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Alon Liel  (The Guardian, 9/8/2023) ( https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/alon-liel-former-israel-senior-diplomat-ambassador-i-urge-australia-to-recognise-the-state-of-palestine?utm_term=64d2f32be7548ecff9661ecfcacbec5e&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email ) Wed 9 Aug 2023 10.19 AEST As a former Israeli ambassador and director general of the ministry of foreign affairs, I’ve dedicated my professional life to representing and promoting Israel’s interests all around the world. For many years, Israel has been veering away from a path of… Continue reading I was Israel’s most senior diplomat. I urge Australia to recognise the state of Palestine

By NATASHA BITA, 6:24PM AUGUST 9, 2023, (The Australian, 10/8/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/university-clears-academic-over-contentious-tweet/news-story/c75734a4ceb55bcde3691ea4b83a0964 ) An Australian university has been caught up in an escalating dispute over academic freedom, after clearing a lecturer over a tweet that had angered a Jewish lobby group. The University of NSW has dismissed a complaint by Australian Jewish Association public ­affairs director… Continue reading University clears academic over contentious tweet

By RICHARD SPENCER, 5:34PM AUGUST 9, 2023 (The Australian, 10/8/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/israeli-settlers-guilty-of-terror-says-us-state-department/news-story/a955aa23bd0a5cf097df5c7a5c99ab5e ) The Biden administration has taken the rare step of accusing Jewish settlers on the West Bank of terrorism after an incident in which a Palestinian youth was shot dead. The State Department issued an unusually fierce condemnation of the incident, part of what… Continue reading Israeli settlers guilty of terror, says US State Department

ByMatthew Knott August 9, 2023 — 4.46pmSave Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s decision to begin referring to the West Bank and Gaza as “occupied” and Israeli settlements as “illegal” as the Palestinian government urged Australia to go further by quickly recognising Palestine as a state. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton began question time… Continue reading Palestine leaps upon ‘occupied’ shift, urges full recognition of statehood

Senator Chris Van Hollen says president should reassess military aid to Israel in light of extreme rightward tilt of government The Guardian | Chris McGreal |Mon 7 Aug 2023 A leading Democratic senator has called on Joe Biden to “get more personally engaged” in stopping “racists” in the Israeli government from a land grab in… Continue reading Democrat calls on Biden to stop ‘racists’ in Israeli government from ‘land grab’

ByJames Massola and Matthew Knott Labor will seek to avert a damaging internal split over the Israel-Palestine conflict by hardening its language on the Palestinian territories, with the federal government to officially refer to Israel’s settlements in the West Bank as “illegal” and the territories as “occupied”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced the shift in Tuesday’s caucus… Continue reading Labor to harden position on Palestine

2:38PM AUGUST 6, 2023  (The Australian, 7/8/2023) A former aide of a MP from Israel’s hard-right governing coalition was among two settlers arrested on Saturday over the killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank. Qusai Jamal Maatan was shot dead in Burqah, east of Ramallah, on Friday as armed settlers clashed with villagers.… Continue reading Ex-aide of Israel far-right MP held over fatal shooting of Palestinian

by Jonathan Kuttab Attacks by religious fanatics on places of worship and individuals of another religion are a well-known and despicable phenomenon. They go beyond mere racism and discrimination, in that they invoke the name of God Almighty in justifying bitter hatreds and hostilities against entire communities. Those performing the attacks do so with zeal… Continue reading Attacks On Christianity in Palestine

Shepparton News / AAP | Aug 6, 2023 Two Israelis have been arrested after a Palestinian teen was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in an attack by Israeli civilians on a local village, Israeli police say. Residents of the Palestinian Burqa village said Israeli settlers entered their village on Friday night, threw rocks… Continue reading Israel detains two settlers after Palestinian killed

A Palestinian man has been shot dead after opening fire in central Tel Aviv, critically wounding an Israeli police inspector, authorities said. Police identified the gunman as Kamel Abu Bakr, from a village near Jenin in the northern West Bank. “We are standing at a very sad incident. We are praying for the well-being of… Continue reading Tel Aviv shooting leaves one man critically injured and one dead