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

(The Australian, 20/3/2025) God help them all – Mark Israel said it sent ground troops back into the centre and south of the Gaza Strip, expanding a military operation that began with a wave of air strikes a day earlier that Palestinian authorities said killed hundreds of people.Israel said its forces were moving into a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip across its centre line, aiming to partly split the northern and southern halves of the territory. It said other forces would be positioned in

(The Age, SMH, 20/3/2025) This sadly was planned by Israel – get the innocents back to places in Gaza that are easily bombed and then kill them – Mark Tel Aviv, Israel: When a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began two months ago, Herut Nimrodi knew it would take time before her son was released from captivity in Gaza. The 20-year-old soldier was meant to be part of the second phase of the deal winding down the war.But with Israel’s surprise bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday,

Israel says President Donald Trump green lit a scorched-earth bombing of Gaza that wiped out entire families and killed dozens of infants and other children. Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing Israeli attacks, Abubaker Abed relayed his reporting and eyewitness account to Jeremy Scahill by phone and text messages. DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA—The U.S.-backed Israeli government resumed its intense genocidal attacks on Gaza early Tuesday morning, unleashing a massive wave of indiscriminate military strikes across the Strip and killing more than 410 people, including scores of children

March 20th, 2025 Last week, Father Ayman Batahish, the spiritual guide of the Catholic Arab Scout Group in Jerusalem, was heavily injured in a car accident. He is currently getting treatment.  We join the community in Jerusalem in their prayers for Father Ayman Batahish. Holy God, we ask for your healing touch upon his body and strength for his spirit. Guide the hands of those who care for him, and grant him patience and peace in his recovery.  Restore him to health so he may continue

The evil continues from Trump – Mark US President Donald Trump launched the start of large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, warning “hell will rain down” on them if they don’t stop.Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support to the group. He said if Iran threatened the United States, “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”The unfolding strikes – which one

If Israel hates Palestinians so much why don’t they create the new Israel in Africa and leave these ‘horrible Arabs’ to it – Mark The US and Israel have contacted officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump’s proposed postwar plan, American and Israeli officials say.The contacts with Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland reflect the determination by the US and Israel to

When will the evil of Israel end – Mark Tel Aviv: A new United Nations report has accused Israel of carrying out “systematic” gender-based violence during its 17-month war in the Gaza Strip, including by shelling fertility clinics and hospital maternity wards, causing maternal deaths by blocking aid deliveries, and subjecting male and female detainees to sexual humiliation or abuse.The 49-page report released on Friday (AEDT), by a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, said that “Israeli authorities have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of

Everybody knows Israel does not want a ceasefire – Mark Gaza’s civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory.Following the reported strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire took hold on January 19, Hamas accused Israel of a “blatant violation” of the truce which largely halted more than 15 months of fighting.The first phase of the truce ended on March 1 without agreement on the next steps, but