Proposal of legislation comes amid an increase in attacks against clergymen and church-goers by far-right Israelis Palestinian Christians attend an Orthodox service during Easter night at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, on 23 April 2022 (AFP) By Azad Essa Published date: 24 March 2023 17:06 UTC | Last update: 7 hours 47 mins ago Palestinian Christians say they… Continue reading Palestinian Christians say anti-missionary bill is Israel’s latest attempt to squeeze them out
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Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos as protests widen
Jerusalem:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition was plunged into chaos last night, after mass protests over the sacking of his defence chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary. Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised address announcing the suspension of the plans. But, amid reports… Continue reading Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos as protests widen
Netanyahu given UK backing amid deepening Israeli crisis and repression of Palestinians
Jean Shaoul24 March 2023 The visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak saw protests by Palestinians and their supporters, and by British Jews and expat Israelis outside the British prime minister’s official residence at 10 Downing Street. Amid an escalating offensive by settlers and the Israel Defense… Continue reading Netanyahu given UK backing amid deepening Israeli crisis and repression of Palestinians
From Oslo to Sharm el-Sheik
in Palestine — by Jafar M Ramini — 26/03/2023 A long arduous and thorny road to nowhere. This mad journey was started back in 1974, during the Arab summit in Rabat, Morocco, where the Arab league took it upon itself to elect the Palestine Liberation Organisation as our sole representative. It was a fait accompli. The Palestinian nation was not consulted.… Continue reading From Oslo to Sharm el-Sheik
Amjad Thought His Son Was Asleep at Home. But the Teen Was Killed by Israeli Troops – Twilight Zone – Haaretz.com
A teenager rushes out into the street in the dead of night to throw stones at Israeli soldiers who have invaded his refugee camp. An armored jeep stops and a soldier shoots him dead. Hamza al-Ashqar is the fifth resident of the Askar camp to be killed in the last year Haartez | Gideon Levy… Continue reading Amjad Thought His Son Was Asleep at Home. But the Teen Was Killed by Israeli Troops – Twilight Zone – Haaretz.com
The United Nations and Palestine: Stranded Between Promise and Performance
with Richard Falk, John Dugard and Michael Lynk Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Falk has published extensively with multiple books written about international law and the United Nations. John Dugard is a South African professor of… Continue reading The United Nations and Palestine: Stranded Between Promise and Performance
Ramadan Kareem
All at FOS Australia wish all of our Muslim friends, family, and all who celebrate the month of Ramadan a blessed and delightful season. Ramadan is a blessed time of prayer, meditation, spiritual regeneration, fasting, and charitable giving. It is also a month of peace and joy, lights, entertainment, and celebration. Both Christians and secular persons living… Continue reading Ramadan Kareem
Knesset empowers settlers with West Bank policy reversal
5:00PM MARCH 22, 2023 ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/knesset-empowers-settlers-with-west-bank-policy-reversal/news-story/11ae0568af4342c819e1f04518e6d62e ) Israel’s settler movement are celebrating after parliament annulled part of a law banning them from living in areas of the West Bank the government evacuated in 2005. That year the government of Ariel Sharon oversaw a unilateral withdrawal by Israel from the Gaza Strip, and the removal of… Continue reading Knesset empowers settlers with West Bank policy reversal
‘Israel is (Not) Back to Africa’: How African Countries are Challenging Israeli Plot on the Continent
By Ramzy Baroud The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, was historic. The very moment that was meant to crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African continent, in a few seconds, turned… Continue reading ‘Israel is (Not) Back to Africa’: How African Countries are Challenging Israeli Plot on the Continent
Does the ABC regard Palestinians as humans, equal to Ukrainians?
An open letter to the ABC, 22 March 2023. In a series of aggressions, Israel has been occupying Palestine from the river to the sea for over 74 years, by ethnically cleansing two-thirds of its people through over seventy massacres, killing and executing Palestinians daily (at least 89 Palestinians, including 16 children and a woman,… Continue reading Does the ABC regard Palestinians as humans, equal to Ukrainians?