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Two days after meeting with Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan, the Syrian government announced it was pulling out of a planned meeting with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Sarah Glynn reports.

Join the march in your city on August 24 to demand sanctions on Israel, an end to the two-way arms trade and to Israel’s starvation genocide in Gaza.Ìý

Nearly two years into the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, the leadership of some unions are only just beginning to show solidarity. While welcome, these gestures fall far short of what is needed now. Clint Duncan reports.

Western foreign ministers who intend to recognise a Palestinian state need to be honest, argues Khaled Ghannam. How can they say Hamas must be prevented from participating in any future government in a future Palestinian state, and also insist on free and fair elections?

Hundreds of university and high school students mobilised for the National Student Strike 4 Palestine to demand universities cut all ties with Israeli weapons companies and that the government sanction Israel. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Local councillors and mayors will attend a conference, organised by a Zionist coalition, which aims to get all levels of government to adopt the problematic International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.ÌýWendy Bacon ²¹²Ô»åÌýYaakov Aharon report.

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Justice for Palestine has announced a plan to march over the Story Bridge in Magan-djin/Brisbane as part of the August 24 national day of action. Alex Bainbridge reports.

The historic Sydney Harbour Bridge protest on Gadigal Country has thrown up new opportunities to grow the movement for Palestine, argues Pip Hinman.

Hundreds of thousands of people march for Palestine across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, August 3

A sea of humanity marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adding to the growing pressure on Labor to impose sanctions on Israel, stop the two-way arms trade with Israel and send food aid to Gaza. Pip Hinman and Alex Banbridge report.

While recognising Palestinian statehood gives legitimacy to Palestinians’ aspirations, to use it as a bargaining chip, as Australia is doing, is a face-saving exercise, argues Jacob Andrewartha.

Solidarity was shown to former SBS journalist Mary Kostakidis, who the Zionist Federation of Australia is trying to silence from speaking out about Israel’s genocide in Gaza.ÌýClint Duncan reports.
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Pro-Palestine activists demonstrated outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand the Freedom Flotilla activists on board the Handala be released.ÌýSuelin McCauley reports.
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