Author: Mark Battison

Israel says West Bank operation will last for a year as it sends tanks to Jenin

Continued operation in Palestinian territory will leave 40,000 displaced people unable to return home The Guardian | Bethan McKernan | 24 February 2025 Why wont the worlds media print the Murder and Genocide actions that Israel has been doing for many years in the West Bank – this is as illegal as their actions in Gaza – Mark Israel has sent tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin, in the first deployment of its kind in the area in more than two decades, as troops

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Sabeel Wave of Prayer

Feb 27th, 2025 The Gospel reading for next week, according to the Common Lectionary, is Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a]. Sabeel holds a weekly online service each Thursday to reflect on and jointly prepare for the reading.  God of the suffering, we wait in the valley, where pain lingers, fear grows, and hope feels distant. Yet the ones who should lead us remain on the mountain, speaking of laws, prophecies, and distant glories.  Stir their hearts, O Lord. Call them down from their high places, to walk among us, to

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Sheik Ibrahim Dadoun says Mossad ‘manufactured’ Australia’s anti-Semitism crisis

(The Australian, 24/2/2025) The Israeli’s spend over $1 billion per year (and have done for more than 20 years) in creating anti-Semitism across the world – why doesn’t the world wake up to this evil – Mark A prominent Sydney sheik has claimed there was a real possibility Australia’s violent wave of anti-Semitism had been “manufactured” by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad.The claim by Sheik Ibrahim Dadoun – until recently a director at the country’s peak Muslim body – comes after ASIO director-general Mike Burgess warned about

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Israel delays prisoner release over ‘humiliating’ hostage ceremonies

(The Age, SMH, 24/2/2025) This is so evil – Israel has broken every part of the cease fire deal and simply needs any excuse to deflect attention from this – not that the world’s media will ever report what they do – Mark Tel Aviv: Israel has delayed the expected release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, saying it will not free them until the next handover of Israeli hostages in Gaza is assured and “without the humiliating ceremonies”.In a development that has put the future of

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Leaders hash out plan to ‘fix’ Gaza

Herald-Sun | 23 February 2025 Anything has to better than the evil Trump n/ Netanyahu plan – Mark Riyadh: Arab leaders have met in Riyadh to craft a plan for Gaza’s post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian inhabitants.Mr Trump’s plan has united Arab states in opposition to it, but disagreements remain over who should govern Gaza and how its reconstruction can be funded.An image published on Saudi state television showed the kingdom’s de

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Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire in delaying release of Palestinians

ABC | Matthew Doran | 23 February 2025 Israel have not kept a single part of the agreement – why wont the press report this – Mark • Hamas is accusing Israel of violating the fragile ceasefire deal in Gaza by delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians from Israeli jails.• Earlier on Saturday local time, six Israeli hostages were freed by Hamas in Gaza to jubilant scenes in Israel.• The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is due to expire in just over a week,

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Three Stories—One Lesson

Three Stories—One Lesson by Jonathan Kuttab   Over the past week, three significant stories from Palestine/Israel appeared on social media but were completely ignored by conventional media outlets: First, an 80 year old Palestinian man from Beit Hanoun in Gaza was forced to don an Israeli uniform and wear an explosive band that was placed around his neck. He was used as a human shield to enter buildings ahead of Israeli soldiers, draw any hostile fire, and risk having his “collar” exploded if he failed to

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Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it

Please God any deal that allows for Israeli’s and Palestinians to live alongside each other in peace – Mark Cairo: Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the United States can take it over. Egypt’s state-run al-Ahram newspaper said the proposal called for establishing “secure areas” within Gaza where Palestinians could live initially while Egyptian and international construction firms rehabilitated the strip’s infrastructure.Israel’s 16-month

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City of Sydney passes “Historic” BDS motion following investigation into human rights abuses

On February 17th, the City of Sydney council passed a motion confirming it does not and will not fund or invest in companies complicit in Israeli settlements. By Purny Ahmed and Emilie Garcia-DolnikFebruary 18, 2025 Finally Sydney does something direct and honest – Mark On February 17th, the City of Sydney council passed a motion confirming it does not and will not fund or invest in companies complicit in Israeli settlements. The motion follows a comprehensive investigation into all investments and contracts initiated in June 2024.  The council further

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