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(The Australian, 20/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/biden-says-the-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-should-be-reunited/news-story/8018a20c35f3a83e8436d9720e31e204 ) Gaza and the West Bank should eventually be reunited under a new Palestinian Authority, US President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece at the weekend, as questions swirl over the future of the region once Israel achieves its goal of crushing the Hamas militant group. “As we strive… Continue reading Biden says the Gaza Strip and West Bank should be reunited

(The Australian, 20/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/gazas-alshifa-hospital-a-death-zone-who-says-urging-evacuation/news-story/bf820df8b98daf22532406a78a951668 ) Gaza’s largest hospital has become a “death zone,” the World Health Organisation said on Sunday, ­announcing plans to evacuate the facility, as Israel’s army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas. The assessment came after a visit by WHO and other UN officials to al-Shifa hospital, which ­Israeli… Continue reading Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital a ‘death zone’, WHO says urging evacuation

Canberra Time | Mark Kenny | November 19, 2023 Recent months have been rather clarifying for modern Australia. They have revealed how far we have progressed from the bigoted attitudes of the past. Not for us the backward xenophobia, racial stereotyping and casual discrimination of our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, right? Unless, well … unless… Continue reading Hamas-Israel war: Peter Dutton seeks to lament community friction, while also cementing it

News.com.au  / AFP / burs-ami/kir |November 19, 2023 A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed Saturday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war. Social media videos verified by AFP showed bodies covered in blood… Continue reading Hamas says more than 80 dead in Israeli strikes on Gaza camp

The Age / Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie | November 18, 2023 Gaza/Jerusalem: Israel issued a fresh warning to Palestinians in the southern city of Khan Younis to relocate west out of the line of fire and closer to humanitarian aid, in the latest indication that it plans to attack Hamas in southern… Continue reading Israel tells Palestinians to leave city in southern Gaza

 NOV 15, 2023 Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, at least thirty-two Palestinians after invading their homes in various regions of the occupied West Bank. Jenin At dawn Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed the village of Tura al Gharbiya, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, stormed a number of homes and abducted Qais Muayyad Marwah… Continue reading Israeli Army Abducts Thirty-Two Palestinians in the West Bank

Criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s largest hospital is adding to global disquiet over its war on the enclave. Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov 2023 World leaders and international aid organisations have strongly criticised Israel’s assault on al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. After a week of incursions across Gaza in… Continue reading ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid

November 15, 2023 Blog, News By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout Gaza. The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout the besieged Gaza Strip to save and protect civilian lives. This came… Continue reading UNSC Approves Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire Resolution – What It Says

9 min read Anas Ambri 15 November, 2023 After the Armenian Patriarchate requested to cancel a land lease, Danny Rothman, the man behind the deal, was seen next to armed settlers in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter. A settler linked to Israel’s minister of national security was also there. On the night of 4 November 2023, Armenian… Continue reading Settler with links to Ben-Gvir identified in confrontation over Armenian land dispute in Jerusalem

Each week during Advent read firsthand accounts from recently returned Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) of their experiences during their deployment with the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI). Along with their stories and photos are bible readings, further resources and prayers to offer. We encourage you to use these prayers… Continue reading An Advent guide with reflectionson Palestine/Israel