After years of denial, Israel opens investigation into Hind Rajab’s killing

Help us reach $250,000 in new annual supportP&I is powered by you, our readers. No corporate owner. No paywall. No advertising.AUD 0 of AUD 250,000 0% of our goalBecome a regular supporterCampaign ends 30 September 2026. Fabian Webber20 August 2026Are we getting too good at managing homelessness?Australia’s homelessness response has become increasingly sophisticated, but emergency accommodation and outreach cannot substitute for a home. The focus must shift towards prevention, permanent housing and addressing the systems that push people into homelessness in the first place.Fengming Lu, Xiao Ma20 August 2026China’s EV success was built on more than government interventionChina’s rise as the world’s leading electric vehicle producer offers an interesting case study in industrial policy. Its experience shows how competition between government agencies, local governments and private capital can drive experimentation and innovation, while also creating challenges for governments seeking to support emerging industries.Sarah Shamim19 August 2026Why the US-Iran ceasefire collapsedA US-Iran ceasefire agreement intended to pave the way for 60 days of peace talks collapsed amid renewed military strikes and disputes over the Strait of Hormuz. With both sides accusing each other of violating the deal, negotiations remain deadlocked and the wider war shows little sign of being resolved.Israel's war against GazaMedia coverage of the war in Gaza since October 2023 has spread a series of lies propagated by Israel and the United States. This publication presents information, analysis, clarification, views and perspectives largely unavailable in mainstream media in Australia and elsewhere.Download the PDFLatest letters to the editorVisas for New Zealanders?Jenny Goldie — Cooma NSWAlan Gamlen and Peter McDonald provided some useful statistics and reminded us that New Zealanders require no visa to enter Australia. According to the table provided, it is part of the immigration program where there is no control. The number of New Zealanders moving to Australia was about 41,000 people in 2025, a 12-year high after averaging about 37,000 annually between 2005 and 2019. Australians, of course, can enter New Zealand without a visa under the Trans-Tasman Agreement. However, if we are to take control of our own immigration program, then we need to either cap the number of annual...The elephant in the roomJenny Goldie — Cooma NSWJulian Cribb notes that the greatest elephant in the room is the fact that we have four times more humans than the planet can sustain. Unless overpopulation is also addressed, all other solutions must fail, says Cribb. We are indeed in overshoot and need to pull back, but how to get down to two billion from the current eight billion? Japan and now China are showing the way with negative population growth. Western Europe and South Korea are on a similar track. Africa's population, however, is still exploding and is expected to grow by another billion by mid-century. Fertility rates...Volume of immigration is the issueGraham Clews — 29 Apperly Close, Kambah, ACT. 2902Why do writers such as Jack Waterford persist in characterising the discussion of immigration as immigration versus no immigration? This is NOT the discussion being had. It is about the volume of immigration. Even O.N. and Hanson, do not argue for an end to immigration but a reduction to 130 000 pa, about 50 per cent above the long-term average. And is immigration, over the longer term, really a must? To make this claim successfully, he & others need to explain why, despite some 8 million migrants since circa 2000, we still have a vast array of claimed skill shortages...Who will care for those migrants leave behind?Graham Clews — 29 Apperly Close, Kambah, ACT. 2902Haque tells us that the impact of immigration on population growth is unimportant. He then presents a case in which population growth is central. Haque is not breaking new ground, as he suggests, in discussing the importance of immigration to our care economy. This subject is trotted out by the promoters of immigration at every opportunity. The real problem is that the subject is not being discussed honestly. One glance at our current demographic profile by age and migration status tells us that immigration is not solving our care challenges so much as ensuring far greater challenges in the future....Five years on and no betterGeorge Douvos — VictoriaKos, your article brought tears to my eyes not because it was sad or emotional but because the trauma is still raw. To hear or read these comments that you made, evokes a sense of hope, a hope that millions will be heard and in a way justice will be done, but somehow I feel maybe not. I do know that the Labor government has to go, it’s too much pain and hurt that has afflicted on its citizens. Anyone other than them at this I would be happy with. Hopefully One Nation gets in and rattles them all. Thanks...Propping up AUKUSIan Bowrey — HAMILTON SOUTHI have read many times, the observation that the first country to unleash an atomic weapon will create a response that will end life on this planet. So I do not understand why certain men in politics with no training in the destructiveness of warfare can be allowed authority to embark on a program to equip Australia with nuclear weapon capable submarines. Questions about integrity, truthfulness, sovereignty, let alone cost are deflected by those with red and blue ties. Who really benefits from the AUKUS decision? In what form does that benefit exist? Many words have been printed and spoken...Aged care and migrant workersMeg Schwarz — Macclesfield, South AustraliaI found the suggestion that Australia needs to “wean itself off migrant workers” in aged care concerning and, from my experience working in the sector for years, overly simplistic. There is certainly a need to train more Australians, improve wages and conditions, and make caring professions more attractive, but this doesn't mean migrant workers should be regarded as a temporary dependency that we should ultimately eliminate. Aged care has long relied on overseas-born workers because many Australians simply don't want to undertake this demanding, poorly valued work. We have always had jobs in Australia that are difficult to fill domestically...Philosophical inquiry is the answerJohn Turner — inverloch, VictoriaStewart Sweeney’s article correctly pinpoints what is probably the most fundamental issue of our time. It seems to me that the answer lies in a radical change to our methods of education, in essence we need to look back to antiquity for our inspiration. Adopting a ‘Philosophical Inquiry’ approach to education develops critical thinking and a greater understanding of society. Also, giving more prominence to the arts rather than current fixation on educating for specific workplace skills, develops sensitivities and creative talent that will serve humanity well in a world that is becoming increasingly complex and out of balance.Recommended reading