Month: March 2025

This was always Israels plan – Mark Israel has launched a heavy bombardment on Beirut for the first time since entering a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah.The attack came hours after Israel issued evacuation warnings for a Beirut suburb, vowing to retaliate against strikes it said came from Lebanon.What’s next?French President Emmanuel Macron has… Continue reading Israel launches attack on Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire began

Better than nothing – Mark The additional funding comes as Israel continues a blockade on all goods entering Gaza, prompting warnings of international law violations.Two children carry a bucket of water with people around a truck delivering aid in the backgroundIsrael has cut off all humanitarian goods from entering Gaza. Source: Getty / Ashraf AmraKey… Continue reading Australia commits $11 million in additional aid for Gaza amid Israeli blockade

(The Age, SMH, 27/3/2025) Thank God – never should have been arrested – Mark Jerusaluem: Israeli authorities have released a Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning documentary who was detained overnight, after what he and witnesses said was an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.Police said the filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors… Continue reading Israeli police release Oscar-winning director

  Palestinian Citizens of Israel by Jonathan Kuttab   One of the key strategic elements to Israel’s control over Palestinians has been the establishment of a focused system of fragmentation of the Palestinian community. Palestinians have been forcefully divided into distinctly separate categories, each with a different legal system, economic system, leadership, and community-specific concerns.… Continue reading “Identity Crisis: The Israeli ID System” by Visualizing Palestine

Disgraceful – Mark Jerusalem: Israeli settlers assaulted one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and other witnesses.Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was one of three Palestinians detained in the village… Continue reading Oscar-winning director allegedly attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army

This so shocking and heartbreaking – Mark The United Nations will start pulling its workers out of Gaza as the conflict with Israel claims a growing number of aid workers, medical personnel and journalists, including two reporters killed in strikes on Monday.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the organisation had made the “difficult” decision to withdraw… Continue reading ‘If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed’: The final words of a young Palestinian reporter

Shameful – Mark This picture taken from Nablus on March 23, 2025 shows east of the city the new expansion of the Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh in the occupied West Bank. (AFP) JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: The Palestinian foreign ministry and an anti-settlement watchdog group on Sunday condemned an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new… Continue reading Palestinians, watchdog group denounce Israeli recognition of new West Bank settlements

In defiance of international rulings to boycott Israel for its ongoing violence and brutal occupation of Palestinian lands, Australia’s exports to Israel have increased by 20% in 12 months. by Kellie Tranter | 26 Mar, 2025 | Arms Trade, Gaza, genocide, Israel, Palestine Politics over humanity – Mark This month Israel unilaterally breached its US ‘guaranteed” ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Without a trace of… Continue reading TRADE IN A TIME OF GENOCIDE

Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel’s genocidal assault. So very sad – Mark On March 24, 2025, we witnessed the deliberate killing of yet another Palestinian journalist. Hossam… Continue reading How Western media silence enables the killing of Palestinian journalists

March 27th, 2025 Last week, the ceasefire broke in the middle of the night, with Israeli attacks killing over 700 Palestinians in the span of 3 days. In the renewed attacks, Israel bombed a hospital as well as blocked movement from the North to the South. This push comes after 20 days of an aid… Continue reading Wave of Prayer