Tag: Israel and palestine conflict

Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism

The Age | Sarah Schwartz & Max Elliott Kaiser | 6 February 2024 Those with the loudest voices do not speak for all Jews. I have many Jewish friends and contacts who believe that Israel has been engaged with genocide on the Palestinians for 75 years plus and that the latest action is merely an extension of this – they are brave because they also receive the targeted hatred by those who support this evil Government – God bless them. Mark Today, talk about antisemitism is

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US sanctions on Israeli settlers have sparked accusations of antisemitism — and cracked open a long-running international debate

ABC | John Lyons | 6 February 2024 Settlers have been using illegal tactics for many years with support and approval by the USA and the UK – the only reason for Biden calling them out now is because he needs the Arab vote in the election – wouldn’t surprise me if the 4 people were warned in advance. Let’s also not forget that Netanyahu and his colleague shave been arming the settlers for years to allow their murderous activities – Mark Settlers: It’s a word

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Hope for Gaza

I’m keen to share the following article by my friend, Dr Chandra Muzaffar. It’s one of the only words of hope that I’ve heard in response to the verdict of the International Criminal Court’s in their case against Israel.

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MPs keeping Netanyahu in power warn him against any Hamas deal

The Age/5.2.2024 The truth is that this extreme right wing Israeli Government does not want their hostages released until all Palestinians are either dead or in Jordan, the sea – anywhere but Gaza so the settlers can move in – funding for the first settlements has been approved by Netanyahu and the builders are just waiting for the International community to turn away – this from a Jewish activist in Israel – Mark Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is not ready to accept a

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Wong, Dutton spar over cut in aid to Gaza

The Age/Matthew Knott/3.2.2024 Yet again Dutton playing politics with innocent lives – just like he did with the Voice vote – has this man no shame – Mark Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has hit back at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for insisting she be sacked if the federal government resumes funding for the United Nations’ key humanitarian agency in the Palestinian territories. The stoush between Dutton and Wong came as Israel’s ambassador to Australia accused the government of appearing to forget Hamas’ responsibility for the

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US ‘approves strikes’ after drone attack, Biden imposes sanctions for Israeli settler violence

The Australian | Agency Writers | 02.02.24 Only another 200,000 settlers to be charged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark The US State Department has moved to sanction four Israeli citizens involved in extremist settler activities following President Joe Biden’s executive order today. The department named four people who it said were involved in settler-led attacks on Palestinians: David Chai Chasdai, Einan Tanjil, Shalom Zicherman and Yinon Levi. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said “Israel must do more to stop violence against civilians in the West Bank and hold accountable those

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Palestinians in Gaza say Israel not abiding with ICJ’s provisional measures to prevent genocide

“I looked forward that the ICJ would force Israel to stop its war, but such a decision now just gives Israel more time to kill more and more Palestinians…” If the ICJ had been brave enough to demand an immediate ceasefire this would not be happening. Mark Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave accused Israel of not abiding by the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling on South Africa’s genocide case, which explicitly ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts in the Gaza Strip. On Friday, 26 January, the ICJ in

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Israeli forces disguised as doctors kill three militants in raid on West Bank hospital

The raid on the West Bank’s Ibn Sina Hospital, which Israel said was to target a “Hamas terrorist cell”, was carried out in a rehabilitation ward where one of the three men killed was undergoing treatment, the facility’s director said. How desperate is the Israeli Government and Settlers to kill innocent and ordinary Palestinians – shocking but, sadly, not surprising. Mark CCTV footage said to be from the West Bank’s Ibn Sina Hospital shows multiple armed men and women, disguised in medical uniforms or civilian clothes,

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URGENT ACTION: Demand the Australian Government freezes military support for Israel – not UNRWA aid for Palestinians

Take ACTION to demand the Australian Government reverses its decision to pause funding to the UNRWA, and instead supports a ceasefire, facilitates access to unfettered humanitarian aid for Gaza and cuts its military exports and cooperation with Israel. A legally binding ruling from the International Court of Justice for Israel to act immediately to prevent genocide in Gaza comes with obligations for Australia too – namely that it do everything in its power to prevent the killing and collective punishment of Palestinians. Australia’s decision to freeze

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Hamas studies ceasefire proposal after deadly Israeli hospital raid in West Bank

(The Age, 31/1/2024) Question – What does ‘total victory’ look like to Netanyahu? Answer – Every Palestinian dead, in the sea or anywhere but Gaza or the West Bank – Mark West Bank/Gaza/Doha: Hamas said on Tuesday it was weighing up a new ceasefire proposal in the war with Israel in Gaza, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces would not withdraw from the enclave until they had achieved “total victory”. The developments came hours after Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women

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