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Netanyahu will keep on destroying all Palestinian life in the West Bank and Gaza because Trump will allow him – so very sad – Peter In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s announcement on Thursday that both Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to stop the fighting, the Israeli military launched an… Continue reading Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Hell on earth is what faces them – Peter Thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza City in a procession of trucks, donkeys, carts and families on foot who travelled north, with the Mediterranean Sea on one side and, on the other, a wasteland of rubble and twisted metal. Many are returning to suburbs razed… Continue reading Thousands of Gazans are going home after two years of war. This is what they’re returning to

Last week, Layan Nasir was began her 7-and-a-half-month sentence at Ofer prison.  Last year, Nasir was detained by Israeli troops at 4 a.m. without a warrant or reason. She was released after a few months in administrative detention – a system in which people can be taken into custody without evidence, trial, or charge. After… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

The joy and celebration we are witnessing at the initiation of the ceasefire is something to behold. The plan itself may be full of holes and disappointing to many (I gave a legal analysis of its shortcomings here), and many expect that after the initial phase, including the exchange of prisoners and a surge of… Continue reading Thou Shalt Not Kill

Sadly I think that this deal will soon fall apart once the hostages are freed as Israel will blame Hamas and then retake Gaza – please God let me be wrong – Peter Tel Aviv: The Israeli military says that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time, and that troops… Continue reading Gaza ceasefire in effect, Israeli troops withdrawing, IDF says

Please God PEACE – Peter Cairo: A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as US President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”?It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab countries and Turkey, each saying it was time to… Continue reading What we know about the next steps in the deal to pause the Gaza war

So close yet we know, SADLY, Netanyahu will start the war again as soon as the hostages are free and he will blame Hamas – Peter Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is a circuit breaker in the cycle of death. But it does not address its drivers. This is a ceasefire. Peace is harder.Did the US… Continue reading Trump’s Gaza deal is a welcome ceasefire. Now for the tricky bit

The whole world needs to stop ignoring Israeli violence – the political world is basically blind – Peter For two years, the world has watched as Israel has systematically destroyed the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and maiming an untold number more. As dangerously, Israel continues to methodically target the healthcare, education, water and… Continue reading A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it

All hero’s – Peter Documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont, one of seven Australian activists deported to Jordan from Israel overnight, has vowed to join another flotilla to Gaza “as soon as possible”.“We have a few boats but need to organise more and get a better strategy to break through the naval blockade,” Lamont told this masthead… Continue reading Australian activist to join another Gaza flotilla ‘as soon as possible’ after being deported from Israel

Politics and power over people – Peter Ittay FlescherIt feels surreal to finally write these words, yet after two horrific years a war that has consumed every soul in this land may finally be ending.When I finally see the return of the remaining hostages, it will feel like I’m witnessing a modern-day miracle. I imagine… Continue reading The traditions of Judaism and Islam have been abused to become blueprints of war