Matthew Knott

Foreign affairs & national security correspondent: The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age. Got a ticket to ride. Please send tips/ideas to [email protected]

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Chinese firm steps up fight to retain control of Darwin Port, launches international legal battle https://t.co/3nIDDHC3T1

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“No matter how much I explain, I won’t be able to paint a picture of the suffering here,” says Asmhan, 25, who lives a tent with her family. “How can we forget what is happening in Gaza?”

Her fundraising page is here: https://t.co/dqSmtuheWu

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As the world focus on new conflicts, Hamas and Israel are entrenching their dominance in Gaza as ordinary people suffer six months since a ceasefire took effect https://t.co/0m0LXlwuib

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As the world focus on new conflicts, Hamas and Israel are entrenching their dominance in Gaza as ordinary people suffer six months since a ceasefire took effect https://t.co/0m0LXlwuib

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Israel death penalty: Top Australian Jewish groups criticise new law for Palestinians https://t.co/zGya6R8idP

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Our coverage last year of evictions and house demolitions in the Silwan district of East Jerusalem, and the role played by an Australian-Israeli in efforts to expand a Jewish presence throughout the Holy City https://t.co/PUhTyZ3OhE

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💥Now in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan: 11 Palestinian families are being evicted for the benefit of the foreign-funded extremist settler group Ateret Cohanim. Yesterday, 4 more were evicted. @NirHasson

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My heart breaks for the Bani Odeh family.
Ali Bani Odeh, his wife, and two of their young children — only 5 and 7 years old — were killed in Tammun. Two other children survived and will carry this trauma for the rest of their lives.
Beyond politics, beyond narratives, this is the destruction of a family.
An investigation has already been announced. As usual, we will likely hear familiar conclusions: a failure in identifying the target, mistaken identity, or an operational error.
But when civilians are killed again and again, the question becomes unavoidable:

Is this a problem of failing to identify targets?
Is it a problem of not knowing how to aim?
Or is it a problem of knowing exactly what is being done and accepting the consequences?

No child should live through this. No parent should die this way.
The investigation must not be a formality. Truth, accountability, and justice are the minimum owed to the Bani Odeh family — and to every civilian life that deserves protection.

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Confirmed that a fifth Iranian soccer team member has decided to return home since seeking asylum, leaving just two in Australia https://t.co/2j0qCyBKSC

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@CHaesemeyer @RodgerShanahan @Levitt_Matt Yes that’s what the story says

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Top Iranian diplomat defected, received asylum in secret escape https://t.co/y6qjlYbOk1

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@RodgerShanahan @Levitt_Matt https://t.co/y6qjlYbOk1

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The chronology is precisely backward. Sigh.

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President Trump on Monday called on Australia to grant asylum to members of the Iranian women's soccer team who had been playing in a tournament there when the U.S. war with Iran started — and Australia later did so.
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@nameisameme Link?

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Remarkable breaking news tonight: Iranian women soccer players break free, seek asylum in Australia https://t.co/1bo71fKb3R

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More than two hours before President Trump became involved for anyone making a timeline

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Remarkable breaking news tonight: Iranian women soccer players break free, seek asylum in Australia https://t.co/1bo71fKb3R

[Weijia Jiang @weijia]

NEW—In a phone interview, President Trump told me the war could be over soon: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force.” He added that the U.S. is “very far” ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame.

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The Foreign Press Association just released a powerful video and petition saying "Israel must allow international media into Gaza." The video includes @clarissaward and @JDiamond1 of CNN and many other international correspondents. https://t.co/0SbADGPSC8

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Australia condemns Israeli settlement expansion as Herzog arrives in Canberra https://t.co/XAnNw2mSBK

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@PortPlaces Very kind, thanks Janet

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Mark Butler offered a helpful reminder about the importance of prostate check-ups, a task that may have struck some Liberal and National MPs as a more enjoyable way to spend their time than participating in this particular question time https://t.co/sYBNZYUXDY