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Australia says a settlement trade ban could hurt Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority wants one

Australia says a settlement trade ban could hurt Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority wants one

Australia declined to join 12 countries backing action on trade with illegal West Bank settlements, citing concerns about Palestinian livelihoods. The...

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Jeremy Webb

A visit to the West Bank: homeland and legal apartheid – part four

A visit to the West Bank: homeland and legal apartheid – part four

In the final part of a four-part series, expanding Israeli settlements and land acquisition reveal how security, law and political power are reshaping...

14.09.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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A visit to the West Bank: security apartheid – part three

Israel’s expanding security regime across the West Bank is reshaping Palestinian life. In part three of a four-part series, Jeremy Webb considers...

13.09.2026 20

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A visit to the West Bank: social and religious apartheid – part two

In part two of a four-part series, daily life in the West Bank reveals how checkpoints, travel restrictions and controls over religious and cultural...

11.09.2026 30

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A visit to the West Bank: economic apartheid – part one

Israel’s tightening restrictions are deepening the West Bank’s economic crisis. In part one of a four-part series, Jeremy Webb’s first-hand...

10.09.2026 30

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Matt Canavan’s climate scepticism is a policy dead end for the Coalition

The National Party’s new leader has built his politics on climate scepticism. But rising costs, extreme weather and the accelerating energy...

15.03.2026 30

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Jeremy Webb

Abandoning net zero: Farce, fantasy and falsehoods

07.11.2025 20

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Jeremy Webb

Where is the outrage? Israel's systematic mass assassination of journalists

15.08.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

Jeremy Webb