Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as US President Joe Biden called Hamas the “biggest hang-up” to another truce. Tensions were also soaring on Israel’s northern border, with more attacks by Hamas ally Hezbollah targeting military positions and a civilian reported killed in […]
Read MoreAnthony Albanese locked out of Sydney electorate office by anti-war protests The Australian/ Dennis Shanahan and Rosie Lewis https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/anthony-albanese-says-greensbacked-propalestine-blockade-at-electorate-offices-undemocratic/news-story/cf0ddd7442e945108e530d1a45c2a17f
Anthony Albanese has been locked out of his Sydney electorate office this year because of pro-Palestinian protests, amid official security warnings that Islamist extremists are attending anti-Israel demonstrations on university campuses and outside parliamentarians’ offices. The Prime Minister’s Marrickville office has not been used since January because of fears for the safety of staff from […]
Read More‘Time for this war to end’: Biden pushes Israeli plan for Gaza truce
US President Joe Biden said Friday Israel had offered a new roadmap towards a permanent peace in Gaza, urging Hamas to accept the surprise deal as it was “time for this war to end.” In his first major address outlining a solution to the conflict, Biden said the three-phase proposal starts with a six-week complete […]
Read MorePro Palestine camps spread to 40 US campuses, with hundreds arrested
At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia University’s example earlier this month. While many remain provocative though peaceful, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment by their institutions from companies with ties to Israel, hundreds of students and outside protesters have been arrested, and there have been some fierce […]
Read MoreDeal meets your demands so free hostages, US and UK tell Hamas
The leaders of 18 countries, including the United States and Britain, have signed a joint letter calling on Hamas to release the hostages held in Gaza after talks aimed at ending the crisis faltered. A senior US administration official said that a proposed deal to release vulnerable hostages gave Hamas almost all of the things […]
Read MoreHOSTAGE HORRORS IGNORED AS WORLD TURNS A BLIND EYE
Uriel Baruch was taken hostage from the Nova music festival on October 7. He was 35, had a wife, Rachel, and two little boys. He’s dead. His family was informed a few days ago that, 155 days after Uriel was dragged into captivity, only his body is now being held hostage by Hamas, somewhere in […]
Read MoreWagga Wagga’s Sundays for Peace protesters find hope in weekly call for Gaza ceasefire
Mahmood mingles with the other protesters, holding a sign that says, “Ceasefire now”. Wearing a traditional keffiyeh, he appears subdued. His energy is low given it’s the first week of Ramadan, he says. But Mahmood, whose real name the ABC has agreed not to use, is also tormented by worry for his family in Gaza. […]
Read MoreFleeing bloodshed in Gaza, Palestinians arriving in Australia find they have no place to call home
A tourist visa is the only way in for hundreds of Palestinians seeking refuge, leaving them forced to rely on overwhelmed community organisations Salma* struggles to sleep at night. As she lies on a donated bed in a stranger’s house in south-west Sydney, she is overwhelmed by memories of her siblings and the ill father […]
Read MoreISRAEL CONTINUES TO WAGE WAR DESPITE UN CEASEFIRE VOTE
Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli military have continued to wage war on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. For the first time, the resolution was passed by the Council on Monday, after Israel’s closest ally the United States abstained. In previous resolutions, the US had […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Hamas says airdropped aid is causing deaths; Israel continues to wage war
Hamas has urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north of the Gaza Strip. Instead, the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip demanded that its enemy Israel allow more aid trucks to enter the […]
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