In short: An Australian guitarist who co-founded one of the world’s most popular Russian-language bands has avoided deportation to Moscow after their anti-war stance raised the ire of the Kremlin. What’s next: The seven members of the group Bi-2 are instead in Israel, where guitarist Aleksandr Uman says they’re “free to keep moving forward”. […]
Read MoreThe Israel-Gaza war lit the fuse on the Middle East’s tense powder keg, and the Iran-backed Axis of Resistance is stoking the flames
When Hamas-led militants streamed over the border into southern Israel on October 7, many feared the terrorist attack would explode into regional conflict. “Our brothers in the Islamic resistance in Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, this is the day when your resistance unites with your people in Palestine,” Hamas’ military leader Mohammed Deif decreed, […]
Read MoreMedia Release: Rally to Denounce Israel Lobby’s Cancellation of Antoinette Lattouf
18 January 2024: Palestine supporters will gather at the State Library at 12pm on Sunday to protest the sacking of Antoinette Lattouf by the ABC.
Read MoreABC federal politics reporter Nour Haydar resigns from Canberra role over the media organisation’s Israel-Gaza coverage
A high-profile political journalist in ABC’s Parliament House bureau has resigned over the national broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Nour Haydar, who joined the ABC as a cadet in 2017 before rising to the ranks as a political reporter in Canberra in 2019, has featured prominently across the broadcaster’s online, radio and TV channels […]
Read MoreThousands move again as fresh exodus causes havoc in central Gaza, amid Israeli advances
Key points: Thousands of displaced Palestinians are again fleeing as Israeli forces advance through central Gaza Many of those displaced have crowded into camps made up of makeshift tents A UN organisation decried what it called “forced displacement” under Israeli evacuation orders Tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families took flight again on Thursday […]
Read MoreDozens of Palestinian men captured as Israel surrounds ‘underground’ home Hamas mastermind
Harrowing footage shows dozens of Palestinian men —including a journalist — bound, blindfolded, stripped and detained by Israeli troops. Follow updates. Warning: Graphic Footage from Gaza shows dozens of Palestinian men stripped and detained by Israeli troops after they were taken from UN-affiliated schools. The footage circulated widely on social media shows the mostly naked […]
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza war live updates: Israeli military hits Rafah and continues fighting in Khan Younis as safe places for Palestinians run out
Israel says its attempting to increase number of aid trucks coming into Gaza By Liana Walker Israel says it is working to increase the number of aid trucks allowed into the Gaza Strip. The UN says its ability to distribute aid inside Gaza has been severely impaired by fighting and road closures linked to Israel’s […]
Read MoreYoungest hostage killed in Israeli airstrike: Hamas
30 November 2023, The Australian, by Jacquelin Magnay The youngest Israeli hostage, 10- month Kfir Bibas and his four -year-old brother Ariel have been killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside their mother Shiri Silberman-Bibas, Hamas claims. The baby, who was learning to crawl when snatched on October 7 along with his mother and older brother, […]
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza: Hamas claims responsibility for attack in Jerusalem as truce extended by one day, more hostages to be released
01 December 2023, ABC News Hamas’s armed wing has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least three people in Jerusalem, citing Israel’s attack on Gaza and the escalating violence from settlers in the West Bank. Israel and Hamas have extended their ceasefire deal by one day, with Hamas releasing two hostages so far […]
Read MoreGeraldine Doogue’s ABC interview with Dennis Altmann, 12.8.23
Article link: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/australian-jews-in-an-intractable-conflict/102720264Article source: ABC | 12.8.233586
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