Israel / Palestine

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Thu, 06/02/2025 - 07:05
I watched Trump’s joint press conference with Netanyahu, in utter disbelief. Not that the idea, or indeed the practice, of ethnic cleansing of Palestine is new. But at that press conference the mask has fallen. Recently, fascism has been on the march everywhere, but that press conference seemed to herald an age of naked fascism. Continue reading »
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Thu, 06/02/2025 - 12:46
The world reacts to President Trump’s proposal to take over Palestine. A crime of forced displacement that will create more conflict and bloodshed. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and global journalists respond. President Trump has basically declared his intention to commit the international crime of forced displacement @FranceskAlbs As I seem to be shadowbanned, I Continue reading »
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Thu, 06/02/2025 - 04:59
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of studies and literature on foreign fighters and the risks they pose to their home countries focuses on jihadis, with a smaller smattering of pieces on far-right individuals seeking combat experience in Ukraine. However, many countries in the world will soon experience (if they aren’t already) the return of a different Continue reading »
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Tue, 04/02/2025 - 10:38
The Israeli onslaught continues with attacks on Jenin in the occupied West Bank overnight while government officials suggest the death toll is 61,000. In Melbourne yesterday, protesters endure searing heat for the 69th weekly protest in support of Palestine. Justin Trudeau speaks out for Canada. The ABC Afternoon Briefing mentions Peter Dutton 46 times in Continue reading »
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Mon, 03/02/2025 - 04:57
Mark Dreyfus wrote an article in, The Guardian (29 January 2025) entitled, ‘ For my great-grandparents, for all Jews, for all humanity, I say never again ‘. Here is my response. I write to make people, who are not Jewish, aware that the Jewish community is not only not monolithic, but that many dissent from Continue reading »
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Mon, 03/02/2025 - 04:59
Israeli media has extensively discussed the implications of the recent prisoner exchange, emphasising the significant gains achieved by the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas. Among the key figures expected to be released in the second phase of the deal are Marwan Barghouti, a senior Fatah leader (pictured above), and Ahmed Saadat, Secretary-General of the Popular Front Continue reading »
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Sun, 02/02/2025 - 04:56
At the 2025 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize ceremony in the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday evening February 21, this year’s award will go to Wendy Turner, trade unionist, ageless social justice activist and long term advocate for the human rights of all Palestinians. From a record list of ninety two nominations, Wendy Turner more Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/02/2025 - 04:56
The unilateral action of the Israeli government to ban the UN specialised agency UNRWA and its humanitarian work in Palestine is wrong, both morally and legally. Moreover it threatens the substructure of specialised agencies that underlies the UN system generally, on which relief and humanitarian assistance for poverty stricken or famine affected regions and their Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/02/2025 - 04:55
`It may be reasonable to ask if there is an intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system, an action known as `scholasticide’ – UN OHCHR. Among the many dimensions of deliberate destruction of Gaza is that of the Palestinian education sector. In its April 2024 expression of concern about the pattern of assaults Continue reading »
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Fri, 31/01/2025 - 04:50
The problem with political analysis is that it often lacks historical perspective and is mostly limited to recent events. The current analysis of the Israeli war on Gaza falls victim to this narrow thinking. The ceasefire agreement, signed between Palestinian groups and Israel under Egyptian, Qatari, and US mediation in Doha on January 15, is Continue reading »