23 January 2024: Free Palestine Melbourne stands in full solidarity with Trade Unionists for Palestine’s peaceful four-day community picket of Webb Dock Victoria International Container Terminal.
Read MoreAl-Aqsa Goes Beyond Religion. For Palestinians, it’s a Symbol of Freedom and Resistance
From their political fragmentation and weakness, the importance of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to Palestinians becomes more evident Haaretz | Amira Hass | Apr 9, 2023 “The Maronites have France, the Shi’ites Iran, the Sunnis [have] Saudi Arabia and who is left for the communists? Only Allah,” said a leftist in Ramallah recently, quoting the Lebanese […]
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence
Gaza militants have fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes across the Israel-Gaza frontier, a day after 11 Palestinian were killed during a Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, renewing concerns of broader escalation. Mediation efforts were under way by Egypt and the United Nations to calm the situation, officials said on Thursday. […]
Read MoreIsrael passes law allowing deportation of Palestinian prisoners
Under the law, a Palestinian citizen of Israel or a Palestinian in the occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem who holds Israeli residency can be stripped of their status after being convicted or charged for an “act of terrorism” and receiving money from the PA.
Read MoreThis Is the Most Important War in Israel’s History, Says the Leader of the Protest Movement
At the end of my meeting with Avi Himi, I ask him if there’s anything he would like to add, something important he wants to have included in the interview. His reply leaves us both with misty eyes. “It’s important for me to say that both my wife, Hana, and I, each of us with […]
Read More‘Defending the Indefensible’: What Israel’s new government means for Jewish students abroad
Defending the Indefensible’: What Israel’s New Government Means for Jewish Students Abroad As Israel’s most right-wing and reactionary government to date begins enacting its policies, Jewish students thousands of miles away feel the burden of being identified with it (Haaretz, 10th January, 2023) ( https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-10/ty-article-magazine/.premium/defending-the-indefensible-what-israels-new-coalition-means-for-jewish-students-abroad/00000185-9705-d85f-a58d-ff9f82fc0000 ) Until the recent election, though, Israel still had the benefit of […]
Read MoreLongest-serving Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli prison
Karim Younis, 66, has been released from Israeli prisons after serving 40 years for the killing of an Israeli soldier. Occupied East Jerusalem – The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Karim Younis, has been released after serving 40 years in Israeli prisons. Israeli prison authorities released Younis, 66, from Hadarim prison just north of Tel Aviv at […]
Read MoreMorroco using success to champion Palestinian cause
Article link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-14/morocco-using-success-to-champion-palestinian-cause/101772310Article source: Australian ABC, 14/12/20222778
Read MoreLibs to make Jerusalem election issue
The federal coalition will take the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to the next election. The Labor government reversed a 2018 decision by then prime minister Scott Morrison to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move Australia’s embassy. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said the decision broke from decades of bipartisanship to have […]
Read MoreNakba Exhibition 2023 – Calling all artists!
Free Palestine Melbourne is planning an exhibition/cultural event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in May 2023. We are proposing a theme along the lines of “Palestine is …” (tentative working title only and open to suggestions) as we would like to make a positive statement that Palestine not only exists but is […]
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