OCHA reported that in the West Bank this year (2025), Israeli forces killed 232 Palestinians, including 52 children, and forcibly displaced over 1000 people. OCHA has also documented over 1,700 settler attacks that resulted in casualties or property damage in more than 270 communities across the West Bank. In Gaza, since the ceasefire, over 400 Palestinians have been killed. Almighty God, we know that you see our pain and know the name of every soul persecuted by the weapons and apathy of empire. Deliver us from the

Mohammed Bakri, a beloved and renowned Palestinian actor and filmmaker, died last week at age 72. Mohammed Bakri was one of the most influential voices in Palestinian cinema; he appeared in more than 40 films and directed several documentaries directly challenging Israeli narratives and showcasing Palestinian voices to the world. During his life and career, he faced legal battles over censorship, with Israel banning the documentary Jenin. He is survived by his immediate family, including his children Saleh, Ziad, Adam, Yafa, and Mahmood who followed him into cinema. Good God, we pray for the family and friends of Mohammed Bakri. Grant peace

God bless them – Peter Christmas celebrations in the Holy Land have begun with a traditional procession arriving in Bethlehem, considered the birthplace of Jesus Christ.The motorcade that set off from Jerusalem was led by the highest representative of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.In sunny weather and to the sound of loud bagpipe music, the procession was welcomed by Christian dignitaries in Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon, where Pizzaballa is set to celebrate midnight mass.Due to the war in Gaza, traditional

You can 100% guarantee that Netanyahu hates the Pope as much as he hates anybody who is not a right wing Israeli – Peter Pope Leo has urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, like in Gaza and the many migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea and the American continent for a better future.The first US pontiff addressed some 26,000 people from the loggia overlooking St Peter’s Square for the traditional papal “Urbi et Orbi” address, Latin

About time – Peter The massacre at Bondi fits so naturally into the context of Israel’s recent wars with its neighbours that one cannot help but wonder why so few in the post-massacre grieving will make explicit reference to it. This is not to say that a retaliatory and appalling massacre of Jews on a Sydney beach could ever be justified as a legitimate retaliation for the actions of Israel. They can’t, and no one has made any serious attempt to do so. But nor

The evil continues – Peter Israel’s cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the ultranationalist finance minister says as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory.It brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, a new record, according to Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who has pushed a settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank.The latest ones include two that were previously evacuated during a 2005 disengagement plan.The

Well well – another Muslim ‘good news’ story with a ‘bad news’ result – Peter Sydney’s Muslim community has been told to expect counterterrorism raids in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack, as Islamic leaders reveal it has been sounding the alarm about the hate preacher connected to one of the shooters for 10 years.This masthead can reveal police held a secret meeting on Thursday night, where community leaders were told about the terror raids and that authorities expected them to help monitor extremism.Two

by Jonathan Kuttab We sometimes hear that it is a pity that Palestinians do not know and are not being taught in their schools, as part of their curriculum, about the Holocaust in Germany. We are told that Palestinians need to learn about the Holocaust to better understand Israelis and how and why they act as they do. I actually do believe it is important and entirely beneficial for Palestinians to learn about the Holocaust. Sami Awad, a Palestinian activist was indeed deeply moved when