Month: April 2023

Equality By Jonathan Kuttab As Christians, we believe, along with many others from different faith traditions, that all human beings are created in the image of God and are inherently and equally worthy of dignity and respect. This is firmly based on our belief in one God, the creator of us all. Policies and ideologies… Continue reading FOSNA

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager near the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army said was a response to stone-throwing. “Mostafa Amer Sabah, 16, was killed by the occupation (Israeli) bullets in the town of Teqoa,” a statement from the ministry said, without detailing… Continue reading Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen in West Bank: ministry

Wednesday, 26 April 2023 By Ioana Plesea On Monday evening, the Liège Municipal Council passed a motion introduced by the Belgian Workers’ Party (PTB) which calls for a boycott of the Israeli state. The Socialist Party (PS), as well as smaller local parties, VEGA and Verts Ardents, also voted in favour of the boycott. Liberal and… Continue reading City of Liège votes to boycott the State of Israel

Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 80 days, was suddenly moved to a civilian hospital in Israel, Quds Press reported. Israeli Prison Administration suddenly moved Adnan from the clinic in Al-Ramla Prison to a civilian hospital in Israel, the report said. Muhjat Al-Quds, an organisation that specialises in Palestinian… Continue reading BREAKING: Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan in Critical Condition

A new book by Black Inc — Statements from the Soul — normalises Zionism through claims to Jewish indigeneity to Israel. RAND KHATIB AND JORDANA SILVERSTEIN APR 24, 2023 We’re seeing in stark relief the ways Zionism enjoys broad support from across the Australian media at the moment — how it is normalised, described as something that… Continue reading Why Zionism is an unnatural ally of Indigenous sovereignty

More than 100 Israeli and international civil society groups warn IHRA definition could curb work of UN bodiesChris McGreal in New York Tue 25 Apr 2023 00.58 AEST (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/apr/24/un-ihra-antisemitism-definition-israel-criticism ) More than 100 Israeli and international civil society organisations have asked the United Nations to reject a controversial definition of antisemitism because it is being “misused”… Continue reading UN urged to reject antisemitism definition over ‘misuse’ to shield Israel

FREE PALESTINE MELBOURNE When: Sunday May 7 2023 2 PMWhere: Steps of State Library, MelbourneThe Israeli army and police Illegal Israeli settlementscontinue to increase, withmore Palestinian homesdemolished, more land lossand more displacement.Land Loss ContinuesStand with us to say “No More”Free PalestineIn 1948, Zionist militias and the army of the newly createdIsraeli state carried out a… Continue reading Vigil to commemorate 75 years of Nakba

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s refusal to let bereaved Palestinian families enter Israel to participate in memorial ceremony is opposed by the attorney generalShare in FacebookShare in Twitter Families at the joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in 2018.Credit: Ofer VakninChen MaanitGet email notification for articles from Chen MaanitFollow Apr 23, 2023 Israel’s Supreme Court granted a… Continue reading Top Court Rules Against Israel’s Ban on Palestinians From Joint Memorial Day Event

May the people of Israel remember its sons and daughters, the faithful and the brave, who sacrificed their lives in the war for the rebirth of Israel, and may the people of Israel remember the sons and daughters, the faithful and the brave, of the Palestinian people, who sacrificed their lives in the war for… Continue reading Who Israelis Must Also Remember on Memorial Day