Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims The Guardian | Mark Smith | 10 February 2025 Tories / Labour – same as each other and same as the… Continue reading I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office
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US sells arms to Israel, hostages freed
Sydney Morning Herald (The Age) / AP, Reuters | Lolita Baldor & Julia Frankel | 9 February 2025 Doesn’t matter which President is in the White House – murder continues – Mark The Trump administration has approved weapon sales of more than $US7 billion ($11 billion) to Israel, including thousands of bombs, despite a Democratic… Continue reading US sells arms to Israel, hostages freed
Who Owns the Holy Land
The Jewish Council condemns US President Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza
February 5, 2025 God bless the small number of ‘sane’ Jews left in the world – Mark The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere. We furthermore condemn the cynical use of humanitarian language by Trump to justify his egregious… Continue reading The Jewish Council condemns US President Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza
Israel plans for expected ‘voluntary departures’ of Gaza residents
No Palestinian will voluntarily leave – it will always be under duress – Mark Israel’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for “voluntary” departures from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians out of the territory. The idea sparked uproar from leaders in the Middle East and beyond, and the… Continue reading Israel plans for expected ‘voluntary departures’ of Gaza residents
The Clueless and the Evilby Jonathan Kuttab
Exactly right – Mark This week, as I watched the press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, I was tempted to slip into total denial. At one level, the proposal to take over the Gaza Strip (by American troops), to “own” and transform it into “the Riviera of the Middle East” while sending… Continue reading The Clueless and the Evilby Jonathan Kuttab
Freedom of Worship Under Attack
A MUST see video – Mark
Action Alert: Urgent Need for Protection of Palestinians as Israel Intensifies Its Genocidal, Colonial Violence in the West Bank, including in Jenin and Tulkarem
This has been going on for many years and hidden during the focus on Gaza but Genocide is Genocide and Murder is Murder and that is the Israel of today – Mark Since 19 January 2025, on the same day as the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers have… Continue reading Action Alert: Urgent Need for Protection of Palestinians as Israel Intensifies Its Genocidal, Colonial Violence in the West Bank, including in Jenin and Tulkarem
Human Rights Commission considers discrimination complaint against Peter Dutton over Gaza comments
Complaint lists numerous public comments by the Liberal leader, a staunch supporter of Israel, which it alleges show discriminatory behaviour towards Palestinians, Muslims and Jews Something most sensible people already know – the future of all Australians is in serious danger if this man gains power – Mark The Australian Human Rights Commission is considering… Continue reading Human Rights Commission considers discrimination complaint against Peter Dutton over Gaza comments
‘Outraged’ – Red Cross Slams Israel’s Treatment of Released Palestinian Prisoners
As every true human person knows the treatment of Palestinian prisoners for over 80 years has been many times worse than anything meted out to Israeli prisoners – but its so sad that any human being is a prisoner just to keep an illegal Occupation going – Mark The International Committee of the Red Cross… Continue reading ‘Outraged’ – Red Cross Slams Israel’s Treatment of Released Palestinian Prisoners
