Author: Peter Richards

‘If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed’: The final words of a young Palestinian reporter

This so shocking and heartbreaking – Mark The United Nations will start pulling its workers out of Gaza as the conflict with Israel claims a growing number of aid workers, medical personnel and journalists, including two reporters killed in strikes on Monday.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the organisation had made the “difficult” decision to withdraw a third of its international workers, after repeated Israeli strikes on its facilities in Gaza. A Red Cross building was also hit in Gaza on Monday, in what Israel said was

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Palestinians, watchdog group denounce Israeli recognition of new West Bank settlements

Shameful – Mark This picture taken from Nablus on March 23, 2025 shows east of the city the new expansion of the Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh in the occupied West Bank. (AFP) JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: The Palestinian foreign ministry and an anti-settlement watchdog group on Sunday condemned an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement status. Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich earlier announced that the security cabinet approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish

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TRADE IN A TIME OF GENOCIDE

In defiance of international rulings to boycott Israel for its ongoing violence and brutal occupation of Palestinian lands, Australia’s exports to Israel have increased by 20% in 12 months. by Kellie Tranter | 26 Mar, 2025 | Arms Trade, Gaza, genocide, Israel, Palestine Politics over humanity – Mark This month Israel unilaterally breached its US ‘guaranteed” ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Without a trace of humanity, it resumed its wholesale murderous slaughter of Palestinian civilians, including killing 174 children with bombs in one night with countless others requiring amputations without anaesthesia. It also launched policies calculated

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How Western media silence enables the killing of Palestinian journalists

Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel’s genocidal assault. So very sad – Mark On March 24, 2025, we witnessed the deliberate killing of yet another Palestinian journalist. Hossam Shabat, a 24-year-old reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher and contributor to Drop Site News, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike targeting his vehicle in northern Gaza. Hours earlier, Mohammad Mansour, a

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Sabeel Wave of Prayer

March 27th, 2025 Last week, the ceasefire broke in the middle of the night, with Israeli attacks killing over 700 Palestinians in the span of 3 days. In the renewed attacks, Israel bombed a hospital as well as blocked movement from the North to the South. This push comes after 20 days of an aid blockade on Gaza, with displaced Palestinians running out of water and flour.  Holy God, there are no words left to describe our pain. We can only echo the words of the

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Fatah tells Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza to safeguard Palestinians

How I wish Fatah would focus on keeping the Palestinians safe in the West Bank from the continued Genocide by Israel – Mark Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement called on its Islamist rivals Hamas on Saturday to relinquish power in order to safeguard the “existence” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.“Hamas must show compassion for Gaza, its children, women and men,” Fatah spokesman Monther al-Hayek said.He called on Hamas to “step aside from governing and fully recognise that the battle ahead will lead to

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Police target anti-Semitism campaigner Zara Cooper over ‘offensive’ posts aimed at Jewish Council of Australia’s chief Sarah Schwartz

(The Australian, 24/3/2025) This so sad – even honest Jews are threatened if they dare criticise Netanyahu – the Jewish soul is seriously compromised – Mark Victoria Police has taken extraordinary court action targeting an online campaigner against anti-Semitism, declaring her ¬social media posts are a risk to the personal safety of the leader of a left-wing Jewish group, Sarah Schwartz.Police have applied for a personal safety intervention order on behalf of Ms Schwartz, the leader of the Jewish Council of Australia, alleging Instagram campaigner Zara

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Israel cabinet votes to sack Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar

Netanyahu needed a scapegoat for HIS actions – Mark The head of Israeli’s internal security service Shin Bet has attacked the government’s decision to fire him as “entirely tainted by conflicts of interest,” saying the unprecedented move constituted a “fundamentally invalid” attempt to undermine the service as it probes Qatar’s influence at the Prime Minister’s Office.Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Friday (AEDT) approved the Prime Minister‘s request to fire Ronen Bar, deepening a power struggle that is dividing the country.The decision to sack Mr Bar is focused

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The six controversies plaguing Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu doesn’t care about anybody but himself – how sad for his life and eternal soul – Mark Israel’s “King Bibi” has trouble in his palace. With protesters camping outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s house and Israelis being told to return to war, the prime minister is nevertheless going further than ever in a contentious quest to remove opponents and obstacles. According to leading experts, the stakes are high. They’re outraged, and have publicly said Israeli democracy has been backsliding under Netanyahu Constitutional law professor Suzie Navot, from

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Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Netanyahu has always intended to sacrifice the Israeli hostages to ensure he can finish the massacre of all Palestinians – this is just such a betrayal of the Israeli people – Mark Truly, I lack the words to describe just how depressing the resumption of bombings in Gaza is. By now, you will probably have read several analyses explaining how inevitable this moment was, how it was baked into the terms of the ceasefire. That is true, but ultimately not true enough; the inevitability was baked

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