More than half a million people, mostly Syrians, had crossed into Syrian territory since Israel began heavily striking Lebanon late last month, according to figures by the Lebanese authorities on Friday. A statement from the country’s disaster management unit stated that since 23 September, Lebanon has “recorded the crossing of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 […]
Read More‘Our job was to protect each other’: the Australian woman who saw a fellow volunteer shot dead by Israeli forces
Helen O’Sullivan was sheltering from teargas in the West Bank with Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi when the US-Turkish citizen was shot in the head. Soon her testimony will be heard in international courts Beneath the shade of an olive tree, Helen O’Sullivan and Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi found a moment of calm. There, in the grove away […]
Read MoreTwo Bystanders Killed, a Dubious ‘Bomb Factory’: Evidence Casts Doubt on Israeli Account of Nablus Raid
Ali Antar, a 26-year-old single man, liked to ride motorcycles and was a barber by profession. Hamdi Sharaf, a 36-year-old father of two, was also a barber. Neither of them were armed nor connected to the Lions’ Den, but were killed nonetheless by Israeli forces in two different locations in the West Bank city of […]
Read MorePalestinian man kills two Israelis in West Bank settlement
Palestinian man kills two Israelis in West Bank settlement Authorities shoot 18-year-old dead after knife and car attack in territory occupied by Israel Associated Press/ The Guardian (16/11/2022) ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/palestinian-man-kills-two-and-wounds- four-in-west-bank-settlement ) A Palestinian man killed two Israeli people and wounded four others in an attack at a settlement in the occupied West Bank on […]
Read MoreUS opens probe into killing of Palestinian-American journalist
US opens probe into killing of Palestinian- American journalist By DION NISSENBAUM ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/us-opens-probe-into- killing-of-palestinianamerican-journalist/news-story/8a02ca1718678ad83aead2637cf58d69 ) The Australian/Wall Street Journal, 16/11/2022) The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian-American journalist shot dead while covering an Israeli miliary raid in the West Bank, Israeli officials said, vowing not to co-operate with […]
Read MoreBungled handling of West Jerusalem makes a tough decision worse
Bungled handling of West Jerusalem makes a tough decision worse By Matthew Knott Updated October 18, 2022 — 7.19pmfirst published at 7.17pm Changing Australia’s position on a topic as contentious as the capital of Israel was always going to arouse intense opposition and debate. But the messy, confusing way the Albanese government executed its decision to no […]
Read MoreFOUR KILLED IN WEST BANK RAID NABLUS
FOUR KILLED IN WEST BANK RAID NABLUS (The Australian, 26/10/2022)) Four Palestinians were killed and nearly 20 others injured early on Tuesday in raids by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. “There are three dead and 19 wounded, three of them seriously, by Israeli fire in Nablus,” the ministry […]
Read MoreSecond Palestinian killed in Nablus by Israeli forces in 24 hours
Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the second to be killed in the city and its surroundings in the space of 24 hours.
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