Glancing up and staring directly into the camera, the suspect who broke into the centuries-old Jerusalem cemetery appears to spot the CCTV equipment recording his hate crime. Seemingly unfazed, he looks down again, focusing on the task at hand – pushing over a stone cross and smashing it to pieces. The two young males who […]
Read MoreFar-right anti-Arab party joins proposed Netanyahu coalition in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that an extremist anti-Arab party will join his new coalition as he prepares to return as prime minister for what would be the most rightwing government in Israel’s history. The agreement, which further heightens the powers of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the firebrand head of the Jewish Power party and incoming national security […]
Read MoreIsrael’s master of coalition politics may have met his match
Even the harshest detractors of long-serving Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admit that he is a master of the complex coalition politics that are always necessary to form, then maintain in power, any Israeli government. However, the new government he formed on Wednesday, uniting his Likud party with a coalition of far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties, […]
Read MorePolitics spills into stadiums at World Cup
In Qatar, Middle East tensions spill into World Cup stadiums ByMaya Gebeily and Charlotte Bruneau November 29, 2022 — 2.42pm, The Age https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/in-qatar-middle-east-tensions-spill-into-world-cup-stadiums-20221129-p5c25x.html Doha: The first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East has become a showcase for the political tensions criss-crossing one of the world’s most volatile regions and the ambiguous role often played by host nation […]
Read MoreBiden urged to threaten Israel weapons halt over far-right concerns
Biden urged to threaten Israel weapons halt over far-right concerns Pair urge president to withdraw military support to Netanyahu’s coalition government if Palestinians are expelled or land annexed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/biden-israel-weapons-palestinian-territories-far-right Chris McGreal Thu 1 Dec 2022 05.15 AEDT (The Guardian) Two former senior US diplomats have made a highly unusual call for the Biden administration to […]
Read MorePolice slap ketchup ban on Balfour protester
Police slap ketchup ban on Balfour protester Kit Klarenberg and David Cronin The Electronic Intifada 16 November 2022 https://electronicintifada.net/content/police-slap-ketchup-ban-balfour-protester/36686 London’s police force has imposed bizarre restrictions on a woman who spoke out against Britain’s role in the colonization of Palestine. On 12 November, two protesters glued themselves to the plinth of a statue dedicated to Arthur James […]
Read MoreAs Netanyahu nears power, the Far Right wants to oversee the Army
As Netanyahu Nears Power, the Far Right Wants to Oversee the Army Bezalel Smotrich is an ultranationalist who opposes Palestinian sovereignty and wants to govern Israel by Jewish law. He seeks the Defense Ministry in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-bezalel- smotrich.html By Patrick Kingsley Nov. 16, 2022, 11:18 a.m. ET (New York Times) KEDUMIM, West Bank — As […]
Read MoreMedia Release: Free Palestine Melbourne statement on Israeli apartheid and forthcoming Australian Federal election
Amnesty’s report, Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime against Humanity, demonstrates how Israel violates numerous basic rights of 1.9 million Israeli Palestinians, 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and 8 million Exiled Palestinians, and in particular for 55 years has denied Occupied Palestinians the chance to vote for the ‘democratic’ government ruling them. The […]
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