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(The Age, 6/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/antony-blinken-makes-surprise-visit-to-west-bank-israel-pounds-gaza-20231106-p5ehrr.html ) Ramallah: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Palestinian Authority should play a central role in the future of the Gaza strip after he visited the occupied West Bank on Sunday amid spiralling tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. Blinken passed through Israeli checkpoints to meet Palestinian Authority President… Continue reading US secretary of state makes surprise visit to West Bank, Israel pounds Gaza

Matthew Knott Foreign affairs correspondent Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak says the Albanese government should feel free to express any reservations about Israel’s war with Hamas, adding his nation needs honest friends rather than mindless barrackers. One of the most important military and political figures in Israeli history, Barak said he believed rival Benjamin… Continue reading Israeli statesman calls for blunt talk

Palestinians have reported a deadly Israeli air strike on a United Nations-run school in northern Gaza serving as a shelter as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met regional Arab leaders to discuss how to contain the conflict. Palestinian witnesses said Israel hit Al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia, where thousands of evacuees were living in the… Continue reading UN agency says Israeli strike hits Gaza City school

in Palestine — by Dr Gideon Polya — 03/11/2023 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution on 27 October 2023 calling for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas and demanding aid access to Gaza. A total of 120 decent pro-Humanity countries voted Yes for the resolution. However 14 indecent and pro-Apartheid countries voted No and  45 cowardly,… Continue reading 59 Countries Invite Global Sanctions By Backing Apartheid Israel’s Genocidal Gaza Massacre

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and… Continue reading Prisoners, Hostages, and a Ceasefire by Jonathan Kuttab

October 31, 2023 at 8:52 pm A view of the debris of the house of Palestinian prisoner Bacis Nahle, demolished by Israeli forces on Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank on October 28, 2023. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency Australia has expressed concerns over increasing attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by Jewish… Continue reading Australia warns against increasing Israel settler attacks on Palestinians in West Bank

Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’ Ed Pilkington in New York @edpilkingtonTue 31 Oct 2023 21.04 GMT The director of the New York office of the UN high commissioner for human rights has left his post, protesting that the UN is… Continue reading Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians

Palestinians inspect the damage of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on Jabaliya refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 (AP)  Follow LA PAZ, Bolivia: Bolivia’s government severed diplomatic relations with Israel on Tuesday, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors… Continue reading Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel as Chile and Colombia recall their ambassadors

By Alon Ben-MeirPosted Tuesday, 31 October 2023 The unfathomably horrific massacre that Hamas perpetrated against innocent Israelis offers an unprecedented opportunity to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace which has eluded both sides for 75 years. It is precisely the colossal breakdown and the impossibility of merely returning to the status quo ante that has created such… Continue reading The horrific breakdown in Israeli Palestinian relations: where do we go from here?

By George Browning Nov 1, 2023 Prime Ministers Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison have signed a statement drafted for them by the Zionist Federation of Australia in support of Israel. In doing so, were they aware that on Sunday, in launching the ground offensive into Gaza, Netanyahu invoked a genocidal precedent for his war… Continue reading Netanyahu invokes Genocide