April 10th, 2025 April 9th marks the anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre. On this day in 1948, Zionist militias attacked the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, killing 107 people and forcing survivors to flee. This horrific violence contributed to the displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians known as the Nakba – Catastrophe. Today, the legacy of Deir Yassin endures in ongoing dispossession, from massacres in Gaza to land seizures and settler pogroms in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.  Holy God, we remember the lives taken 77 years

Shocking that this is the first recorded – Peter A Palestinian child died in Israeli custody on Sunday, the first recorded case of a Palestinian child’s death in Israeli detention in history, according to the group Defense for Children International – Palestine. Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad’s family was notified of his death by the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs committee, without details surrounding the circumstances of his death. The committee told the family that Walid had scabies and an intestinal infection. The 17-year-old, who was held in Megiddo prison

Nothing ‘partly’ about it – this was deliberate – Peter Jerusalem: The Israeli military has acknowledged that the initial accounts from troops involved in the killing of 15 people in the southern Gaza Strip last month – who the United Nations said were paramedics and rescue workers – had been partially “mistaken”.The assessment, which was shared in a briefing with reporters by an Israeli military official, came the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict the military’s earlier version of

Well that’s no surprise – Peter Hungary is to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing another blow to an institution grappling with the fallout from its decision to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The move follows Mr Netan­yahu’s arrival in Hungary on Thursday night for a state visit, the first time the Israeli leader has travelled to Europe since the court issued its warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against ­humanity committed during the war in Gaza. The court sent

On March 23, 2025, Israel committed yet another massacre that seemed to mark a new low in its assault on Gaza. 15 paramedics and first responders, in clearly marked vehicles, were going about their business trying to rescue and save the wounded when they disappeared. Those who attempted to locate them were also fired upon. Eventually, their ambulances were found crushed, together with their bodies, piled and buried in a sandy pit made and covered by Israeli bulldozers. Their mangled bodies showed indications, according to forensic

April 3rd, 2025 March 30th marks Eid al-Fitr for Muslims in Palestine and Israel. This three-day feast marks the end of Ramadan and is usually celebrated with joy, prayers, and festivities. In Palestine, many Palestinians will try to cross Israeli checkpoints to visit Al Aqsa Mosque and in Gaza, people are concluding the Holy Month of Ramadan with the fear of bombardment and death ever since Israel resumed its strikes.  God of Mercy, you are the One who opens paths where there are none. You are

This was always Israels plan – Mark Israel has launched a heavy bombardment on Beirut for the first time since entering a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah.The attack came hours after Israel issued evacuation warnings for a Beirut suburb, vowing to retaliate against strikes it said came from Lebanon.What’s next?French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to speak with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about maintaining the ceasefire.Israel’s air force has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital city of Beirut,

Better than nothing – Mark The additional funding comes as Israel continues a blockade on all goods entering Gaza, prompting warnings of international law violations.Two children carry a bucket of water with people around a truck delivering aid in the backgroundIsrael has cut off all humanitarian goods from entering Gaza. Source: Getty / Ashraf AmraKey PointsAustralia will provide an additional $11 million in aid for Gaza.Foreign Minister Penny Wong says humanitarian aid must be sustained in the region.A further $15 million will go towards vulnerable women

(The Age, SMH, 27/3/2025) Thank God – never should have been arrested – Mark Jerusaluem: Israeli authorities have released a Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning documentary who was detained overnight, after what he and witnesses said was an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.Police said the filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the documentary, No Other Land, was questioned along with two other Palestinians on suspicion of hurling stones, property damage and “endangering regional security.” All three deny the accusations, their lawyer

  Palestinian Citizens of Israel by Jonathan Kuttab   One of the key strategic elements to Israel’s control over Palestinians has been the establishment of a focused system of fragmentation of the Palestinian community. Palestinians have been forcefully divided into distinctly separate categories, each with a different legal system, economic system, leadership, and community-specific concerns. These include: Israeli Citizens, East Jerusalemites, West Bankers, Gazans, and the Diaspora (lacking any status whatsoever). Israel adamantly refuses to interact with the Palestinian people as a unified entity and insists