Category: News

(Canberra Times, 8/11/2023) ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8414649/is-it-time-for-a-change-at-the-top-in-israel/?cs=14258 ) There are increasing international concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership of Israel and his conduct of the war against Hamas. Even the US, principal supplier of Israel’s military weaponry, seems to be disturbed by his apparently callous indifference to the desperate situation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and he… Continue reading With Gaza at war, is it time for Benjamin Netanyahu to stand down as Israel Prime Minister?

(Canberra Times, 8/11/2023) ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8414562/turnbull-accuses-morrison-of-showboating-with-israel-trip/?cs=27845 ) Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged Anthony Albanese not to go to Israel to show solidarity in the middle of the war with Hamas, accusing his successor Scott Morrison of “showboating” with his recent visit with former UK prime minister Boris Johnson. Mr Turnbull, who is due… Continue reading Malcolm Turnbull accuses Scott Morrison of ‘showboating’ with trip to Israel

(The Age, 8/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-says-troops-pushing-deep-into-gaza-city-as-it-seeks-indefinite-period-of-control-20231108-p5eic9.html ) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar Gaza/Jerusalem: Israel said its forces were pushing deep into Gaza City, where residents said tanks were positioned on the outskirts for a potential storming of Gaza’s urban heartland. “For the first time in decades, IDF is fighting in the heart of Gaza City. At the heart… Continue reading Israel says troops pushing deep into Gaza City as it seeks ‘indefinite period’ of control

Labor must stop military exports to Israel Last week, we found out that the Albanese Government has provided over 50 military export permits to Israel since the start of this year alone. Since 2017, the Australian Government has provided over 350 military export permits to Israel. The State of Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed… Continue reading Labor must stop military exports to Israel

Donald Wagner The Electronic Intifada 7 November 2023 In his press briefing on 27 October, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cited a biblical reference to “Amalek” in the context of the “destruction of Hamas” and to “eradicate this evil from the world.” This pseudo-religious spin may have confused all but his ultra-right religious followers, both Jewish and Christian Zionists. Netanyahu… Continue reading Netanyahu abuses Bible to impress US evangelicals

6/11/2023 Bishop George Browning ​Massacre of the Innocents The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a ‘graveyard of children’…. an adult conflict, in which the young are suffering most. What we see on our TV screens every night is impossible to watch. Did Netanyahu see the young lad who had just carried the decapitated body… Continue reading MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

(The Australian, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/world/israelhamas-war-rolling-coverage-antony-blinken-makes-surprise-visit-to-west-bank/live-coverage/506a77fa2fb6f3f463e672c7ec98943a#122207 ) “Are there any survivors?” shouted Said al-Najma, as he tried to shift the blocks of concrete strewn across the road after another night of Israeli bombings that reduced houses to rubble. Seven multi-storey buildings in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip were razed in… Continue reading At least 45 dead in airstrike on refugee camp

(Daily Telegraph, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australians-touch-down-at-sydney-airport-after-being-trapped-in-gaza/news-story/776b31be124d5479191546b6a7f41209 ) A dozen Australians trapped in Gaza when the conflict with Israel broke out last month have finally touched down on home soil almost a month after the violence began. Twelve Aussies arrived home via a Qatar Airways flight into Sydney on Sunday night, the largest repatriation from Gaza yet… Continue reading Australians touch down at Sydney Airport after being trapped in Gaza

(The Age, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/arab-leaders-push-for-an-israel-hamas-ceasefire-the-us-says-that-could-be-counterproductive-20231105-p5ehno.html ) Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens, Palestinian health officials said. The strike came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory’s Hamas rulers, despite US appeals for a… Continue reading Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting