By Israel attacking known humanitarian sites, such as food centers, schools and clinics, the IDF is declaring that there is nowhere safe in Gaza, or in southern Gaza, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed all civilians to gather for safety.
92-page document, endorsed by more than 100 Australian lawyers and barristers, has been submitted to the International Criminal Court accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of “complicity” in Israel’s genocidal attack on the Gaza Strip. A team of Australian lawyers has referred the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court “as an accessory to genocide in Gaza”. In a statement on Tuesday, Birchgrove Legal, which filed the case, said the referral makes him “the first leader of a Western nation to be referred to
Before becoming one of the world’s foremost journalists and commentators on international affairs, Chris Hedges was ordained as a Minister in the Presbyterian Church. Apparently, they didn’t have a posting for him in the warzone where he wanted to work. As ever, he offers us the truths that none of us want to hear and that the powerful do not want to be spoken. God bless you, brother, for forcing us to see the horrors of Gaza. Dave The Silence of the Damned There is no
The Australian/AFP/16.3.2024 Again the irony of berating Netanyahu and his government whilst supplying the guns, bombs and ammunition to continue the war – only the ignorant Americans and Brits could do this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark US President Joe Biden praised a speech by the US Senate leader urging new elections in Israel, saying many Americans shared concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war. The call by Democratic Senate majority chief Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, was the most strident rebuke
The Age/ David Crowe and Olivia Ireland/15.3.2024 On the one hand Australia Government start funding again whilst cancelling visa’s for the very same people – the irony seems not to be experienced by them!!! Mark Australia will restore a $6 million funding pledge to the peak United Nations body that helps the Palestinian people in Gaza after a seven-week suspension due to claims that some of the agency’s staff took part in the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians last October. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said
The Age/Chip Le Grand/16.3.2024 Being a Muslim and supporting Palestinians has never been harder – God bless them all – Mark Dismayed by horrific scenes in Gaza and political equivocation towards Israel, Muslim leaders are disengaging from government and shunning multi-faith forums. There are two tables in two different parts of Melbourne which tell the story of what the war in Gaza – the most socially corrosive conflict Australia has experienced since Vietnam – is doing to Australia’s Muslim leadership and the communities they represent. The
The Australian/13.3.2024 Another smoke and mirrors statement – Netanyahu does not care what any President or Prime Minister thinks nor does he care what normal humanitarian people think – his whole focus is on murder, genocide and Apartheid and staying in power so that his own illegal actions cannot go before a court – Mark Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted furiously to a US intelligence assessment that warns the Israeli Prime Minister’s hold on office “may be in jeopardy” warning of a “public and dramatic” confrontation with
The Age/ Samy Magdy/13.3.2024 How can the politicians across the world, led by Netanyahu, Biden, Sunak, continue to believe this is acceptable – using religious events to continue to refuse access to food and water for the innocents – Mark RAFAH: Palestinians have begun fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with ceasefire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the war between Israel and Hamas. Prayers were held outside amid the rubble of demolished buildings
The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / New York Times / Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt | 12 March 2024 How do the USA politicians square this conundrum – providing aid to the victims of the genocide that they are leading by supplying the arms – Mark WASHINGTON: The United States has a history of using its military to get food, water and other humanitarian relief to civilians during wars or natural disasters. The walls of the Pentagon are decorated with photographs of such operations in
