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The controversy is about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict interfering with the world of Canadian letters, but also reveals antagonistic ideas about literature’s social role.
Around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.
A man has been charged with a number of property offences after an incident in Sydney last week. We need to look for ways to curb antisemitism in the long term.
Resistance doesn’t exist on its own, but in opposition to a larger force. Often these bigger forces — like capitalism, white supremacy, the patriarchy — shape the power structures that rule society.
It’s claimed that more information can solve our crises, from climate change to Gaza. But the world today shows how this vision of reason has tipped over into unreason, anger, and barbarism.
Since World War II, Germany has been uniquely shaped by atoning for the Holocaust. This is reflected in its categorisation of criticism of Israel as antisemitic and its minimal national security.
Ta-Nehisi Coates said going to Palestine, shortly before the Hamas attacks, was ‘a huge shock’ – and he felt a responsibility to yell about what he saw there. In The Message, he does just that.
Health-care workers have a direct impact in areas of conflict due to their ability to provide care — and bear direct witness to atrocities. In Gaza, Canada and beyond, they must be heeded.
The destruction of food systems in Gaza and Canada is part of a larger effort of land dispossession and capitalist accumulation. The fight for food sovereignty is about justice and self-determination.
Middle East experts Mireille Rebeiz and Amnon Aran talk to The Conversation Weekly about the recent escalation in the Middle East.
People have long visited places like Auschwitz-Birkenau and, more recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now we’re seeing ‘solidarity tours’ to Israel’s October 7 sites and war tourism in Ukraine.
The past is a reality that humanity as whole must contend with, but a lack of understanding is fertile ground for denial, revisionism and antisemitism.
The BBC, ITN and Sky have still managed to keep the story in front of UK viewers’ eyes by reporting from inside Israel, the occupied territories and Egypt
Australia can take legal action against people accused of atrocity crimes, even if the person isn’t Australian and the alleged crimes were miles away. But the laws are flawed.
The permanent members of the UN Security Council have repeatedly used their power of veto to block resolutions relating to mass atrocities. Is it time to revoke that power?
The mass protests are evidence that many in Israel feel abandoned by their government. Yet, Netanyahu is unlikely to shift course.
Dutton and Burke this week have faced off in the fractious debate about Palestinians fleeing to Australia – an issue that risks putting another tear in our social cohesion fabric.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has now announced it was an error to cancel a performance by Jayson Gillham. Indeed, classical music has often been tied to politics.
The opposition leader’s trip further underlines the unravelling of bipartisanship towards Israel.
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Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor Politics and International Relations, Mount Allison University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
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Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Teaching Professor, Geography, University of Victoria
