With Israel’s bombardment of the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip continuing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn negotiators from Qatar, in the clearest sign yet that a return to negotiations for further truces is unlikely. The Gaza health ministry said at least 193 Palestinians had been killed since the collapse of the truce. […]
Read MoreGaza deaths spiral as Israeli planes strike
Israeli strikes on houses and buildings have killed at least 178 people throughout the Gaza Strip in the first hours of fighting after a weeklong truce collapsed on Friday, according to the Health Ministry there. Israel said it struck more than 200 Hamas targets. Militants in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel, and fighting broke […]
Read MoreIsrael appears to shrug off US warnings on civilians
The United States insisted to Israel this week that it come up with clear plans to minimise civilian harm in any military operation in southern Gaza, a senior US official said, as the Israeli military resumed bombardment of the enclave after a week-long truce collapsed. Gaza health officials said yesterday Israeli airstrikes had killed 184 […]
Read MoreAnti-Semitism signals deeper malaise in West’s democracies
The worldwide crisis in anti-Semitism, so much of it fuelled by Arab and North African anti-Semitism, now in a crude alliance with the anti-Semitism of the far left, points to a deeper malaise in Western democracies. It raises again the compatibility of large Arab and North African populations with the traditions and culture of liberal […]
Read MoreIsrael Targets Bin Laden Of Gaza
Nowhere in the world will be safe for Hamas’ leadership, with Israel planning to hunt down the terror group’s kingpins even as the conflict in the Middle East winds down, including the man dubbed “the bin Laden of Gaza”. Working on orders from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s top intelligence agencies are putting […]
Read MoreGaza society ‘on brink of full-blown collapse’, says UN official
Comment comes as UN delays security resolution vote after US and UK make clear they will block calls for a ceasefire The UN is at “breaking point” in Gaza, its most senior official has warned, as his colleagues described the “untenable” humanitarian catastrophe in the territory, with 700 people sharing a single toilet and people […]
Read MoreNothing ‘silent’ in anti-Semitism of self-delusional left
It was quite a sight to behold. On Monday, Louise Adler, the director of Adelaide Writers’ Week and a high-profile critic of contemporary Israel, was the subject of a soft interview on ABC TV’s 7.30 program. The interviewer was Laura Tingle. Towards the end of the segment, Tingle asked: “As a Jewish Australian, I wonder […]
Read MoreAustralia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank
The Australian government has warned that violent acts by Israeli settlers are “terrorising Palestinian communities” in the occupied West Bank, joining with western allies to denounce an “environment of near complete impunity”. Two days after voting in favour of a UN general assembly resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the Australian government […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Israel strikes 450 targets in Gaza; UN to vote on ‘immediate ceasefire’
Israeli forces squeezed Gaza’s main cities as the UN launched an ceasefire bid following weeks of fighting that Hama claims has left 17,177 people dead in Gaza. Vast areas of Gaza have been reduced to a wasteland, with the UN estimating 80 per cent of the population has been displaced and facing shortages of food, […]
Read MoreAustralians Turn to Whats App for help to get family members out of Gaza
ABC News/Maddison Connaughton, Marty Smiley, and Max Chalmers The messages come at all hours of the day and night. “Does anyone know what’s going on?” “Our families are literally on the streets…” Everyone in the WhatsApp chat is Palestinian-Australian, with immediate family trapped in Gaza. They are all searching for ways to bring their loved […]
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