Free Palestine Melbourne - Freedom and Justice for Palestine and its People.

Fatah in freefall as Hamas and Israel wage war

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007. Fatah’s chosen path of negotiations has not brought about the Palestinian state promised by the Oslo Accords of 1993, and Hamas — after choosing violence instead […]

0 views

As Netanyahu nears power, the Far Right wants to oversee the Army

As Netanyahu Nears Power, the Far Right Wants to Oversee the Army Bezalel Smotrich is an ultranationalist who opposes Palestinian sovereignty and wants to govern Israel by Jewish law. He seeks the Defense Ministry in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-bezalel- smotrich.html By Patrick Kingsley Nov. 16, 2022, 11:18 a.m. ET (New York Times) KEDUMIM, West Bank — As […]

0 views

Watch this Cup with Horror

WATCH THIS CUP WITH HORROR November 16, 2022 | Herald Sun/Sunday Herald Sun/Home Magazine (Melbourne, Australia). Also in Brisbane’s Courier Mail. Author/Byline: TZVI FLEISCHER | Page: 20 | Section: OpEd ( WATCH THIS CUP WITH HORROR ) SCANDALOUSLY, this year’s FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar on November 21. I say “scandalously” for a number of reasons. Firstly, the international soccer […]

7 views

FOUR 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 […]

0 views

Analysis | Why Didn’t Hamas Join Islamic Jihad Against Israel? Ideology

“Hamas is the backbone of the resistance, and we’re in an eternal pact against the enemy,” Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhalah declared this week after the cease-fire with Israel. It doesn’t seem that such a declaration was necessary. It’s taken for granted that the two groups have been brothers in arms in recent years, but Hamas violated this alliance when it stayed out of the three days of fighting.

6 views