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(The Age, 22/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-close-to-reaching-a-cease-fire-agreement-20231122-p5elt5.html ) London: Israel and Hamas are inching closer to a deal where the terrorist organisation would swap dozens of hostages for Palestinian prisoners and a partial pause in fighting, in what would be the first diplomatic breakthrough since the war began on October 7. US officials who have been brokering… Continue reading Israel and Hamas ‘close to reaching a ceasefire agreement’

(The Australian, 22/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/jakarta-outrage-over-ravaged-hospital/news-story/f7e6c2475ebf41b2cdf95f84aa7b32a8 ) Jakarta has reacted with uncharacteristic fury to the deadly ­Israeli attack on the Indonesian-funded hospital on Monday, calling it a “blatant violation of international humanitarian law”. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Indonesia “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the attack that the Indonesian charity behind it says killed at… Continue reading Jakarta outrage over ‘ravaged’ hospital

I covered the birth of Jewish fascism in Israel. I reported on the extremist Meir Kahane, who was barred from running for office and whose Kach Party was outlawed in 1994 and declared a terrorist organization by Israel and the United States. I attended political rallies held by Benjamin Netanyahu, who received lavish funding from… Continue reading Israel’s Final Solution for the Palestinians. Chris Hedges When Jewish extremists, fanatic Zionists, religious zealots, ultranationalists and crypto-fascists in the apartheid state of Israel say they want to wipe Gaza off the face of the earth, believe them.By Chris HedgesGlobal Research, November 09, 2023ScheerPost 5 November 2023Region: Middle East & North AfricaTheme: History, Intelligence, Law and JusticeIn-depth Report: PALESTINE

Canberra Times / AAP | 21.11.2023 A group of 28 prematurely born babies relocated from Gaza’s biggest hospital have been taken into Egypt for urgent treatment while Palestinian authorities and the World Health Organisation say 12 people have been killed at another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks. The newborns had been in north Gaza’s… Continue reading Twelve dead at hospital encircled by Israeli tanks: WHO

(SMH, 20/11/2023) ( https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/christians-worry-land-deal-could-shrink-armenians-ancient-presence-in-jerusalem-20231120-p5el61.html ) Jerusalem: The heads of the Christian Churches in Jerusalem issued a rare joint appeal at the weekend, warning that a contested land deal could erase the centuries-old presence of the Armenian community within the Old City. The ethnic Armenian community has its own district within the ancient city of Jerusalem under… Continue reading Christians worry land deal could shrink Armenians’ ancient presence in Jerusalem

(The Australian, 20/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/biden-says-the-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-should-be-reunited/news-story/8018a20c35f3a83e8436d9720e31e204 ) Gaza and the West Bank should eventually be reunited under a new Palestinian Authority, US President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece at the weekend, as questions swirl over the future of the region once Israel achieves its goal of crushing the Hamas militant group. “As we strive… Continue reading Biden says the Gaza Strip and West Bank should be reunited

(The Australian, 20/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/gazas-alshifa-hospital-a-death-zone-who-says-urging-evacuation/news-story/bf820df8b98daf22532406a78a951668 ) Gaza’s largest hospital has become a “death zone,” the World Health Organisation said on Sunday, ­announcing plans to evacuate the facility, as Israel’s army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas. The assessment came after a visit by WHO and other UN officials to al-Shifa hospital, which ­Israeli… Continue reading Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital a ‘death zone’, WHO says urging evacuation

Canberra Time | Mark Kenny | November 19, 2023 Recent months have been rather clarifying for modern Australia. They have revealed how far we have progressed from the bigoted attitudes of the past. Not for us the backward xenophobia, racial stereotyping and casual discrimination of our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, right? Unless, well … unless… Continue reading Hamas-Israel war: Peter Dutton seeks to lament community friction, while also cementing it

News.com.au  / AFP / burs-ami/kir |November 19, 2023 A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed Saturday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war. Social media videos verified by AFP showed bodies covered in blood… Continue reading Hamas says more than 80 dead in Israeli strikes on Gaza camp

The Age / Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie | November 18, 2023 Gaza/Jerusalem: Israel issued a fresh warning to Palestinians in the southern city of Khan Younis to relocate west out of the line of fire and closer to humanitarian aid, in the latest indication that it plans to attack Hamas in southern… Continue reading Israel tells Palestinians to leave city in southern Gaza