13 June 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne strongly condemns the recent military strikes carried out by the Israeli occupation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in the killing of civilians, including women and children, and targeted both civilian and strategic sites.
Read MoreMany of Israel’s Western supporters indicate they would arrest Netanyahu. Will Australia and NZ follow suit?
Ever since the October 7 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the Albanese government has consistently said Australia respects Israel’s right to defend itself, but how it does so matters. To an international lawyer, those words are code for simultaneously exercising the right of self defence and respecting international humanitarian law. In effect, remaining compliant […]
Read MoreAustralia legally obliged to act on Israel war warrants
Australia would be forced to arrest Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister on charges of war crimes under an international court ruling that’s splitting the global community. The International Criminal Court (ICC) found there were reasonable grounds that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant bore criminal responsibility for alleged war […]
Read MoreNo break in our Hezbollah fight, pledges new Israeli defence chief Israel Katz
The Israeli army will “not take its foot off the pedal” until Hezbollah has been disarmed, the new defence minister has said in an apparent expansion of the country’s war aims in Lebanon. Speaking to soldiers on the northern border, Israel Katz, who replaced the sacked Yoav Gallant last week, ruled out a ceasefire despite […]
Read MoreTwo thirds of verified Gaza dead women, children: UN
The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70 per cent of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. The UN tally since the start of the war, in which Israel’s military […]
Read MoreIran tells region ‘strong and complex’ attack coming on Israel
Amid US warnings against a counterattack on Israel, Iran is sending a defiant diplomatic message: It is planning a complex response involving even more powerful warheads and other weapons, said Iranian and Arab officials briefed on the plans. It remains to be seen whether the Iranian threats are real or just tough talk. Israel’s punishing […]
Read MoreIsrael, Hamas signal openness to ceasefire talks
Israel has said its spy chief will attend Gaza ceasefire talks and Hamas vowed to stop fighting if a truce is reached, as long-stalled efforts to end the war appeared to gain momentum. Previous bids to stop the year-long war have failed, though the US has voiced hope the killing of Hamas leader Yahya […]
Read MoreHow the Human Rights Commission went to war with itself
The Australian Human Rights Commission has been under siege from within and without as it struggles to take a neutral stance on the conflict in Gaza. Six days. That’s how long it took for the Australian Human Rights Commission to make its first statement about Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel that killed 1200 people […]
Read MoreIran preparing for war with Israel, but hoping to avert it
Article link: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/iran-preparing-for-war-with-israel-but-hoping-to-avert-it-20241025-p5kla8.htmlArticle source: The Age/New York Times/ Farnaz Fassihi/26.10.20248128
Read More‘We have no place to go’: How charming Beirut became a city of heartbreak The Age/Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty/19.10.2024
Syrian refugees are sleeping on beaches after fleeing the city’s south. Palestinian refugees are crammed in a camp. This is Beirut, where Israeli strikes are a constant threat. Beirut: If you want to live in the present, don’t come to Beirut. Even in the midst of a devastating war with no end in sight, it’s […]
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