23 December 2023, Pearls & Irritations, Helen McCue: The object is to indoctrinate these children with learned helplessness. The military arrest and detention experience suffocates a child’s sense of agency. They can miss a school year, end up being in classes one year younger than their friends, and often have unhealed trauma.
Read MoreNew Gaza Bloodshed
26 December 2023, Herald-Sun, by Adella Beaini: An Israeli strike on a refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least 70 people in one of the deadliest attacks by Israel since it declared war nearly three months ago.
Read MoreNation must not surrender principled stand on Israel
26 December 2023, The Australian, Editorial: Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, speaks an uncomfortable truth when he questions whether his country is being held to a different standard than that which would be imposed on others. His concerns point to disappointment at the Albanese government’s contradictory support for a UN ceasefire motion that failed to hold Hamas to account for the atrocities of the October 7 invasion and massacre.
Read MoreTunnel tactics ‘a threat to soldiers’
26 December 2023, The Australian / Wall Street Journal, by Dov Lieber – Carrie Keller-Lynn: The Israeli military says it could take months to assert control over a key city in southern Gaza, as Hamas guerrilla tactics cause mounting casualties among Israeli troops.
Read MoreBiden Urged Netanyahu to Call Off Attack on Hezbollah
26 December 2023, The Australian / Wall Street Journal, by Vivian Salama – Dion Nissenbaum – Benoit Faucon: Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon days after Hamas militants’ October 7 assault on southern Israel, warning such an attack could spark a wider regional war.
Read MoreAgony of an ally: PM’s ‘Gaza contradictions’
16 December 2023, The Australian, by Alexi Demetriadi: Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon has accused Anthony Albanese of contradictory messages over the war with Hamas, declared the Jewish homeland’s fight against terrorism has been held to a different standard from Australia’s own operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and lamented that his citizens did not feel secure in this country.
Read MoreIsraeli strike one of war’s most deadly
26 December 2023, The Age / AP / Reuters, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy: DEIR AL-BALAH: Dozens of people have been killed in Gaza in one of the deadliest strikes of the Israel-Hamas war.
Read MoreIsraeli airstrikes kill more than 100 as assault on Gaza widens
26 December 2023, The Guardian, by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem:
The Gaza Strip is facing some of the deadliest fighting to date in the present war as Israel expands its offensive just days after the UN security council passed a resolution calling for more aid and urgent steps for a sustainable ceasefire.
Egypt floats ambitious plan to end Israel-Hamas war
25 December 2023, Canberra Times / AAP, by Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Melanie Lidman: Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a ceasefire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts.
Read MoreIsraeli PM vows no let-up in war against Hamas
26 December 2023, ABC: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants while Palestinians have mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials say were killed in Israeli airstrikes.
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