Month: January 2024

The Age/Matthew Knott https://todayspaper.smedia.com.au/theage/default.aspx Federal Labor faces internal pressure to treat extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories akin to listed terror groups as Foreign Minister Penny Wong heads to the Middle East on a highstakes mission to help secure an end to the war in Gaza. Wong leaves for Jordan today before visiting… Continue reading Labor pushed to target hardline Israeli settlers

The Age/James Mackenzie https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/no-one-will-win-mental-strain-as-israel-s-war-with-hamas-reaches-100-days-20240115-p5ex7q.html Jerusalem: One hundred days after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to launch the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins and the Middle East is sliding towards a wider, more unpredictable conflict. For both Israelis and Palestinians, the war has… Continue reading ‘No one will win’: Mental strain as Israel’s war with Hamas reaches 100 days

CHRISTIANS WALK VIA DOLOROSA OF SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA Christians want to say they were walking via Dolorosa of solidarity the 41 Kms – the length of the Gaza Strip – praying for and demanding #ceasefirenow.   The #GazaCeasefirePilgrimage was started by a Kiwi named James Harris who, heartbroken and feeling helpless, was moved to walk the distance of… Continue reading The Voice of PCiA – January 2024

Canberra Times https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8485074/un-deplores-israels-refusal-to-grant-access-to-gaza/ The United Nations humanitarian office says Israeli authorities are systematically denying it access to northern Gaza to deliver aid and this had significantly hindered the humanitarian operation there. “The operations in the north have become increasingly more complicated,” said Andrea De Domenico, head of office for the UN Office for the Coordination… Continue reading UN deplores Israel’s refusal to grant access to Gaza 13.1.2024

The World Health Organisation pleaded with Israel to allow the WHO and other UN agencies access to deliver aid within the Gaza Strip, branding the humanitarian situation “indescribable”. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday local time that its teams have had to cancel six planned missions to northern Gaza since December 26 “because… Continue reading WHO CALLS GAZA ‘INDESCRIBABLE’, URGES ACCESS

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said a missile from an Israeli drone destroyed one of its ambulances in central Gaza on Wednesday, killing four crew members as well as the two patients it was transporting. “Our colleagues were intentionally targeted while inside an ambulance clearly marked with the Red Crescent emblem,” the aid group said.… Continue reading ISRAEL CONDEMNED AFTER FOUR PARAMEDICS KILLED

The Australian | Tiffany Bakker and Adella Beaini | 12.01.24 The UN’s top court has heard how Israel has shown “chilling” and “incontrovertible” intent to commit genocide in Gaza, with full knowledge of how many civilians it is killing. Follow updates. Israel’s plan to “destroy” Gaza comes from “the highest level of state”, the UN’s… Continue reading ICJ hears South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza war

by Jonathan Kuttab The New Year has brought with it a new paradigm, which is as frightening as it is clear: the notion that the war on Gaza is more than just an “operation,” even an expansive one which can transform the region for a long time to come, has morphed into a new “normal”… Continue reading War Without End

The Israeli army installed iron gates at the entrance to Birzeit town, blocking thousands of Palestinians from reaching the northern West Bank (Muhammad Ateeq/MEE)By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied PalestinePublished date: 10 January 2024 14:49 GMT | Last update: 13 hours “The gate is closed.” This phrase is repeated several times a day among Palestinians… Continue reading War on Gaza: Israel cages Palestinian towns in West Bank with iron gatesThe movement of Palestinians is severely constricted as Israeli army erects gates and barriers at entrances of towns and villages

Palestinians wait to collect food at a donation point in a refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (File/AFP) https://arab.news/c67mp Updated 10 January 2024 ARAB NEWS January 10, 202422:24 LONDON: Footage captured by Sky News depicts the stark reality of Israel’s siege on Gaza, with over a million Palestinian civilians starving and desperate… Continue reading Israel’s siege on Gaza forcing 500,000 Palestinians into starvation