World Day of Prayer for Palestine – 1 March 2024 The World Day of Prayer is an international ecumenical Christian laywomen’s initiative. It is run under the motto “Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action,” and is celebrated annually in over 170 countries on the first Friday in March. The movement aims to bring together women of… Continue reading World Day of Prayer for Palestine – 1 March 2024
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Benjamin Netanyahu threatens ‘dramatic confrontation’ with Joe Biden
The Australian/13.3.2024 Another smoke and mirrors statement – Netanyahu does not care what any President or Prime Minister thinks nor does he care what normal humanitarian people think – his whole focus is on murder, genocide and Apartheid and staying in power so that his own illegal actions cannot go before a court – Mark… Continue reading Benjamin Netanyahu threatens ‘dramatic confrontation’ with Joe Biden
Ramadan begins but joy, like food, is scant
The Age/ Samy Magdy/13.3.2024 How can the politicians across the world, led by Netanyahu, Biden, Sunak, continue to believe this is acceptable – using religious events to continue to refuse access to food and water for the innocents – Mark RAFAH: Palestinians have begun fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with ceasefire talks… Continue reading Ramadan begins but joy, like food, is scant
US floats aid plan while providing arms
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / New York Times / Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt | 12 March 2024 How do the USA politicians square this conundrum – providing aid to the victims of the genocide that they are leading by supplying the arms – Mark WASHINGTON: The United States has a history of… Continue reading US floats aid plan while providing arms
PM faces heat over UNRWA funding call
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald | Matthew Knott | 12 March 2024 Cowards – aid for innocent children should not be withheld because our politicians are being bullied by the Israeli Government and their lies – Mark The Albanese government says it will not reinstate funding to the UN’s main provider of humanitarian aid… Continue reading PM faces heat over UNRWA funding call
The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza
(The Age, 11/3/2024) This takes me back to the Ethiopian starvation / famines of the 80’s and 90’s – how can the USA and the UK let this happen – Mark It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and… Continue reading The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza
Palestinians killed in food airdrops
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / Reuters, AP | Aamer Madhani | 10 March 2024 How really awful – but the air drops are so little way too late anyway – Mark Humanitarian airdrops into the Gaza Strip have killed civilians, in the latest tragedy for Palestinians since the war between Hamas and Israel… Continue reading Palestinians killed in food airdrops
As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border
ABC | Eric Tlozek, Orly Halpern and Haidarr Jones at the Kerem Shalom crossing | 10 March 2024 Sadly the same type of young Jewish girls are also using social media to describe all Palestinian’s as ‘animals’ that must be destroyed etc. If only their energy was directed at peace the hostages would never have… Continue reading As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border
UN experts condemn Israeli ‘massacre’ of Palestinians collecting flour
The Guardian/ Nina Lakhani/6.3.2024 Any weapon will do in this illegal genocidal war – Mark Special rapporteurs say ‘campaign of starvation and targeting of civilians’ must end after incident in Gaza on Thursday UN experts have condemned the violence they say was unleashed by Israeli forces last week on Palestinians gathered in Gaza City to… Continue reading UN experts condemn Israeli ‘massacre’ of Palestinians collecting flour