Month: December 2023

Heavy fighting across Gaza amid renewed US military and diplomatic support Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip: Heavy fighting raged across Gaza overnight, including in the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the US blocked the latest international push for a ceasefire and rushed more munitions to its close ally. Israel has faced… Continue reading The Age/ Wafaa Shurafa and Najib Jobain

Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, says Israel is implementing a policy of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza through a war that he said meets the “legal definition of genocide”, allegations that Israel rejected as “outrageous”. Safadi, whose country borders the West Bank and absorbed the bulk of Palestinians after the creation of Israel in 1948,… Continue reading Israel denies Jordan claim it’s expelling Palestinians

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, there’s been a lot of discussion around Zionism. Put simply, Zionism is a nationalist movement that advocates for a homeland for the Jewish people in the Biblical Land of Israel. It is the organisation of ideas that actively sought and achieved the existence of the Israeli state in 1948. Basically,… Continue reading The Conversation/Andrew Thomas

The Age/Tony Wright The morning brought the first hint of summer. The sea, flattened beneath a breezeless sky, was translucent. There seemed no horizon. My granddaughter padded into my room, sat on my bed and solemnly studied the view beyond the window. “Pa,” she said in the voice that tells me she is about to… Continue reading There are worse things stolen from children than the colour of the sea.

Civilian proportion of deaths is higher than that in all world conflicts in 20th century, data suggests The Guardian | Julian Borger | 10 Dec 2023 The aerial bombing campaign by Israel in Gaza is the most indiscriminate in terms of civilian casualties in recent years, a study published by an Israeli newspaper has found.… Continue reading Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes, Israeli study finds

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza The Guardian | Jonathan Freedland | 9.12.23 When will it end? Some ask that question in despair, willing an end to the pictures of crushed buildings and destroyed lives, the succession of bleak images… Continue reading Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

ABC | John Lyons | 10.12.13 This is the tale of two wars. There are two wars going on in Gaza right now — the one the Israeli public is watching and the one the rest of the world is watching. Each evening, Israelis are sitting down to watch their prime-time television news programs to… Continue reading Israelis aren’t seeing the devastating pictures Australians see from the war in Gaza. They’re watching a sanitised war

OSAMA AL-SHARIF December 05, 202318:39 Short Url Israel’s war on Gaza, now almost two months old, has polarized the world and created a yawning rift between people and governments in the West, with millions of Europeans and Americans marching for a “free Palestine” and an end to the occupation, while their governments continue to support… Continue reading Change in Washington, not Israel, the priority for Palestinians

© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra People search for their belongings in the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ceasefire… Continue reading Guterres urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security