The Age/By Raja Abdulrahim and Azmat Khan25.11. pm on line Please God help bring peace – Mark Jenin, West Bank: The Israeli soldiers grabbed his arms on each side, Nasir Damaj recalled, marching him through the streets to the blown-out shell of a mosque.A shaft led to an old underground cave. As they ordered him to climb down, Damaj said he realised why: he was being used as a human shield.“They wanted me to scout what was downstairs, to protect them,” Damaj said.He said he protested,

The Australian/26.11.2024 Please God – Mark The United States and France are reportedly set to announce a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, following reports a deal has been approved in principle by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The proposed ceasefire involves a 60-day transition period during which the Israeli military would withdraw from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army would deploy in areas close to the border and Hezbollah would move north of the Litani River.The Israeli government has yet to sign off on the deal, but

November 21, 2024 A recent UN report released this month found that 70% of those killed in the ongoing war in Gaza are women and children. Overall, 44% of the victims were children, with the biggest single category aged five to nine. In 88% of cases, five or more people were killed in the same attack, pointing to the Israeli use of indiscriminate carpet bombing. U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Turk called the “unprecedented killing” a “systematic violation of international humanitarian law.”  God of Justice, we

(The Age, SMH, 25/11/20240 How can the world not see Israel is trying so hard to start the Third World War – Mark Beirut: Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut have killed at least 20 people, officials say, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continue without warning, and diplomats scramble to broker a ceasefire.Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes on Saturday, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week.The escalation comes after US envoy

The Age (& Sydney Morning Herald)  | Rachael Dexter, Gemma Grant | 23 November 2024 Suddenly the media are interested in an innocent woman getting deliberately shot by Israel because she is Australian – what about the other 15,000 plus shot or murdered in the West Bank over the last few years – Mark A 20-year-old Australian woman could lose vision in one eye after allegedly being shot at by Israeli forces in an apartment near her university campus in the occupied West Bank.Ranem Abu-Izneid is

A representative legal action has been lodged against Opposition Leader Peter Dutton under Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act, accusing him of discrimination and inciting racial hatred through his remarks and social media commentary on Gaza and Palestinians.The action, filed with the Australian Human Rights Commission by Birchgrove Legal, represents Jewish, Palestinian, and Muslim communities in Australia.Led by Professor Peter Slezak, an Australian Jewish academic and Palestinian advocate Nasser Mashni, the action accuses Dutton of dehumanising Palestinians, Muslims, and Jews, while stigmatising Australians who support Palestinian rights.The legal

Canberra Times/23.11.2024 No way Netanyahu will travel anywhere where he could be held accountable for his murderous actions – Mark Australia would be forced to arrest Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister on charges of war crimes under an international court ruling that’s splitting the global community.The International Criminal Court (ICC) found there were reasonable grounds that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant bore criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes.This includes allegations of using starvation as a method of warfare and

SMH/22.11.2024 Sadly neither of them will ever be arrested but this action shows just how isolated Israel has become on the world stage – Mark London: The decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant is risky. At stake is not just the fate of the two defendants but the reputation and relevance of the court itself.Founded in 2002, it is the first time the ICC has issued warrants for the arrest of democratically

Survival and Hope by Jonathan Kuttab   Dr. Viktor Frankl, in his epic work, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” speaking out of the depths of the concentration camps during the holocaust, wrote that the one thing the Nazis could not dictate despite all their power and control over the lives of the inhabitants of the concentration camps, was how each individual reacted to their suffering. That element remained firmly in their own hands. The commanders of the concentration camps could kill, torture, starve, dehumanize, subvert, and crush,

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