Tag: Israel / Palestine Conflict

The Age (& SMH) / Reuters | James Mackenzie | 12 February 2025 This is pure evil – Mark US President Donald Trump has reacted to a delay in the release of hostages announced by Hamas by saying all captives in Gaza must be released by midday Saturday, or he will propose cancelling the Israel-Hamas… Continue reading Trump’s ultimatum over hostages

Statement by Non-Governmental Organizations on President Trump’s Recent StatementsEndorsing the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in GazaWe are deeply alarmed by President Trump’s recent statements that appear to endorse andplan for forced Palestinian displacement leading to the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip. OnJanuary 25th, Trump stated “I would like Egypt to take people… You’re talking… Continue reading Friends of Sabeel America

Feb 13th, 2025 Every Thursday at 6 PM Jerusalem time, Sabeel gathers our friends from around the world for our weekly online service. Led by Rev. Naim Ateek, the service includes the Wave of Prayer, readings of the upcoming week, and a time of group reflections. The gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday, to be… Continue reading WAVE OF PRAYER

Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims The Guardian | Mark Smith | 10 February 2025 Tories / Labour – same as each other and same as the… Continue reading I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office

Sydney Morning Herald (The Age) / AP, Reuters | Lolita Baldor & Julia Frankel | 9 February 2025 Doesn’t matter which President is in the White House – murder continues – Mark The Trump administration has approved weapon sales of more than $US7 billion ($11 billion) to Israel, including thousands of bombs, despite a Democratic… Continue reading US sells arms to Israel, hostages freed

February 5, 2025 God bless the small number of ‘sane’ Jews left in the world – Mark The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere. We furthermore condemn the cynical use of humanitarian language by Trump to justify his egregious… Continue reading The Jewish Council condemns US President Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza

No Palestinian will voluntarily leave – it will always be under duress – Mark Israel’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for “voluntary” departures from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians out of the territory. The idea sparked uproar from leaders in the Middle East and beyond, and the… Continue reading Israel plans for expected ‘voluntary departures’ of Gaza residents

Exactly right – Mark This week, as I watched the press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, I was tempted to slip into total denial. At one level, the proposal to take over the Gaza Strip (by American troops), to “own” and transform it into “the Riviera of the Middle East” while sending… Continue reading The Clueless and the Evilby Jonathan Kuttab

A MUST see video – Mark