S3E1 : Unpacking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s most enduring hostilities that has roots in the historic claim to land which lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. 

Gaza is a self-governing Palestinian territory that is ruled by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the “Israeli-Palestinian Peace Protest” but things have recently escalated in mid-April 2021, resulting in the deaths of many civilians and children. 

We sit down with Tracy Alexander, an award-winning Australian journalist residing in Israel to discuss the history and current events of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis. 

Find out more about our guest speaker:

Tracy Alexander is a multi-skilled award-winning journalist with an academic background in cognitive psychology and journalism. 

In Israel, Tracy anchored prime-time daily news and current affairs program, "Perspectives," at i24 News. Born and raised in Australia, Tracy reported for the Nine Network's national breakfast show, The Today Show, as well reporting for Channel Nine's 6pm evening news bulletin, prior to which she worked as a video journalist for Southern Cross Ten's program "Weeknights" and as a radio newsreader on Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M and Fox FM news. 

Tracy began her journalism career working on several documentary projects by the former CEO of Film Australia and the former Head of Factual Programming at the ABC; notably the feature documentary, Rewriting History, which aired on SBS in 2012.

Additional Resources:

“What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel”, The Atlantic

“Pride and Prejudice the hellish life of Gaza’s LGBTQ Community”, Haaretz 

‘Be careful of Aljazeera’, Nas Daily

“Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for the latest bloodshed”, The Spectator

‘Israel-Gaza violence: The conflict explained’, BBC News

Israel Defense Force, “What Hamas has to say”, Instagram

Phone call from IDF, Instagram 

IDF Pilots calling off air strike, Instagram

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