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Also known as the Eiland Plan, the strategy was published in a military forum critical of the army’s efforts against Palestine. Why is it being discussed now? Israel’s war on Gaza has now killed more than 42,000 Palestinians in 12 months, with no end in sight. In Israel, there has been discontent at the lack of progress, with hostages Continue reading »
“We must reshape our shared relationship with water, across borders and cultures, for sustainable, impactful, and just transitions,” says the global commission behind a new report. Decades of mismanagement of water resources, deforestation, and the fossil fuel-driven crisis of global warming have put “unprecedented stress” on the Earth’s water systems, according to a new report, Continue reading »
So far, the only media outlets courageous enough to publish my revelations about the inhumane treatment of David McBride and other inmates at the odious Alexander Maconochie Centre federal prison in Canberra have been Pearls and Irritations and Canberra’s City News. On 22 October 2024, I finally received a response on behalf of Richard Glenn, Continue reading »
Half the 280 million people in Indonesia are women, though not in the 48-member ministry; just five were drafted this week by the fresh president Prabowo Subianto. It’s a Cabinet fuelled more by testosterone than talent. Continue reading »
Gaza has been flattened by Israeli attacks. Ninety per cent of schools have been damaged, or destroyed. Two thirds of schools, 285 of them, have been completely destroyed. All universities have been destroyed. The United Nations has called Israel’s deliberate targeting of Gaza’s education infrastructure, scholasticide. Sam Rose, Senior Deputy Director of UNRWA says, “Israel Continue reading »
The articles by Ian Chubb and John Ward calling for an extension of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) to cover dementia evoke the deep sadness experienced by many people confronted with this condition. It is true that the incidence of dementia is increasing, causing great suffering, and that VAD is now legal and generally accepted in Continue reading »
As it reels from one battlefield defeat after another, Ukraine faces a fateful choice: sue for peace or fight to the bitter end. Ukraine’s ultra-nationalists would prefer purifying blood sacrifice to a shameful defeat, while Western hardliners want to wear Russia down by fighting to the last Ukrainian. This yearning for Ukraine to re-enact a Continue reading »
Australia is no longer a middle, nor moral, power although its political leaders think Australia is both. When did Australia lose its morality, and along with that loss, its status as a respected middle power? Continue reading »
In a just world, Prabowo Subianto should not be Indonesia’s new president. He ought to be facing the full strength of the law in court, if not serving time. The closest he’s come to justice is being banned from the US by three presidents, Clinton, Bush and Obama, and from Australia and presumably other jurisdictions. Continue reading »