Vandals who attacked the University of Melbourne’s main library tagged it with the name of a militant Palestinian group that has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the West Bank, in what terrorism experts and Jewish community leaders say is a worrying step-up in protest activity. Balaclava-clad activists this month broke into the Baillieu Library […]
Read More‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel
‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel The Age/Alisa Odenheimer/19.6.2024 New York: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US must keep supplying weapons for its war against Hamas, accusing President Joe Biden of withholding arms as the country is “fighting for its life”. In an English-language video statement […]
Read MoreIn complicit Gaza, face of evil that of doctor and his son
When my phone buzzed last Saturday evening, I peered down and saw a mate had sent a short video clip of a woman whose face was vaguely familiar. She was embracing an older man. In a hospital maybe? Long dark hair. An open smile. Surely not – is that, is she? Noa’s ALIVE? I wrote […]
Read MoreIsraeli strike kills dozens at UN-run Gaza school
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip: An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school. It was the latest instance of mass casualties among Palestinians trying […]
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 MoreTanks push into Rafah, Gaza reels from strike as Israel claims Palestine inflates casualty count
More than 450,000 civilians have fled Rafah as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the city and central Gaza reels from an air strike. At least a dozen people have been killed during the strike which hit part of the Nuseirat refugee camp with fears the number of victims will continue to rise as rescuers search […]
Read More‘CLEAR OUT UNIVERSITY HATE CAMPS’
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has called on all universities to clear the pro-Palestine “camps of hate’’ from their campuses, urging the higher education institutions to follow the lead of Deakin University which on Monday ordered the dismantling of the camp protest on its east Melbourne site. “Our universities must be safe spaces for learning and […]
Read MoreToll revised with fewer known women, children
GAZA WAR NEW YORK: The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-Hamas war is still more than 35,000, but the enclave’s Ministry of Health has revised its breakdown of the fatalities, the United Nations said after Israel questioned a sudden change in numbers. Israel last week questioned why the figures for the deaths […]
Read MoreAustralia one of 143 countries to support Palestinian bid for full UN membership
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favour of a resolution recognising Palestinians as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council reconsider the matter. Australia and 142 other members of the General Assembly voted in favour of the resolution, while nine — including the US and Israel — voted against it. Twenty-five members […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: UN’s grim Gaza forecast as aid halted
UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Gaza risked an “epic humanitarian disaster” as Israeli military operations around its far-southern city of Rafah effectively halted aid operations. Earlier this week, Israeli ground troops seized eastern areas of the city, including the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, but they have […]
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