Keywords: Middle East Conflict
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ben Coleridge
- 08 January 2009
1 Comment
We were invited to share a meal with a Jewish family in Haifa. They welcomed us, and conversation was happy and inviting. Inevitably, the topic of conflict between Israel and Palestine reared its head. The atmosphere was transformed.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Philip Mendes
- 12 September 2008
34 Comments
Benny Morris, Israel's best-known revisionist historian, led more and more Israelis and Diaspora Jews in the 1980s to accept
the legitimacy of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip. Morris has changed his spots.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 21 August 2008
One was shot on location in Pakistan by an amateur Sydney filmmaker. The other is a cartoon made by an Iranian expatriate about life in Tehran. What do such different films have to tell us about humanity in the Middle East?
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AUSTRALIA
- Philip Mendes
- 09 May 2008
25 Comments
Israel's 60th anniversary next week will be an occasion for celebration by Jews throughout the world. The formation of Israel in 1948 gave Jews renewed hope, but Palestinians remember it as a time of mourning. These conflicting narratives are reflected within the Australian context.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
By their very nature, zoos are perverse places. But this 'story of survival from the West Bank' is as much about a scarred
community clinging to normality as it is about empathetic veterinarian Dr Sami and his endeavours.
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AUSTRALIA
- Philip Mendes
- 10 March 2008
13 Comments
Over the years, many simplistic arguments have been advanced in an attempt to justify the West Bank settlement project. None of these arguments had any substance in the 1980s, and they have even less validity now.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kylie Baxter
- 07 February 2008
The view of the peace process in the West Bank is bleak, but the outlook from the refugee camps of Lebanon is even darker. Palestinians generally believe there is a deliberate Lebanese campaign to destroy the camp.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kylie Baxter
- 29 January 2008
Legacy was never far from the surface during the State of the Union address delivered yesterday by President George W. Bush. For him, the temptation to solve the complex Palestinian-Israeli conflict has proven irresistible.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 21 January 2008
1 Comment
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee has had little by way of party machinery or fundraising acumen. But he managed to storm home in the Republican ballot, roping in not merely the evangelicals but disaffected low-income voters.
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AUSTRALIA
- Ashlea Scicluna
- 12 December 2007
2 Comments
The US-organised Annapolis talks brought Israeli and Arab leaders together with the intention to broker talks on 'a new era of peace'. It bears striking similarity to the Clinton Administration's efforts exactly seven years ago.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Corlett
- 16 April 2007
3 Comments
Rather than the fate of the millions of Iraqis now living in desperate insecurity, and the destablising repercussions for the whole Middle East, the debate in Australia continues to revolve around when Australian troops should return.
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RELIGION
- Andrew West
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, Riah H. Abu El-Assal, says Israel and Palestine should work towards the establishment of a confederation, with a common currency, open borders and even a shared head of state.
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