Tag: Israel / Palestine Conflict

Over the last week. the war has been spreading and escalating. Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and Beirut, which forced more than 300,000 people to flee and killed more than 200 people. In Iran, US-Israeli strikes targeted five key fuel depots in the Iranian capital Tehran in an act of ecocide and environmental devastation. More than 9 million people were exposed to toxic chemicals and chemical rain as a result of the massive fires. More… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

A chink of good news – Peter Israel’s High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules. The injunction came ahead of an Israeli deadline for 37 well-known organisations to stop work, something the groups warn will remove a lifeline… Continue reading Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat

It’s wartime again, with the war, yet again, coming to solve Israel’s existential problems once and for all. It will again be declared a stunning victory at first, with everyone applauding, with Yair Lapid writing that we are a strong and united nation and with analysts competing over who can laud Israel’s brave feats more,… Continue reading War Is the Opiate of the Israeli Masses

Screenshot from The Tucker Carlson Show (YouTube), used for commentary.   by Jonathan Kuttab Last week, right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson conducted an interview with Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and the current US Ambassador to Israel, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The lengthy interview is well worth watching, especially for evangelicals and… Continue reading Huckabee & Carlson

Over the weekend, Israel and the United States launched a war on Iran. At least one strike killed 85 children at an elementary school in Iran. Iran retaliated with strikes towards US bases and military assets throughout the region. Everyone is living in fear of an escalating regional war as deaths and injuries are rising. God of… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

Tony Burke says he is still considering whether to deny visa application from TV journalist Zvi Yehezkeli This criminal should be banned from travelling anywhere in the world – the same as Netanyahu – Peter An Israeli journalist who once said 100,000 Gazans should have been killed after Hamas’ 7 October attack could be stopped from entering… Continue reading Israeli journalist who said 100,000 Gazans should have been killed after 7 October could be denied Australia visa

Why isnt this reported like attacks on synagogues – Peter Israeli settlers have allegedly vandalised a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs. Worshippers coming for the first prayers of the day found the damage and a still-smouldering fire, which… Continue reading Israeli settlers torch and deface a West Bank mosque

Despite their obvious lies Israel continues to act with impunity in destroying ancient Muslim and Christians sites – Peter Israel is trying to take over an ancient Palestinian village and its sacred religious sites—including the tomb of St. John the Baptist. Sebastia is a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank and is home to… Continue reading Stop Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian village of Sebastia

‘The Board of Peace’ held its first meeting to unveil its multi-billion-dollar colonial plan for Gaza, drawing criticism from human rights organizations and church leaders such as Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa openly said that “[The Board of Peace] is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians.”  Holy God, we grieve this colonialism and the deceit of empire. In this season of lament and fasting, liberate us from the human sins of greed and domination.… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

by Jonathan Kuttab This is the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan. We extend our congratulations to all our Muslim friends and supporters, especially those who are fasting and otherwise celebrating this Holy month with prayers, contemplation, charity, and self reflection. In Muslim-majority countries, the entire society adjusts  and the atmosphere changes, especially the… Continue reading Ramadan Kareem