Israeli tanks have pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip which they had left weeks ago while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge in the south of the territory, killing and wounding several people, medics and residents say. Residents reported an internet outage in the areas of Beit […]
Read MoreThe UN and the UK have voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces “immediately” stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory.
The comments came hours after two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli settlers in a northern village south of Nablus in the latest violent attack involving settlers in the increasingly tense West Bank. Palestinians said the incident followed a clash when settlers entered Palestinian-owned land and assaulted residents, while settlers said it began with an […]
Read MoreConfrontations over Gaza make politicians feel unsafe, says minister
Early Education Minister Anne Aly has warned that heightened tensions in the community over the war in Gaza have forced some politicians to retreat from public events, following a heated exchange she had with pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Perth last Saturday. Footage emerged on Tuesday of Aly – who is one of two Muslim frontbenchers – […]
Read MoreBan on Palestinian workers grinds Israel’s construction sites to a halt
Tel Aviv: For Fadi Sajdia, a construction labourer from the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan should be a time of daily fasting and nightly feasting. But like 150,000 other Palestinians who worked in Israel until the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, he’s out of a job. […]
Read MoreAustralia to investigate how Palestinians crossed Gaza border after government suspends visas
Home affairs seeking to clarify how some Palestinians crossed from Gaza into Egypt ‘without explanation’ Australia is suspending the visas of Palestinians fleeing Gaza while it investigates how they managed to cross the border into Egypt. A number of Palestinians learned their visas had been cancelled while en route to Australia earlier this week with […]
Read MorePalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas names adviser Mohammed Mustafa as Prime Minister
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, as prime minister. Mustafa’s appointment comes less than three weeks after his predecessor, Mohammed Shtayyeh, resigned, citing the need for change after the Hamas attack of October 7 triggered war with Israel in Gaza. The 69-year-old now faces the […]
Read MoreISRAEL TO DEPLOY THOUSANDS OF POLICE TO JERUSALEM
Israel’s police force said it will deploy thousands of officers across Jerusalem’s Old City for Ramadan’s first Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the Gaza war. “We are prepared for Friday prayers with more police officers. Thousands of them will be in the area of Temple Mount,” police spokeswoman Mirit ben […]
Read MoreMuslims urge gala dinner boycott
More than 70 Islamic community organisations have vowed to boycott the Victorian premier’s annual Iftar dinner next month in protest over Labor’s position on the Israel-Hamas conflict. The state’s peak Islamic body – the Islamic Council of Victoria – has also told Premier Jacinta Allan’s office the group will not attend the gala dinner. The […]
Read MoreIsrael plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it’s a response to a Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the U.S. at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel’s war on Hamas in […]
Read MoreIsrael plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it’s a response to a Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the U.S. at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel’s war on Hamas in […]
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