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The Age / Reuters | Dan Williams | 15 January 2024 JERUSALEM: A Hamas propaganda video has shown Noa Argamani, the 26-year-old-woman whose face came to symbolise the Israel hostages taken after the Palestinian militants attacked a music festival. Three Israeli hostages are seen urging their government to stop the offensive against the Islamist group… Continue reading Symbolic hostage seen in Hamas film

The Age | Michael Bachelard & Calum Jaspan | 15 January 2024 The ABC sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after a high-level and co-ordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists that directly targeted the corporation’s chair, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson. Dozens of leaked messages from a WhatsApp group called Lawyers for Israel show group… Continue reading Campaign to oust Lattouf revealed in message leaks

Canberra Times / Australian Associated Press | Andrew Brown | 16 January 2024 Aid organisations want Foreign Minister Penny Wong to push for a ceasefire to the war between Israel and Hamas during her visit to the Middle East Senator Wong will meet regional counterparts during her visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories,… Continue reading Wong urged to push for ceasefire in Middle East visit

ABC / Reuters/ AFP | 15.1.24 The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says US actions in the Red Sea will harm the security of all shipping because the area has now become a conflict zone. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the comments after US and British forces launched dozens of air strikes against Houthi… Continue reading Hezbollah says US/UK strikes on Houthis have turned Red Sea into conflict zone

ABC News/John Lyons https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-15/international-court-justice-genocide-israel-south-africa-history/103285374 Rarely has there been such a compelling legal and public relations battle as has just occurred at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – two countries employing their best legal minds in a battle for reputation and the history books. Both South Africa and Israel turned up to The Hague meticulously… Continue reading Has genocide been carried out against Palestinians in Gaza? South Africa and Israel are battling for reputation and history

The Australian/Staff Writers https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/world/israel-at-war-we-wont-stop-until-victory-benjamin-netanyahu-vows-to-continue-war/live-coverage/a06614eff067bde814485a8a8d460e7c#131197 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue the war in Gaza despite mounting international pressure to wrap up the conflict, now stretching into its 100th day, and persistent demands at home for him to give priority to the return of hostages still held by Hamas. “Nobody will stop us —… Continue reading Israel at war: ‘We won’t stop until victory’: Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue war

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