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Proposed steps would also expand the law to let residential communities choose who can live there, on both sides of the Green Line The government is advancing a number of steps to encourage Jewish families to move to communities in northern Israel, a region with a large Arab population. Being LGBTQ under Israel’s far-right government:… Continue reading Israeli Cabinet Advances Plans to ‘Judaize’ Galilee, Expand West Bank Settlements

The Israelis set for new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site 4 min read June 5, 2023 – 4:33PMAFP With imported sacrificial cows, ancient hymns and growing support, some nationalist Jews hope to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem’s Old City, at a site at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. In a suburb of Tel Aviv, a… Continue reading The Israelis set for new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site

By AAP Newswire Jun 6, 2023 A Palestinian toddler who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his wounds, Israeli hospital officials say. Mohammed al-Tamimi was shot in the head last Thursday near his village of Nebi Saleh while riding in a car with his father. He was… Continue reading Two-year-old Palestinian dies of Israeli gunshot wounds

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued US commitment to both Israel’s security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but warned the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace. In a speech to the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, Blinken also cautioned that moves toward annexation of the Israeli-occupied West Bank… Continue reading US warns Israel against Jewish settlements expansion

By political reporter Nour Haydar Adam Bandt says the federal government must boycott meetings with two of Israel’s ministers over their views on Palestine.(ABC News: Adam Kennedy) The Greens have adopted a new policy position on Palestine and Israel which expresses concern that Israel’s “ongoing colonisation of Palestinian land” is eroding the potential for a two-state solution and… Continue reading Greens say Israel is ‘practising crime of apartheid’ and call for boycotts of far-right figures

Sophie Elsworth | The Australian | June 4, 2023 The ABC has reviewed and amended two articles relating to Israel, including one that described a convicted terrorist who threw a grenade at civilians as an “ex-Palestinian freedom fighter”. The ABC also published a separate story on May 27 under the headline: “Three Palestinians killed by… Continue reading ABC amends two articles after being accused of ‘anti-Israel bias’

In The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, Antony Loewenstein details how Israel’s military-industrial complex has grown from a minor industry into a dominant economic and social force at home and abroad. He traces how, since 1967, the Occupied Territories and their people have furnished Israel with a living laboratory… Continue reading The Harvard of anti-terrorism: how Israel’s military-industrial complex feeds the global arms trade

by Jonathan Kuttab We are fortunate to live in an age wherein apartheid is universally condemned, recognized as a crime against humanity for which individuals can be criminally prosecuted under international law. The primary moral issue at stake, therefore, is what our response to this phenomena will be when we see it. As such, FOSNA… Continue reading On Apartheid

Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian security officer during clashes in the occupied West Bank flashpoint city of Jenin, the Palestinian Fatah faction said in a statement. The Israeli military said its forces had come under heavy Palestinian fire on Monday while seeking the arrest of security suspects in Jenin and had returned fire at… Continue reading Israeli forces kill Palestinian officer in clashes

Gideon Levy One of the greater achievements Benjamin Netanyahu can chalk up to his credit is the final removal of a two-state solution from the table. Moreover, in his years as prime minister he has managed to remove the entire Palestinian issue from the public agenda. In Israel and abroad, no one is interested in… Continue reading Only Two Options Remain for Israel: Another Nakba or One State for Two Peoples