A racial discrimination case against former SBS journalist Mary Kostakidis, over her social media posts on the Israel-Gaza war, has been withdrawn. Continue reading Zionist Federation of Australia withdraws punitive lawsuit against Mary Kostakidis – but wider battle over political speech continues
On 23 June 2026, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel (the Commission) released a significant report entilted “The essence of childhood has been destroyed”: Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Report (A/HRC/62/CRP.2).
The report details a wide range of abuses and crimes committed against Palestinian children.
These violations and crimes include serious physical and psychological harm carried out the Israeli security forces that have resulted in the death of at least 20,179 and injury of 44,143 Palestinain children.
It is the first report focussing on crimes against Palestinian children produced by a UN investigative body and builds on the Commission’s earlier findings while adding newly collected evidence and scrutinised cases. Continue reading Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
In April this year, the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) filed an application in the Federal Court against the Minister for Defence seeking transparency in relation to Australian arms exports to Israel.
The hearing is listed for Friday 29th May 2026, 2.15pm at the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne.
ACIJ is representing three leading human rights organisations based in Palestine, namely Al Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights. Continue reading Federal Court application seeking transparency over arms exports to Israel listed for Friday 29 May 2026
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On 24th March 2026, Francesca Albanese presented her latest findings on the Occupied Palestinian Territories to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Albanese has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1st May 2022.
This was her eighth report to the Human Rights Council, the fifth documenting the ongoing genocide by Israel against the Palestinian people. Continue reading UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of torture and ill-treatment
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Around 100 people attended a protest rally in Bathurst on Monday 9 February against the visit to Australia by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The Bathurst rally coincided with up to 30 other rallies and marches across NSW that opposed the president’s visit.
Most media attention has focussed on the large Sydney Town Hall rally and associated police violence linked to severe restrictions imposed on the right to protest by the Minns state government.
However, together with city rallies, regional rallies like the one in Bathurst have also played an important part in galvanising public opposition to Herzog’s visit. Continue reading Bathurst holds protest rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia
Following the Bondi shootings on 14th December 2025, the Albanese government officially invited Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, to visit Australia. This superseded an earlier invitation to the president issued by the Zionist Federation of Australia.
A spokesperson for President Herzog has confirmed that he plans to travel between 8th and 12th February and will meet with members of the Jewish community.
Opposition
Predictably, this official invitation has provoked widespread opposition, both within Labor ranks and the community at large. Continue reading Protest Israeli President Herzog’s visit to Australia – 9th February 2026
Between 25th November and 1st December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year to 227. Continue reading Israeli violence surges across northern occupied West Bank
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Gaza killings continue reports Australian doctor. Photos: ABC
During a ABC NewsRadio interview on 18th November 2025. an Australian emergency doctor working with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) in Gaza, reported that the “Israeli Defence Forces and the Israeli authorities continue restricting aid, continue killing Palestinians and continue removing the conditions that are needed for life.”
She stressed “this is still a genocide that’s been disguised as a ceasefire”. Continue reading “This is still a genocide that’s been disguised as a ceasefire” warns Australian doctor
The biennial Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition, also referred to as the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo, was held from 4th to 6th November at the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.
Principal sponsors of this weapons expo were the NSW government and Investment NSW. Continue reading Protests at the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo 2025
In the following interview with Democracy Now! – an independent and not-for-profit American TV, radio, and Internet news program – Israeli historian and author Ilan Pappé discusses the post-genocidal prospects of Palestinian statehood.
He also considers the future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under investigation for corruption in Israel and subject to an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Continue reading Israeli political leaders have not changed their policy aim of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from their land
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has sent an open letter to Defence Minister Richard Marles MP urging an end to Australia’s complicity and export of military exports including weapon parts to Israel, all of which contribute to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
MPG encourages the signing of this open letter and its wide circulation amongst family, friends and networks.
The open letter can be signed here.
More information
Prof. Ben Saul, Interview with Sally Sara on Radio National Breakfast, ABC, Aug 15, 2025.
Tom McIlroy, ‘Marles insists Australia ‘not supplying weapons to Israel’ but critics argue ‘parts of weapons are weapons’’, The Guardian, Aug 10, 2025.
A total of 22 civilians were killed by Israeli missile strikes on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday 25 August 2025.
Those massacred included five journalists, three hospital staff, one doctor, a civil defense worker, and one child, 14-year-old Rayan Omar Mahmoud Abu Omar. More than fifty others were injured as a result of missile strikes carried out with full knowledge of the civilian presence. Continue reading Israel massacres 22 civilians in missile strikes on the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza
Over 200 people attended a pro-Palestinian rally at Morse Park in Bathurst on Sunday 24th August 2025.
The event was part of the Nationwide March for Palestine which was held in over 40 cities and towns across the country. Continue reading Bathurst rally demands an end to ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza
Mayors and councillors around Australia are being offered free flights, accommodation, and meals to attend a Gold Coast “antisemitism summit” from 3–5 September 2025. The summit is backed by far-right pro-Israel political groups. Continue reading Residents call on the Inner West Council’s Mayor to withdraw from sham antisemitism summit
Fifteen former ambassadors and diplomats, plus a former Consul-General, have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging him to declare the government’s support for the creation and recognition of a Palestinian state without delay. Continue reading Ex-ambassadors urge PM Albanese to recognise Palestinian state
