October 7: What Actually Happened That Day?   by Jonathan Kuttab   When coming to an understanding of the events of October 7, we must ask: what actually happened on that fateful day? This question is important because of the prevailing political and media narratives. These narratives claim that what Hamas did on that day, apart from being unprovoked, was so heinous and evil that it excused everything that happened next. This allows politicians to claim that the evil of Israel’s genocidal attacks were only a

10-20-2024 This week marks one year of unprecedented violence across the region, with the number of casualties reaching record highs. Human rights continue to be violated, international law is disregarded, and world leaders appear either incompetent or complicit. The Middle East seems to be heading toward a regional war, with no signs of hope. There is widespread bloodshed and violence, and little hope for a ceasefire.  Gracious God, in a broken world tethering on the edge of despair and darkness, we find redemption in your holy

After a year of constant war, as the cycle of death continues unabated, we feel the need asChristians and as citizens to seek out the hope that comes from our faith. First, we must admitthat we are exhausted, paralyzed by grief and fear. We are staring into the darkness. The entireregion is in the grip of bloodshed that continues to escalate and spares no one. Before our eyes,our beloved Holy Land and the entire region are being reduced to ruins.Daily, we mourn the tens of thousands

On the one-year anniversary of the genocidal war on Gaza, and in support of the global movement for Every Life, A Universe, I believe it is worthwhile to consider three realities: The situation on October 6, 2023 What actually happened on October 7, and What has been happening since that fateful day. The following article is one of three dedicated to analyzing the realities before, during, and after October 7th, 2023.   Gaza’s Situation on October 6, 2023   by Jonathan Kuttab   US and Israeli media and

Editorial With a ground offensive in Lebanon, and Iran firing missiles, the dangers are spiralling. A diplomatic, not military, solution is needed There can not be peace until Israel decides it has murdered enough innocents and stolen as much land as it wants – God only knows when this will be – Mark “Limited” is a vague assurance or aspiration, not a definition. How many will be dead in Lebanon by the time Israel’s “limited” ground operation and accompanying strikes are over? More than a thousand

How can Israel continue to put the world back into a World War supported by America and the UK – Mark Israel carried out a deadly air raid Thursday on a Hezbollah rescue facility in central Beirut, Lebanese sources said, after multiple Israeli ground troops were killed near the border.The second strike targeting the capital’s centre this week follows Iran launching its largest missile attack yet on its arch-foe Israel, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn Tehran would pay for its “big mistake”.Iran, which backs

The true nature of Zionism is becoming ever clearer – it infects politicians and churches across the world with the false narrative that somehow God is on Israel’s side and supports genocide and murder and Jesus Christ is irrelevant – nobody who supports Zionism can claim to be a Christian – Mark Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was meant to be in Israel on the weekend to mark the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ devastating attacks.Dreyfus was due to be a keynote speaker at The Shabtai Shavit World Summit

Oct 2, 2024 The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) strongly condemns the New South Wales Police’s attempts to prohibit Sydney Palestine solidarity rallies scheduled for October 6 and 7.  This move represents a serious affront to the community’s democratic right to stage peaceful protests and is yet another example of systemic anti-Palestinian racism on this continent. As global outrage mounts over Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, its illegal occupation and apartheid in the West Bank, its invasion of Lebanon, and its attacks on Syria, the voices

Israel’s foreign minister accused Antonio Guterres of ‘backing terrorists, rapists, and murderers’ and branded him ‘a stain on the history of the UN’. How much more proof do the USA need that Israel is completely out of control and totally ‘mad’ in its aims – Mark Israel’s foreign minister has declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” and barred him from entering the country. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday accused Guterres of failing to “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel. Israel has persistently