Iranian-backed Houthi militants have attacked a Maersk container vessel, prompting the global shipping company to pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours, it said on Sunday. Key points: The US military says Houthi militants attacked the Maersk Hangzhou vessel in the Red Sea on Saturday US Navy helicopters destroyed three of […]
Read MoreSouth Africa seeks ICJ genocide order against Israel
30 December 2023, The Canberra Times South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice for an urgent order declaring that Israel is in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its ongoing crackdown against Hamas in Gaza. In the latest development in Israel’s war against Hamas, tens of thousands of newly displaced […]
Read MoreHezbollah claims rocket attack retribution for ‘martyred’ Australians
30 December 2023, The Age, by Perry Duffin and Rachel Clun: Hezbollah has claimed a missile attack on an Israeli village was retribution for an airstrike that killed Australian brothers – Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi – and Ibrahim’s wife Shorouq Hammoud, among others.
Read MoreThe Arab world has forsaken the Palestine cause
When Zionist forces embarked on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine to establish the state of Israel in 1948, the plight of the Palestinian people shocked the Arab world. It angered Arab nations who were amid their own anti-colonial struggles and elevated the liberation of Palestine to the status of a pan-Arab cause. But as Arab […]
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