Palestinian Australian advocates call for transparency after home affairs department cancels visa of Fatma Almassri, a diabetic living in a displaced persons’ camp, without warning. A 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill health has had her temporary visa cancelled on the grounds that she poses a risk to Australia’s national security. Fatma Almassri, whose 27 children […]
Read MorePro Palestine camps spread to 40 US campuses, with hundreds arrested
At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia University’s example earlier this month. While many remain provocative though peaceful, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment by their institutions from companies with ties to Israel, hundreds of students and outside protesters have been arrested, and there have been some fierce […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Gaza baby saved from dying mother’s womb dies
A baby saved from her dying mother’s womb in the war-battered Gaza Strip Gaza Strip has died, her uncle told AFP. Sabreen al-Ruh was the only surviving member of her immediate family after she was delivered by Caesarean section while her mother lay fatally wounded from an Israeli air strike at the weekend. The Emirati […]
Read MoreAhead of feared Rafah invasion, Palestinians mourn bombardment dead
Palestinians mourned people killed in Israeli bombardment of Rafah, the crowded southern Gaza city where Israel says it is advancing plans for a ground invasion. Global concern has mounted over the looming operation against Hamas militants in Rafah, where much of Gaza’s population has sought refuge from more than six months of war. Aid groups […]
Read MoreIsrael still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done
Unsupported Israeli allegations about Unrwa links to terrorism led major donors to cut $450m in funding to the main humanitarian agency working in Gaza at a time when people there were dying in droves. Three months later, the situation has only worsened with the onset of a human-made famine on top of the bombing, the […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Scramble To Avert Full-Blown Middle East War
Joe Biden and his national-security team watched with mounting alarm on April 13 as monitors in the White House Situation Room showed 30, then 60, then more than 100 Iranian ballistic missiles streaking toward Israel. Iranian cruise missiles and a swarm of drones were already in the air, timed to arrive at the same time […]
Read MoreIsrael has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says
Israel “has yet to provide supporting evidence” of its claims that employees of the UN relief agency Unrwa are members of terrorist organisations, an independent review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has said. The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in the wake of Israeli allegations, found that Unrwa […]
Read MoreFears for community safety on rise
Community safety is viewed as under threat and ethnic tension as increasing after months of conflict in the Middle East, with 61 per cent of surveyed voters saying Australia is suffering from more racism and religious intolerance. The new findings heighten concerns about social cohesion after the knife attack and riot at a Sydney church […]
Read MoreIsraeli hostage families make Passover plea for return
Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza will mark the start of Passover, a week-long festival that celebrates freedom, with a renewed plea to the government to make a deal to return their missing loved ones. Passover, starting on Monday evening, is traditionally observed with a Seder, a holiday feast when families gather and celebrate […]
Read MoreIsrael wants Hamas out of Gaza but even rooting it from the north hasn’t worked
Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified in northern Gaza, the first battleground in the war, where 200 days into the conflict territory is still heavily contested and Israel says thousands of militants remain. The renewed violence, in areas Israeli forces had previously largely cleared of Hamas, serves as a sobering example of the difficulty of […]
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