Jan 30th, 2025 Israel began the “Iron Wall” operation on Jenin Refugee Camp. Already, dozens of Palestinians have been killed including children and women.   God, we are shaken by the reports coming out of Jenin, a city which continues to experience violence. We do not know the extent of the suffering in Jenin, but we trust you know every name, every tear, and every plea. Deliver us from the many forms of oppression. Console us through liberation, heal us through justice, and humble the rulers

(The Age, 27/1/2025) Lets hope Netanyahu and his evil Government finally falls – Mark The fragile Gaza ceasefire continues to hold after 15 months of Israeli devastation of the Strip in response to Hamas’s attacks on Israel. That the second exchange of hostages and prisoners has peacefully taken place, bringing the total to seven female Israeli hostages and 290 Palestinian prisoners in the first part of a three-stage agreement, is a remarkable feat. For the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, the road ahead

(The Age, 27/1/2025) More evil – Mark Washington: US President Donald Trump wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take in far more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip – potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate.During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday [Sunday AEDT], Trump said he discussed his vision on a call earlier in the day with King Abdullah of Jordan and would speak

Checkpoints, illegal housing, stolen lands, unlawful arrests – the terrible list of Israeli crimes gets longer and longer every day – Mark Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at the entrance of his village Taybeh overnight, just hours after a ceasefire began in Gaza.“We woke up and we were surprised to see that we have the iron gates in our entrance of Taybeh, on the roads that are going to Jericho,

by Jonathan Kuttab   It was truly amazing to see the joy and celebration surrounding the release of three Israeli hostages, who were released this week as part of a prisoner exchange/ceasefire agreement. They appeared to be well-fed and in good condition, though I am sure the psychological scars of their captivity will be with them for a long time. But, what of the Palestinian prisoners? 90 of them, all women and children, were released the same day. But, we did not see them in mainstream

My decision is an acknowledgement that this status never held any legitimacy to begin with. *********************************** I recently entered an Israeli consulate and submitted papers to formally renounce my citizenship. It was an unseasonably warm fall day and office workers on break were lounging by the pond in Boston Common. The night before had seen a particularly gruesome series of aerial attacks by Israel on refugee tent camps in Gaza. Even as Palestinians were still counting bodies or, in many cases, collecting what remained of loved

Well that’s no surprise – Mark Freed Palestinian leader, politician and activist, Khalida Jarrar, said Israeli authorities do not treat Palestinian prisoners as human beings, describing the conditions in prisons as “the worst and most difficult since the Occupation of the West Bank in 1967”, Anadolu Agency reports. In the early hours of Monday, Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement that suspended its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has claimed more than 47,000 lives since 7 October, 2023, and left

Ten killed, more than 35 wounded says Palestinian Ministry of Health, as violence rises in the occupied West Bank. It may be a ceasefire in Gaza but that wont stop the Israeli’s from continuing the Genocide in the West Bank – Mark At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The Israeli army said earlier on Tuesday that soldiers, police and intelligence services launched a “counterterrorism action”, but gave no

What a surprise – Israel murders children despite ceasefire – this is pure evil – Mark An Israeli sniper shot and killed a Palestinian child in central Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The child, Zakaria Hamid Yahya Barbakh, was killed near Al-Awda Square in central Rafah on Monday when Israeli forces opened fire. Another Palestinian was injured while attempting to retrieve Zakaria’s body, according to the agency. On Tuesday, one

(The Age, 20/1/2025) Why don’t the media ask how come there are tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners to release against 100 Israeli’s – Mark A small crowd came together in Melbourne’s north – sharing plates of food and dancing to Palestinian music – to celebrate the moment the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was due to come into effect. They cried hopeful tears as the deadline arrived at 5.30pm on Sunday (AEDT), but the truce was delayed by almost three hours because of an eleventh-hour dispute.