Author: Mark Battison

Minns faces crossbench revolt over ‘caravan con’

Sydney Morning Herald | Max Maddison, Alexandra Smith & Michael McGowan | 14 March 2025 The Jewish community leaders are always quick to blame anything on antisemitism in order to hide their own Governments action – Politicians are between a rock and a hard place – Mark NSW Premier Chris Minns is facing a crossbench revolt and aggrieved Labor MPs when parliament resumes next week after the Australian Federal Police revealed a caravan filled with explosives, which was initially attributed to terrorism and linked to antisemitism,

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Public Opinion Poll: How 5 European countries see Palestinian issues

Thank God for them – Mark A New Poll of Public Opinion was conducted in five European countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, by the international polling company Yougov Plc and commissioned by us at the PIPD. The polls shows that at least half of people in voting age support a ban on arms trade with Israel (Italy-65%, Belgium-62%, Sweden-50%, France-51%, Germany-49%), while a significant amount are aware of claims that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and think the claims are

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What does Israel cutting off Gaza’s electricity mean?

After blocking all aid entering the battered enclave, Israel has now announced it will stop electricity to Gaza. God help all those trapped in Gaza – Mark Israel says it has cut off electricity to Gaza in what seems like another attempt to force Hamas to accept changes it wants to impose upon the ceasefire terms agreed in January. Israel imposed a blockade of humanitarian aid entering Gaza early in March in an attempt to force Hamas into extending the ceasefire’s first phase and releasing more captives. It wants to

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ICE arrests Palestinian activist for involvement in Columbia protests

In a stark escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against Palestine activism, on Saturday night, ICE agents raided the home of Mahmoud Khalil and detained the activist who had been among the leaders of Gaza protests at Columbia University. By Michael Arria  March 9, 2025   On Saturday the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the Gaza protests on Columbia University’s campus, at his apartment in New York City. Khalil, who is Palestinian, is a permanent U.S. resident, but according to his attorney, Amy Greer, U.S.

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Christians Stand against Forced Displacement and False Doctrines

Over 3000 “Christian Zionist” leaders affiliated with American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI), a project of the extremist International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ), recently issued a deeply immoral statement calling on President Trump to declare Israeli sovereignty over the entirety of the Holy Land. That statement can be accessed here. Trump is expected to make an announcement on the topic of annexation within the coming weeks, if not days. The ACLI statement is wholly inconsistent with the God witnessed to in the pages of scripture

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Sabeel Wave of Prayer

13th of March 2025 Israeli occupation forces continue their military operations in the West Bank, carrying out mass arrests and demolishing homes. Meanwhile, extremist settlers persist in their violent actions across the region, such as stealing 800 sheep near Jericho and injuring Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, all without intervention from the Israeli Army.  God of justice, in this season of Lent, as we grieve the destruction in the West Bank, we remember Christ’s journey to the cross and his call to stand with the oppressed. As homes

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The West Bank is Under Fire

On 19 January 2025, once the ceasefire in Gaza went into effect, the Israeli government declared it was adding the demand for “increased offensive activity” in the West Bank to its official list of “war objectives”. The addition was merely a formal affirmation of Israel’s treatment of the West Bank since 7 October 2023 as another front in the all-out war declared on the Palestinians since the Hamas attack. In keeping with this approach, the Israeli regime has ramped up its oppression of Palestinians in the

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Israel cuts off power supplies to Gaza

The Age / New York Times| 11 March 2025 Another illegal, immoral and evil action by a Government that has lost all moral authority – Mark Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said he was immediately cutting off electricity to the Gaza Strip, a move that may have limited impact in Gaza, given restrictions already in place, but that comes as Israel tries to pressure Hamas amid talks over their fragile truce.“We will employ all the tools at our disposal so that all the hostages are returned,

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Israel, US reject plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing more people

Of course Israel rejects it – they just want the land for themselves with all Arabs either dead or somewhere else – Mark Israel has rejected a proposal from the Arab League under which Gaza would be rebuilt without its remaining population being displaced. (AP: Evan Vucci)“But what other option is there?”“Why don’t the Arabs come up with a solution?”This reaction — repeated especially often in the US media — to President Donald Trump’s AI-washed and hummus-infused vision of Gaza-a-Lago, is one of the most frustrating

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