Israel kills dozens in Lebanon after failed mission to find pilot’s remains Commandos started digging up grave thought to be of famous IDF pilot, leading to gunfight followed by airstrikes The Guardian - UK · Mar 7
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran "I want him to focus on the war and not on the f*cking court case," Trump told Axios. Axios · Mar 5
Pro-Palestine protest organisers ‘a pack of communists’ intent on confrontation with police, Minns tells budget estimates New South Wales premier faces questions over what he told MPs who attended demonstration opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit The Guardian - AU · Mar 5
Man denies intimidation during Israeli president visit A man will fight allegations he intimidated a security guard at a Jewish kindergarten during the contentious visit to Australia by the Israeli president. AAP · Mar 4
Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims The Guardian - AU · Mar 3
What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran? Legal experts give their views on the lawfulness of the countries’ actions, including the UK’s ‘defensive’ operation The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
Albanese should demand reparations from Israel, say families of Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed A third family says the Australian government must do more to hold Israel and the Israeli Defence Force to account, including demanding an apology The Guardian - AU · Feb 26
Minns government undermined social cohesion with NSW protest restrictions, constitutional challenge hears Lawyer for protest groups argues state needs to prove it was ‘rational to prevent all protests’ to achieve its goal The Guardian - AU · Feb 26
Bondi attack anti-protest laws 'limited and necessary' A government is defending anti-protest laws swiftly implemented after the Bondi Beach massacre which have been slammed as unconstitutional in court. AAP · Feb 26
Grace Tame says ‘spare me the condescension, old man’ after Albanese defends ‘difficult’ comment PM clarifies remark but says he disagrees with some language the 2021 Australian of the Year has used The Guardian - AU · Feb 26
Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children Australian policing has been in the spotlight in the past few weeks. The Conversation · Feb 20
Gaza cemetery bulldozed by Israel must be ‘restored to the way it was’, families of Australian war dead say Daniel Cotterill, whose uncle’s grave has been destroyed, wants Australian officials allowed into Gaza to assess the ‘industrial damage’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 19
Magistrate rules it’s ‘not proportionate’ to ban Isaac Herzog protester from inner Sydney while on bail Lawyer tells court there is ‘real doubt’ whether police gave lawful move-on direction during rally against Israeli president that ended in violent clashes The Guardian - AU · Feb 19
With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest? In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced controversial legislation giving police the power to restrict public protests for up to 90 days after a terrorist incident. The Conversation · Feb 19
The Independent UK · Feb 17 ‘It was terrifying’: Australia faces reckoning over brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests IN FOCUS: Police in Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to protests of Israel president Isaac Herzog’s visit. Namita Singh talks to witnesses and rights groups about an incident that shocked Australia
The Guardian - AU · Feb 17 NSW police end restriction on protests now Israeli president has left the country Widespread allegations of police brutality followed a rally outside Sydney’s town hall on 9 February against visit by Isaac Herzog
AAP · Feb 17 Protest curbs eased as watchdog asks public for footage Controversial restrictions on protests have been lifted a week after a violent response by police as a probe seeks evidence of misconduct from demonstrators.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14 Isaac Herzog’s four days in Australia left him ‘energised’. For the Jewish community, some saw solidarity while others felt ‘serious angst’ The Israeli president’s visit to console victims of the Bondi beach terror attack was not without controversy
The Guardian - AU · Feb 13 An ‘impossible’ situation or ‘unhinged’ police? Inside the chaos at Sydney’s anti-Herzog protest Police have defended their actions after Monday’s protest. Here’s how the night played out
The Guardian - AU · Feb 13 Sydney protesters want to sue police over alleged brutality at the anti-Herzog rally, but it will be a struggle An obscure section of a 2009 piece of legislation states ‘compensation is not payable’ when NSW officers are granted additional powers for ‘major events’
The Independent UK · Feb 13 Australia police watchdog to investigate complaints of brutality at protests against Israeli president Independent police oversight body says it is ‘in public interest’ to examine the violent confrontations between police and protesters at Sydney Town Hall
Pedestrian.tv · Feb 13 Police Watchdog Launches Investigation Into Police Response At Sydney Anti-Herzog Rally It comes despite Chris Minns saying just yesterday that he "did not support" an independent inquiry.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 13 NSW police watchdog to investigate alleged police brutality at Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog Despite premier Chris Minns’s objection to an inquiry, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it is in public interest to investigate ‘alleged misconduct’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 12 Seven of my relatives were killed in Gaza. For me, Herzog’s visit was never an abstract debate Australia stands at a crossroads as it rolled out the red carpet for some, while greeting others with batons
AAP · Feb 12 Critics hail probe into 'shocking' police rally tactics Investigations into violent police tactics to break up a mass protest must be comprehensive, without delay and public, civil liberties groups say.