JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said. The decision drew an angry response from the U.S. at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel’s war on Hamas in […]
Read MoreWorld court hears case on legality of Israel occupation
The United Nations’ highest court is preparing to open historic hearings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Six days of hearings are scheduled at the International Court of Justice at The Hague from […]
Read MoreIsraeli forces killed two Palestinian men during a raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
The deaths were the latest in a surge of violence in the Palestinian territory that has prompted growing international concern since Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel sparked the Gaza war. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell described the situation in the West Bank as being at boiling point and warned that “we […]
Read MoreUK places sanctions on Israeli settlers for ‘forcing’ Palestinians from their land
13 February 2024, The Guardian, by Peter Beaumont: The UK has imposed sanctions against four Israeli nationals, saying they were “extremist settlers” who had violently attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The measures impose strict financial and travel restrictions on the four individuals, who Britain said were involved in “egregious abuses of human rights”.
Read MoreBiden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
10 February 2024, The Guardian, by Chris McGreal: There are growing calls for Joe Biden to use his new executive order sanctioning violent Israeli settlers to also target political leaders, including government ministers, responsible for driving attacks against Palestinians.
Read MoreGiving solace and seeking focus
20 January 2024, The Age & Sydney Morning Herald, by Matthew Knott: Three months on, it’s the smell of death I remember most. The rancid odour of dried blood filling my nostrils. On a reporting trip last year, when photographer Kate Geraghty and I visited Kfar Aza – a kibbutz in southern Israel that was attacked by Hamas on October 7 – the once tranquil communal town was a massacre site frozen in time.
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8 January 2024, ABC News/Israel-Gaza updates
Read MoreSix Palestinians, Israeli killed in West Bank clash
8 January 2024, The Canberra Times, by Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell: An Israeli air strike has killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says, as Israel says one of its soldiers had been killed, as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the region.
Read MoreIsrael at war: Israeli hostage children ‘burnt, drugged’ by Hamas
01 December 2023, The Australian, by Anne Barrowclough Child hostages ‘burned, drugged’: reports The Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas had their legs burned with motorcycle exhaust to make them easily identifiable, according to Israeli media. The children were also drugged, Yaniv Yaakov, the uncle of Yagil, 12 and Or, 16, told foreign ministers in Europe, […]
Read MoreIsrael, Hamas say truce is extended for another day
30 November 2023, The Australian, by Adel Zaanoun and Didier Lauras A truce between Israel and Hamas will continue, both sides said on Thursday, moments before the deal was due to expire, though details of any official agreement remained unclear. Minutes before the halt in fighting was due to expire at 7am (4pm AEST), Israel’s […]
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