(The Age, 14/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/wong-s-not-wrong-israel-s-higher-moral-standing-comes-with-a-duty-for-restraint-20231113-p5eji5.html ) Israel won a rare and valuable surge of international support and sympathy when Hamas launched its terrorist attack on Israeli civilians. But five weeks later, that sympathy is fast fading. Amid Israel’s fierce campaign to destroy Hamas, the daily coverage of civilian Palestinian deaths is distressing the world. Western… Continue reading Israel’s higher moral standing comes with a duty for restraint

(The Age, 13/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/thousands-of-pro-palestine-protesters-rally-for-fifth-weekend-in-a-row-20231112-p5ejb3.html ) More than 45,000 Palestine supporters rallied in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, according to police, the biggest turnout since the weekly protests began more than a month ago. The protest came after a heated confrontation between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups in Caulfield on Friday night, triggered by a suspected arson attack… Continue reading Tens of thousands of Palestine supporters rally for fifth weekend in a row

(The Age, 13/11/2023) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/they-are-outside-heavy-fighting-rages-near-main-gaza-hospital-people-trapped-inside-20231113-p5ejf9.html ) Khan Younis: Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital rejected Israel’s claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spurned urgent… Continue reading ‘They are outside’: Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital, people trapped inside

The below link is an interview with a young Jewish man at the weekend rally in London in support of Palestine – it is an Instagram clip but if you cannot get the volume don’t worry as the words are printed on the screen. It is just lovely to hear this young man being so… Continue reading Extraordinary Young Jewish Man

Nidal al-Mughrabi Israel is facing mounting international pressure, including from the United States and France, to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza as the death toll rises and fighting intensifies near and around hospitals. The number of Palestinians killed by Israel’s bombardment of the coastal enclave in the past five weeks rose above… Continue reading France, US press Israel over civilian deaths

Israel should make peace with Hamas, says top UN expert The United Nations’ top expert on the situation in Gaza has called for Israel to make peace with Hamas despite the October 7 massacre, saying it should be up to Palestinians to decide who governs the Gaza Strip. Francesca Albanese (no relation to the PM),… Continue reading Israel should make peace with Hamas, says top UN expert

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Ally tensions as US says Israel cannot occupy Gaza Farrah Tomazin WASHINGTON: The US has forcefully pushed back against suggestions that Israel may seek to reoccupy the Gaza Strip once the war with Hamas is over, in the latest sign of the deepening tensions between the two allies over how the conflict is being handled.… Continue reading Ally tensions as US says Israel cannot occupy Gaza

By Jonathan Kuttab Truth is the first casualty in war. In the “fog of war,” it can sometimes be difficult to find the truth. Serious work has to be done, with access to conflicting sources of information, in order to approximate the truth of what is happening in situations of conflict. One clear instance of… Continue reading The “Human Shield” Fallacy