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Criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s largest hospital is adding to global disquiet over its war on the enclave. Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov 2023 World leaders and international aid organisations have strongly criticised Israel’s assault on al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. After a week of incursions across Gaza in… Continue reading ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid

November 15, 2023 Blog, News By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout Gaza. The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout the besieged Gaza Strip to save and protect civilian lives. This came… Continue reading UNSC Approves Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire Resolution – What It Says

9 min read Anas Ambri 15 November, 2023 After the Armenian Patriarchate requested to cancel a land lease, Danny Rothman, the man behind the deal, was seen next to armed settlers in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter. A settler linked to Israel’s minister of national security was also there. On the night of 4 November 2023, Armenian… Continue reading Settler with links to Ben-Gvir identified in confrontation over Armenian land dispute in Jerusalem

Each week during Advent read firsthand accounts from recently returned Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) of their experiences during their deployment with the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI). Along with their stories and photos are bible readings, further resources and prayers to offer. We encourage you to use these prayers… Continue reading An Advent guide with reflectionson Palestine/Israel

Israel-Hamas war: IDF moves deeper into Gaza as outcry grows over the crisis Israel is mobilising troops and warning civilians to flee the south despite the heads of 20 international aid agencies and the UN warning millions have nowhere safe to go Israel has begun warning civilians to evacuate southern Gaza’s Khan Younis as troops… Continue reading Herald Sun

As Israeli air strikes rain down on Gaza, paramedics like Yasser put themselves in danger to save lives Every morning, Yasser Abed goes to work, unsure if he’ll survive the day. The veteran paramedic has been a first responder in Gaza for two decades, but he’s seen nothing like this war. “A great number of… Continue reading ABC News

‘Immediate possibility of starvation’ in Gaza Nidal al-Mughrabi Rehumanising the discourse means telling stories of personhood in Gaza, not just horror There is a narrative behind every horror witnessed in Gaza — one which must be sought out for the person it represents. Rachel Coghlan “Thanks for all the efforts. But these are not enough,”… Continue reading The New Daily

Antony Loewenstein Two-state solution won’t deliver peace for Israel/Palestine. But this might At the end of October, three weeks after the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli civilians and soldiers that killed around 1200 people, US President Joe Biden said that he still firmly believed in the justness of the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians.… Continue reading The Age

(The Age, 16/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-search-for-hamas-inside-gaza-hospital-compound-20231116-p5ekc8.html ) The news Israeli troops stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities as fighting raged outside. Details from the raid which began on Wednesday AEDT… Continue reading Israeli forces search for Hamas inside Gaza hospital compound

(The Age 16/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australia-s-multicultural-melting-pot-is-reaching-boiling-point-for-labor-20231114-p5ejwq.html ) The Muslim vote. The Chinese vote. After decades of multicultural policy and with the recent historically high immigration intake, the emerging phenomenon of federal electorates that are ethnically or religiously specific is reshaping our politics. Seats with large diasporic communities are deciding elections. Last year, voters of Chinese origin,… Continue reading Australia’s multicultural melting pot is reaching boiling point for Labor