What is Hezbollah? What does it want? Is Hezbollah a terrorist organisation? Why is everyone talking about the possibility of war between Israel and Hezbollah? Shouldn’t the UN or the international community be doing something to stop this? What about Iran? Why will a war between Hezbollah and Israel be terrible? What are the relevant […]

On Friday 24 May, the International Court of Justice handed down an order by a vote of 13–2 that was widely interpreted as calling on Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza. Certainly, this is how Australian media interpreted it. This from the ABC, by way of example: “The strike came two days after […]

On 20 May 2024, the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that he would be applying for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. His statement is here. There are significant problems with his accusations, judicial over reach and circumvention of process. This factsheet will help explain what […]

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1:00pm AEST, 12 May  Important updates  803 rockets have been fired towards Israel over the past two days.  An Israeli from Rehovot has been killed.  There were two barrages yesterday evening in Israel, though no rockets have been fired for several hours.  About 20 per cent of these rockets have landed inside Gaza, causing Palestinian […]

A Factsheet The current violence is extremely tragic. Civilians are afraid and are dying. In the face of massive physical destruction in the Gaza Strip, and mounting Palestinian fatalities—undeniably including innocent civilians—it is difficult to form views on the issue. This fact sheet breaks down the key tenets of relevant laws of armed conflict, all […]

The firing of hundreds of rockets by Hamas from Gaza into Israeli cities has become the main story. However, the situation evolved from Palestinian planned popular violence connected with the Sheikh Jarrah issue to the rocket fire and subsequent responses. What is Sheikh Jarrah and why is it relevant? It is much more complicated than […]