing the boycott of the 2022 Sydney Festival over what they called art-washing of Israeli apartheid, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
More than 20 international performers have pulled out of the 2022 Sydney Festival over the “artwashing” of the Israeli apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people, media reports have said, as conveyed by the Palestinian […]
Almost 30 Australian artists and organizations are boycotting the 2022 Sydney Festival due to the Israeli Embassy providing $20,000 to put on a performance by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, the Middle East Monitor reported. Melbourne […]
By Ramzy Baroud Australia’s Labor Party’s recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestinian activists are justified to question the sincerity of […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has passed an amendment to its policy platform recognizing Palestine as a state. The decision was taken at the ALP Conference on Tuesday, March 30. […]
By Ramzy Baroud A much anticipated American foreign policy move under the Biden Administration on how to counter China’s unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the form of a virtual summit on […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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