Wong, Dutton spar over cut in aid to Gaza

The Age/Matthew Knott/3.2.2024 Yet again Dutton playing politics with innocent lives – just like he did with the Voice vote – has this man no shame – Mark Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has hit back at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for insisting she be sacked if the federal government resumes funding for the United… Continue reading Wong, Dutton spar over cut in aid to Gaza

Save UNRWA

By Jonathan Kuttab The United Nations Relief & Works Agency (UNRWA) is a hard working, respectable agency first created soon after the Nakba to meet the immediate needs of the Palestinian refugees who had been ethnically cleansed from Palestine in 1948. It had a unique mandate, separate from the UN High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR).… Continue reading Save UNRWA

1.   US ‘approves strikes’ after drone attack, Biden imposes sanctions for Israeli settler violence

The Australian | Agency Writers | 02.02.24 Only another 200,000 settlers to be charged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark The US State Department has moved to sanction four Israeli citizens involved in extremist settler activities following President Joe Biden’s executive order today. The department named four people who it said were involved in settler-led attacks on Palestinians: David Chai… Continue reading 1.   US ‘approves strikes’ after drone attack, Biden imposes sanctions for Israeli settler violence

UK may recognise Palestine: Cameron

British Foreign Secretary David (Lord) Cameron says his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a ceasefire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of what could be years-long talks between Israel and the Palestinians on a two-state solution, accprding to Reuters news agency. UK recognition of an independent state of Palestine, including in… Continue reading UK may recognise Palestine: Cameron

Palestinians in Gaza say Israel not abiding with ICJ’s provisional measures to prevent genocide

“I looked forward that the ICJ would force Israel to stop its war, but such a decision now just gives Israel more time to kill more and more Palestinians…” If the ICJ had been brave enough to demand an immediate ceasefire this would not be happening. Mark Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave accused Israel of not… Continue reading Palestinians in Gaza say Israel not abiding with ICJ’s provisional measures to prevent genocide

Israeli forces disguised as doctors kill three militants in raid on West Bank hospital

The raid on the West Bank’s Ibn Sina Hospital, which Israel said was to target a “Hamas terrorist cell”, was carried out in a rehabilitation ward where one of the three men killed was undergoing treatment, the facility’s director said. How desperate is the Israeli Government and Settlers to kill innocent and ordinary Palestinians –… Continue reading Israeli forces disguised as doctors kill three militants in raid on West Bank hospital

URGENT ACTION: Demand the Australian Government freezes military support for Israel – not UNRWA aid for Palestinians

Take ACTION to demand the Australian Government reverses its decision to pause funding to the UNRWA, and instead supports a ceasefire, facilitates access to unfettered humanitarian aid for Gaza and cuts its military exports and cooperation with Israel. A legally binding ruling from the International Court of Justice for Israel to act immediately to prevent… Continue reading URGENT ACTION: Demand the Australian Government freezes military support for Israel – not UNRWA aid for Palestinians

Hamas studies ceasefire proposal after deadly Israeli hospital raid in West Bank

(The Age, 31/1/2024) Question – What does ‘total victory’ look like to Netanyahu? Answer – Every Palestinian dead, in the sea or anywhere but Gaza or the West Bank – Mark West Bank/Gaza/Doha: Hamas said on Tuesday it was weighing up a new ceasefire proposal in the war with Israel in Gaza, but Israeli Prime Minister… Continue reading Hamas studies ceasefire proposal after deadly Israeli hospital raid in West Bank

Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia, leaked posts show

I suspect that any support for Palestine or Palestinians will be called antisemitic ignoring the fact that Arabs can be semitic as it is related to ancient languages and NOT exclusive to Jews – Mark A pro-Israel “surveillance network” that has offered bounties for information on pro-Palestinian protesters is establishing a foothold in Australia and… Continue reading Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia, leaked posts show