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Donald Wagner The Electronic Intifada 7 November 2023 In his press briefing on 27 October, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cited a biblical reference to “Amalek” in the context of the “destruction of Hamas” and to “eradicate this evil from the world.” This pseudo-religious spin may have confused all but his ultra-right religious followers, both Jewish and Christian Zionists. Netanyahu… Continue reading Netanyahu abuses Bible to impress US evangelicals

6/11/2023 Bishop George Browning ​Massacre of the Innocents The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a ‘graveyard of children’…. an adult conflict, in which the young are suffering most. What we see on our TV screens every night is impossible to watch. Did Netanyahu see the young lad who had just carried the decapitated body… Continue reading MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

(The Australian, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/world/israelhamas-war-rolling-coverage-antony-blinken-makes-surprise-visit-to-west-bank/live-coverage/506a77fa2fb6f3f463e672c7ec98943a#122207 ) “Are there any survivors?” shouted Said al-Najma, as he tried to shift the blocks of concrete strewn across the road after another night of Israeli bombings that reduced houses to rubble. Seven multi-storey buildings in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip were razed in… Continue reading At least 45 dead in airstrike on refugee camp

(Daily Telegraph, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australians-touch-down-at-sydney-airport-after-being-trapped-in-gaza/news-story/776b31be124d5479191546b6a7f41209 ) A dozen Australians trapped in Gaza when the conflict with Israel broke out last month have finally touched down on home soil almost a month after the violence began. Twelve Aussies arrived home via a Qatar Airways flight into Sydney on Sunday night, the largest repatriation from Gaza yet… Continue reading Australians touch down at Sydney Airport after being trapped in Gaza

(The Age, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/arab-leaders-push-for-an-israel-hamas-ceasefire-the-us-says-that-could-be-counterproductive-20231105-p5ehno.html ) Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens, Palestinian health officials said. The strike came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory’s Hamas rulers, despite US appeals for a… Continue reading Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting

(The Age, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/antony-blinken-makes-surprise-visit-to-west-bank-israel-pounds-gaza-20231106-p5ehrr.html ) Ramallah: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Palestinian Authority should play a central role in the future of the Gaza strip after he visited the occupied West Bank on Sunday amid spiralling tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. Blinken passed through Israeli checkpoints to meet Palestinian Authority President… Continue reading US secretary of state makes surprise visit to West Bank, Israel pounds Gaza

Matthew Knott Foreign affairs correspondent Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak says the Albanese government should feel free to express any reservations about Israel’s war with Hamas, adding his nation needs honest friends rather than mindless barrackers. One of the most important military and political figures in Israeli history, Barak said he believed rival Benjamin… Continue reading Israeli statesman calls for blunt talk

Palestinians have reported a deadly Israeli air strike on a United Nations-run school in northern Gaza serving as a shelter as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met regional Arab leaders to discuss how to contain the conflict. Palestinian witnesses said Israel hit Al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia, where thousands of evacuees were living in the… Continue reading UN agency says Israeli strike hits Gaza City school

in Palestine — by Dr Gideon Polya — 03/11/2023 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution on 27 October 2023 calling for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas and demanding aid access to Gaza. A total of 120 decent pro-Humanity countries voted Yes for the resolution. However 14 indecent and pro-Apartheid countries voted No and  45 cowardly,… Continue reading 59 Countries Invite Global Sanctions By Backing Apartheid Israel’s Genocidal Gaza Massacre

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and… Continue reading Prisoners, Hostages, and a Ceasefire by Jonathan Kuttab