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As one door slid open for Northern Ireland 25 years ago, another was sliding shut for Israel and Palestine – and disaster followed The Guardian | Jonathan Freedland Even before the freshly acquitted Gwyneth Paltrow gave us what we are obliged to call the Slalom Witch Trial, she had already made an enduring gift to… Continue reading Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But the threat is not only to Israel

Israel is facing more turmoil as a result of the government’s plans to form a militia headed by a far-right minister. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the Jewish Power party, that a “national guard” would be formed under the command of his national ­security ministry. Mr Netanyahu made the pledge in… Continue reading Fury at Bibi’s ‘Private Militia’The Australian / The Times | Anshel Pfeffer

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ken Sparks in Brisbane. Ken was a fantastic supporter of Sabeel and the Palestinian people and will be missed by all who knew him. Our prayers are with Tiffany, Grant and family at this time.

Haaretz | Gideon Levy | April 2, 2023 A family is informed that their son has fallen in battle. Another family, from the same community, is informed that their son has been wounded and captured, and is now lying in the enemy’s hospital beyond the border. For over a month, this family has tried to… Continue reading Who Cares if Palestinians Are Dead or Alive?

Authorities say both deaths were in response to threats: a man grabbing a police officer’s gun at al-Aqsa mosque, and a car ramming near Beit Ummar A man was killed by Israeli soldiers after a West Bank car ramming on Saturday, the army said, in an escalation threatening to end a relative lull during the… Continue reading Second killing in a day by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and West Bank

The moped driver who was shot and snatched away from paramedics. The mother who went to visit her wounded son and discovered that the patient in the bed was someone else, who’d been declared dead. The toddlers used as human shields. Stories from Aqabat Jabr Haaretz | Gideon Levy | Mar 31, 2023 Someone in… Continue reading Tragic Days in the Annals of a Palestinian Refugee Camp

To an outsider, Israeli politics might resemble a chaotic cycle. In the past five years alone, there have been five elections punctuated by short-lived regimes and ruptured alliances. And always, somehow at the centre of it all, is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. A man known among Israelis for his political cunning, and a… Continue reading Benjamin Netanyahu has been a political magician for years. Has Israel’s leader finally run out of tricks?

Washington, DC – Tensions between American and Israeli leaders do not often play out in public. But this week, United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs over a plan by Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. Although the Israeli occupation was not part of the back-and-forth between the two leaders, analysts… Continue reading Palestine advocates see opportunity in Biden-Netanyahu discord

The Australian National University has rejected growing pressure from parliamentary MPs to adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism. The International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism has been critiqued as an “outright attack on academic freedom” among Palestinian and Arab scholars who argue its definition of antisemitism, which includes “targeting the state of Israel”,… Continue reading Australian National University won’t adopt controversial antisemitism definition

Help us hold the Church of England to accountCAMPAIN has enjoyed great success with its Letter to the BBC which has so far attracted over 1,350 signatures. Many British institutions share responsibility for the tsunami of misinformation about antisemitism in the Labour Party that started in the middle of the last decade. One of these is… Continue reading CAMPAIN