Tag: Boredom

Israel

The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza
Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.

‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza

By Oren Ziv

LNP, LNP Government, Uncategorized

Tony Abbott to quit in 2018, and other Malcolm Turnbull dreams

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull enters 2018 in a strong position.

Also on Turnbull’s wish-list is the departure of Tony Abbott. While there is no material sign of this happening, there was a sense at year’s end, after his emphatic same-sex reversal – at the hands of the Australian people – and another reshuffle in which he was not even discussed, that his era had truly passed.

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