The Age | Ben Saul | 17.10 23 The violence in Israel and Palestine has again inflamed bitter partisan divisions that have fuelled this conflict for so long. International humanitarian law protects all civilians, without discrimination. It aims to deescalate spirals of savagery and dehumanisation by insisting on universal human values. As a party to… Continue reading A war crime is a war crime, even in retaliation

The Age ? AP, Reuters, Bloomberg | Natassia Chrysanthos | 17.10.23 About 300,000 Israeli troops have massed at the borders of Gaza and Lebanon, escalating the risk of a war on two fronts, while international diplomatic efforts raced to secure the opening of Gaza’s Egyptian border so humanitarian aid can get into the besieged enclave.… Continue reading Israeli troops massing amid aid efforts

The Age / AP, Reuters | Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman | 17.10.23 Medics in Gaza have warned that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety yesterday, before an expected Israeli… Continue reading Grave fears for patients in overwhelmed Gaza hospitals

By Amin Abbas October 16 2023 – 7:30pm In 2007, a few of my fellow Australian Palestinians and I wanted to turn our helplessness towards helping the children of Palestine into action. I lead this effort, and late that year the Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children, Olive Kids was born, essentially my third child. Our 100 per cent… Continue reading Amin Abbas | All children must be protected, this must include Palestinian children

    #Link2Gaza   Rev. Don Wagner conjures the corollary of 1982: most Link readers will know the significance of that date, when four decades ago Ariel Sharon invaded Lebanon and thousands of encircled Palestinian refugees were massacred, in the most unspeakable ways, under the Israeli cordon. Given the circumstances today, the parallels could not… Continue reading Statement

(The Australian, 16/10/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/saudis-pause-talks-on-normalisation-with-israel/news-story/823c5f315fa09b28d67cb28a75f8464e ) Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on normalising ties with Israel as the war rages between Israel and Hamas. “Saudi Arabia has decided to pause discussion on possible normalisation and has informed US officials,” a source familiar with the discussions said. It came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken… Continue reading Saudis pause talks on normalisation with Israel

(The Australian, 16/10/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/palestinian-supporters-march-through-melbourne-in-their-thousands/news-story/b6de01fdb32a31214db3d60e40fcb95a ) Supporters have turned out in their thousands to march through Melbourne’s CBD in solidarity with the Palestinian people as the conflict in Gaza rages on. Victoria Police confirmed an estimated 10,000 people crowded the steps of the Victorian State ­Library before marching on to Parliament House. National flags, posters… Continue reading Palestinian supporters march through Melbourne in their thousands

(The Australian, 16/10/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/who-says-evacuating-gaza-patients-a-death-sentence/news-story/5b36673cedbe9bfe39bfad9c7d3a51e2 ) Forcing thousands of patients to evacuate to already overflowing hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip could be “tantamount to a death sentence”, the World Health Organisation said overnight on Saturday. “WHO strongly condemns ­Israel’s repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern… Continue reading WHO says evacuating Gaza patients a ‘death sentence’

by Jonathan Kuttab Atrocities committed against one’s enemies, up to and including genocide, always begin with dehumanization. I have always been aware of this, and I know there is a tendency among Palestinians to dehumanize Israelis, the settlers, and Zionists, just as there is a tendency among Israelis and their supporters to dehumanize Palestinians, the… Continue reading Demonization, Dehumanization, and War Crimes