Israeli strikes on Syrian capital’s airport kill four, says monitor By LAYAL ABOU RAHAL AFP 4:49PM JANUARY 3, 2023 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/israeli-strikes-on-syrian-capitals-airport-kill-four-says-monitor/news-story/7fa67b6ab094093c442b1db50818c6a9 Israeli missile strikes on the Syrian capital’s airport on Monday killed four people including two soldiers and closed the runways for several hours. It is the second time in less than seven months that Israel has […]
Read MoreLetters to The Australian
Israel must be strong One can argue ad nauseam regarding Israel’s conservative political parties and their idiosyncracies (“Netanyahu must steer ship of state”, 28/12). Despite national opposition, past Israeli governments have returned strategically important regional areas to Arab overlords. The result has been catastrophic, militarily, with many Israeli lives lost. Until at least one influential […]
Read MoreCivil society organizations condemn Israel’s targeted smear campaign against UN rapporteur, Francesca Albanese
Civil society organizations condemn Israel’s targeted smear campaign against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese The smear campaign against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese is the latest in a pattern of attacks aimed at silencing criticism of Israel and undermining the work of the United Nations. BY OPEN LETTER DECEMBER 26, 2022 The following statement was issued by […]
Read MorePalestinian man kills two Israelis in West Bank settlement
Palestinian man kills two Israelis in West Bank settlement Authorities shoot 18-year-old dead after knife and car attack in territory occupied by Israel Associated Press/ The Guardian (16/11/2022) ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/palestinian-man-kills-two-and-wounds- four-in-west-bank-settlement ) A Palestinian man killed two Israeli people and wounded four others in an attack at a settlement in the occupied West Bank on […]
Read MoreUS opens probe into killing of Palestinian-American journalist
US opens probe into killing of Palestinian- American journalist By DION NISSENBAUM ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/us-opens-probe-into- killing-of-palestinianamerican-journalist/news-story/8a02ca1718678ad83aead2637cf58d69 ) The Australian/Wall Street Journal, 16/11/2022) The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian-American journalist shot dead while covering an Israeli miliary raid in the West Bank, Israeli officials said, vowing not to co-operate with […]
Read MoreFOUR KILLED IN WEST BANK RAID NABLUS
FOUR KILLED IN WEST BANK RAID NABLUS (The Australian, 26/10/2022)) Four Palestinians were killed and nearly 20 others injured early on Tuesday in raids by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. “There are three dead and 19 wounded, three of them seriously, by Israeli fire in Nablus,” the ministry […]
Read MoreCommission of Inquiry finds that the Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law
Commission of Inquiry finds that the Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law (UN Human Rights Office) 20 October 2022 New York (20 October 2022) — There are reasonable grounds to conclude that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is now unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli Government’s de-facto annexation policies, […]
Read MoreJOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Civil society organisations welcome the Future Fund’s exclusion of Elbit Systems, and call on the Federal and Victorian Governments to drop Elbit or risk complicity in serious violations of international law
15 March 2022 | For immediate release Civil society organisations working for human rights for Palestinians and others welcome the news of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund’s exclusion of Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems Limited from its investment portfolio because of allegations of its involvement in the production of cluster munitions. The organisations call on […]
Read MoreWest rightly backs Ukraine but ignores Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan…,
Both the Russian occupation of Ukraine and the Apartheid Israeli occupation of Palestine are wrong, inhumane, international law-violating, and have been hugely destructive. However a racist and specifically anti-Arab anti-Semitic West (the Anglosphere, NATO and the EU) utterly ignores the Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine, while quite rightly condemning and sanctioning Russia over […]
Read MoreDid Israel Violate International Humanitarian Law During Operation Protective Edge?
by Pat Andriola An essay from the Emory International Law Review journal. “On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had launched “Operation Protective Edge,” a military intervention into the Gaza territory. The IDF stated that the goals of Protective Edge were “aimed to retrieve stability to the residents of southern […]
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