EU nations called out for adopting definition that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel and fosters ‘anti-Palestinian racism’. By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 7 Jun 20237 Jun 2023 The European Union’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism has led to widespread restrictions on the rights of assembly and freedom… Continue reading Adoption of anti-Semitism definition curbs free speech: Report

A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law. By Michael Sfard, an Israeli lawyer specializing in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. On Nov. 22, 1967, the United Nations Security Council debated a resolution that would become the international community’s… Continue reading Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank

World Food Programme beneficiaries protest against aid cuts in front of the UN Development Program office in Gaza City, 21 May. Hashem ZimmoAPA images The UN secretary-general warned of “catastrophic” consequences on Friday with UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, “on the verge of financial collapse.” Meanwhile, food assistance to Palestinians from the World Food Programme is… Continue reading UN warns of “catastrophe” for Palestinians as aid dries up

  By SARAH ISON,  8:50PM JUNE 6, 2023 (The Australian, 7/6/2023) Anthony Albanese will be called on in the upcoming ALP ­national conference to reverse language supporting recognition of Palestine as a state, with Jewish lobby groups warning not doing so would be “harmful to the prospects of peace” in the Middle East. Previous national confer­ences… Continue reading Labor is being called to adopt neutral language on the Israel-Palestine conflict at its National Conference in August

Proposed steps would also expand the law to let residential communities choose who can live there, on both sides of the Green Line The government is advancing a number of steps to encourage Jewish families to move to communities in northern Israel, a region with a large Arab population. Being LGBTQ under Israel’s far-right government:… Continue reading Israeli Cabinet Advances Plans to ‘Judaize’ Galilee, Expand West Bank Settlements

The Israelis set for new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site 4 min read June 5, 2023 – 4:33PMAFP With imported sacrificial cows, ancient hymns and growing support, some nationalist Jews hope to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem’s Old City, at a site at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. In a suburb of Tel Aviv, a… Continue reading The Israelis set for new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site

By AAP Newswire Jun 6, 2023 A Palestinian toddler who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his wounds, Israeli hospital officials say. Mohammed al-Tamimi was shot in the head last Thursday near his village of Nebi Saleh while riding in a car with his father. He was… Continue reading Two-year-old Palestinian dies of Israeli gunshot wounds

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued US commitment to both Israel’s security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but warned the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace. In a speech to the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, Blinken also cautioned that moves toward annexation of the Israeli-occupied West Bank… Continue reading US warns Israel against Jewish settlements expansion

By political reporter Nour Haydar Adam Bandt says the federal government must boycott meetings with two of Israel’s ministers over their views on Palestine.(ABC News: Adam Kennedy) The Greens have adopted a new policy position on Palestine and Israel which expresses concern that Israel’s “ongoing colonisation of Palestinian land” is eroding the potential for a two-state solution and… Continue reading Greens say Israel is ‘practising crime of apartheid’ and call for boycotts of far-right figures

Sophie Elsworth | The Australian | June 4, 2023 The ABC has reviewed and amended two articles relating to Israel, including one that described a convicted terrorist who threw a grenade at civilians as an “ex-Palestinian freedom fighter”. The ABC also published a separate story on May 27 under the headline: “Three Palestinians killed by… Continue reading ABC amends two articles after being accused of ‘anti-Israel bias’