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October 31, 2023 at 8:52 pm A view of the debris of the house of Palestinian prisoner Bacis Nahle, demolished by Israeli forces on Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank on October 28, 2023. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency Australia has expressed concerns over increasing attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by Jewish… Continue reading Australia warns against increasing Israel settler attacks on Palestinians in West Bank

Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’ Ed Pilkington in New York @edpilkingtonTue 31 Oct 2023 21.04 GMT The director of the New York office of the UN high commissioner for human rights has left his post, protesting that the UN is… Continue reading Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians

Palestinians inspect the damage of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on Jabaliya refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 (AP)  Follow LA PAZ, Bolivia: Bolivia’s government severed diplomatic relations with Israel on Tuesday, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors… Continue reading Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel as Chile and Colombia recall their ambassadors

By Alon Ben-MeirPosted Tuesday, 31 October 2023 The unfathomably horrific massacre that Hamas perpetrated against innocent Israelis offers an unprecedented opportunity to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace which has eluded both sides for 75 years. It is precisely the colossal breakdown and the impossibility of merely returning to the status quo ante that has created such… Continue reading The horrific breakdown in Israeli Palestinian relations: where do we go from here?

By George Browning Nov 1, 2023 Prime Ministers Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison have signed a statement drafted for them by the Zionist Federation of Australia in support of Israel. In doing so, were they aware that on Sunday, in launching the ground offensive into Gaza, Netanyahu invoked a genocidal precedent for his war… Continue reading Netanyahu invokes Genocide

 As someone who grew up in Israel and participated in the oppression of Palestinians, I advise the Australian public not to be captivated by Netanyahu’s rhetorical juggling (”This is the battle of our civilisation”), which has succeeded in bewitching many in Israel. The story of a war of civilizations fits Hollywood, but doesn’t describe reality,… Continue reading Nachshon Amir

BY MUNTHER ISAAC OCT 30, 2023 SHARE Editor’s note: This sermon of lament and anger, a cry against the ongoing war on Gaza, was preached in Palestine on Oct. 22 at both Evangelical Lutheran Church of Beit Sahour and the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The sermon followed the Israel Defense Forces’ strike on Gaza’s oldest active… Continue reading GOD IS UNDER THE RUBBLE IN GAZA

(The Australian, 1/11/2023) The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has renewed calls for a pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict and condemned attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. After a series of calls with senior Arab officials, Borrell’s office said he had “expressed great concern over attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, which… Continue reading EU condemns West Bank attacks

(Canberra Times, 1/11/2023) ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8405886/gaza-is-no-longer-an-impending-catastrophe-the-catastrophe-is-now/?cs=14258 ) By Gloria Donate The warnings from Gaza keep coming – mere hours left of fuel, no food by the end of the week, water rations dwindling by the minute. Since October 7, more than 2 million people – around half of them children – have been suffering unimaginably under a… Continue reading Gaza needs world to act on humanitarian catastrophe

31 October 2023 The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network, Friends of Sabeel Australia and Palestinian Christians in Australia are three networks of predominantly Australian Christians who seek to raise awareness and to advocate for peace grounded in justice for all who live in the Holy Land. Each organisation has extensive knowledge of and connection to the… Continue reading Public Statement on the current escalation of violence in Palestine/Israel