The Age/ Samy Magdy/13.3.2024 How can the politicians across the world, led by Netanyahu, Biden, Sunak, continue to believe this is acceptable – using religious events to continue to refuse access to food and water for the innocents – Mark RAFAH: Palestinians have begun fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with ceasefire talks… Continue reading Ramadan begins but joy, like food, is scant
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US floats aid plan while providing arms
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / New York Times / Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt | 12 March 2024 How do the USA politicians square this conundrum – providing aid to the victims of the genocide that they are leading by supplying the arms – Mark WASHINGTON: The United States has a history of… Continue reading US floats aid plan while providing arms
PM faces heat over UNRWA funding call
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald | Matthew Knott | 12 March 2024 Cowards – aid for innocent children should not be withheld because our politicians are being bullied by the Israeli Government and their lies – Mark The Albanese government says it will not reinstate funding to the UN’s main provider of humanitarian aid… Continue reading PM faces heat over UNRWA funding call
The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza
(The Age, 11/3/2024) This takes me back to the Ethiopian starvation / famines of the 80’s and 90’s – how can the USA and the UK let this happen – Mark It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and… Continue reading The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza
Palestinians killed in food airdrops
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / Reuters, AP | Aamer Madhani | 10 March 2024 How really awful – but the air drops are so little way too late anyway – Mark Humanitarian airdrops into the Gaza Strip have killed civilians, in the latest tragedy for Palestinians since the war between Hamas and Israel… Continue reading Palestinians killed in food airdrops
As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border
ABC | Eric Tlozek, Orly Halpern and Haidarr Jones at the Kerem Shalom crossing | 10 March 2024 Sadly the same type of young Jewish girls are also using social media to describe all Palestinian’s as ‘animals’ that must be destroyed etc. If only their energy was directed at peace the hostages would never have… Continue reading As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border
UN experts condemn Israeli ‘massacre’ of Palestinians collecting flour
The Guardian/ Nina Lakhani/6.3.2024 Any weapon will do in this illegal genocidal war – Mark Special rapporteurs say ‘campaign of starvation and targeting of civilians’ must end after incident in Gaza on Thursday UN experts have condemned the violence they say was unleashed by Israeli forces last week on Palestinians gathered in Gaza City to… Continue reading UN experts condemn Israeli ‘massacre’ of Palestinians collecting flour
Palestinians ‘beaten and sexually assaulted’ at Israeli detention centres, UN report claims
The Guardian Australia/Julian Borger/6.3.2024 Israel claims sexual assault on their hostages whilst committing multiple crimes of the same but on a much larger scale and for many more years – do not be fooled by the Israeli misdirection – Mark Internal analysis by UNRWA, based on interviews with released Palestinians, describes dog attacks and the… Continue reading Palestinians ‘beaten and sexually assaulted’ at Israeli detention centres, UN report claims
Netanyahu’s rival takes unsanctioned trip to US, signalling cracks in Israeli leadership
The Age/5.3.2024//Aamer Madhani and Seung Min Kim If only there was a real split – but this is just another delaying tactic to allow the genocide to continue – Mark Washington: A member of Israel’s war cabinet has flown to the United States to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and other senior officials in… Continue reading Netanyahu’s rival takes unsanctioned trip to US, signalling cracks in Israeli leadership
I wasn’t going to raise my voice again, but Israel has given me no choice
The Age | David Leser | 5 March 2024 As we have said all along – we should not associate all Jews with the Israeli Government or Netanyahu – some are prepared to stand up for what is right – God Bless You David – Mar Late last week, I read a headline in Israel’s… Continue reading I wasn’t going to raise my voice again, but Israel has given me no choice