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International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Melbourne University threatens to call police, expel pro-Palestine protesters
La Trobe University has also announced it will begin misconduct proceedings against students still camping at its Bundoora campus after they were ordered to leave.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Benjamin Preiss
Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza, Israeli leaders divided on war’s trajectory
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces increasing criticism from within his war cabinet, while protesters accuse him of extending the conflict to protect himself.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss
Israeli war cabinet fractures as Gantz gives Netanyahu June 8 ultimatum
Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Joe Krauss and Jack Jeffery
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‘Afraid and traumatised’: One in four Palestinians claiming asylum in Australia
The push for permanent protection for some temporary visa holders is a fresh test of Labor’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- by Angus Thompson and Matthew Knott
Peaceful protest or academic disruption? Melbourne University Gaza camp-in goes on
Students at the University of Melbourne have vowed to continue their protest over Gaza from inside the campus.
- by Patrick Hatch and Marta Pascual Juanola
Israeli army finds bodies of three hostages amid fierce fighting in northern Gaza
Itzik Gelernter, Shani Louk and Amit Buskila were killed by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border.
- by AP and Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation
The University of Melbourne says campus protests against the war in Gaza have been infiltrated by outside agitators, but students reject the claim.
- by Chip Le Grand, Tom Cowie and Melissa Cunningham
Minns sacks pro-Palestine MP for labelling Karen Webb a ‘liar’
Upper House MP Anthony D’Adam used a late night speech to accuse the NSW Police of using “fear and intimidation as a means of obtaining compliance” against pro-Palestinian protesters in Sydney.
- by Michael McGowan
Labor senators condemn ‘river to the sea’ chant in Fatima Payman rebuke
Senior Labor figures, including the prime minister, also distanced themselves from Senator Fatima Payman who accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza.
- by Matthew Knott
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Expulsion threats, defiant students and orders to leave as tensions rise on uni campuses
Melbourne, Monash and Deakin universities continue to grapple with defiant students staging protests over the war in Gaza despite requests to leave and dismantle their camps.
- by Tom Cowie, Melissa Cunningham and Alex Crowe