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AAP | Shepparton News | Sep 22, 2023 Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held a “very positive, constructive meeting” with her Israeli counterpart after Australia’s position returned to referencing “occupied Palestinian territories”. The government is strengthening its opposition to settlements, affirming them as illegal under international law. Speaking from New York on Friday, Senator Wong… Continue reading Positive, constructive meeting’ with Israeli FM: Wong

A United Nations conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognise a Palestinian state. Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on Earth and is in… Continue reading Palestine’s Ruins of Jericho to be listed as World Heritage Site

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque on last day of Rosh Hashanah under the protection of occupation forces, the latter assaulting Palestinian worshippers. Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian worshippers at Bab as-Silsila, one of the main entrances to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Israeli forces imposed tight… Continue reading Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man along the Gaza-Israel border on Tuesday and three Palestinian men in clashes in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian officials said. Key points: -A Palestinian Presidency official says the “ongoing aggression” will bring “violence and escalation to the entire region” -The Israeli military says  “hundreds… Continue reading Palestinian officials say one killed at Gaza border by Israeli fire, three in West Bank

September 16, 2023 Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)  Palestine, Lebanon On this day in 1982, under the oversight and control of the Israeli occupation forces, a fanatic, Israeli-backed Lebanese militia began a planned 3-day brutal massacre of several thousand Palestinian refugees, along with Lebanese civilians, in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in occupied Beirut.  The majority of residents in the camps… Continue reading 41 years on, we honour the victims of the Israeli-sponsored massacre at Sabra and Shatila

The Canberra Times / AAP | 17.9.23 A United Nations conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognise a Palestinian state. Jericho is one of the oldest continually… Continue reading Ruins of Jericho to be listed as World Heritage Site

We are very pleased to have launched the #CheckYourSuperCamapaign which gives you the opportunity to check that your money is not invested in companies that support the continuation of Israel’s murderous Apartheid policy.  We have made it easy for you to contact your super fund via the link on our BDSA web page and social… Continue reading Dear Friends,

Now is the time for U.S. church leaders to raise their collective moral voice — as they did during the civil right movement, the Vietnam War, and South African apartheid — against Israel’s settler colonial apartheid. BY JEFF WRIGHT  SEPTEMBER 17, 2023  Forty-seven years ago, leaders of the nation’s major churches organized a campaign to help end… Continue reading It’s time for U.S. church leaders to challenge Israeli apartheid

The Daily Telegraph | 16.9.23 Sidon: Palestinian fighters agreed to a new ceasefire on Thursday, after more than a week of deadly violence in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp. An AFP reporter in the port city of Sidon said the camp was calm after the truce took effect. At least 17 people have been killed and… Continue reading Truce Calms Lebanese Camp

Archbishop Welby speaking in St Martins in the Fields, London, 6th September On Wednesday 6th September Justin Welby spoke on the topic of “Reconciliation in the Middle East”, alongside Daniel Munayer of Musalaha UK and Su McClellan of the NGO Embrace the Middle East that hosted the event. You can watch the video HERE. The… Continue reading Welby’s homily doesn’t cut the mustard