Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces increasing criticism from within his war cabinet,while protesters accuse him of extending the conflict to protect himself.
Benny Gantz,a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet,threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza.
The push for permanent protection for some temporary visa holders is a fresh test of Labor’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The $480m US-built pier has been welcomed by aid groups,but there is a fear it may be diverting attention from the surging humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Itzik Gelernter,Shani Louk and Amit Buskila were killed by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival,an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border.
The University of Melbourne says campus protests against the war in Gaza have been infiltrated by outside agitators,but students reject the claim.
Upper House MP Anthony D’Adam used a late night speech to accuse the NSW Police of using “fear and intimidation as a means of obtaining compliance” against pro-Palestinian protesters in Sydney.
Senior Labor figures,including the prime minister,also distanced themselves from Senator Fatima Payman who accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza.
Melbourne,Monash and Deakin universities continue to grapple with defiant students staging protests over the war in Gaza despite requests to leave and dismantle their camps.
A push to expel Israel from international football has opened a new schism in Australia,which plans to abstain from the vote despite the urging of former Socceroo Craig Foster.
The development comes a week after a Greens MP was asked to leave the chamber for refusing to take off her keffiyeh scarf,commonly worn to show support for Palestine.