Israel, Hamas truce efforts pick up pace
Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen have clashed throughout the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as mediators picked up the pace of talks over a possible ceasefire to free hostages held by Hamas and bring a measure of Ramadan respite to the battered enclave. Read more
Australia must back up warning to Israel ‘with action’
Australia had been told to back up its stern words against Israel with action after a federal minister used a major international platform to warn against a full-blown assault in southern Gaza.
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Palestine tells World Court Israel occupation must end
Palestinian representatives has asked judges at the UN’s highest court to declare Israel’s occupation of their territory illegal, saying their advisory opinion could contribute to a two-state solution and a lasting peace. Read more
Australia warns Israel, reveals anti-UN misinformation
Australia has found multiple instances of misinformation regarding a United Nations organisation helping Palestinian refugees that Israel wants disbanded.
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Australia keen to resume Palestine aid ‘soon’: minister
As Israel signals an intention to target the last refuges in Gaza, the Australian government says it wants to restore aid to a United Nations Palestinian relief agency as soon as possible. Read more
Israel wants UNRWA replaced as countries pause funding
Six European countries have paused funding for the UN Refugee Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Read more
International Court of Justice rules Israel must prevent genocide, issues no demand for ceasefire
In a Friday ruling, the International Court of Justice in the Hague ordered Israel to ‘take all measures’ to prevent genocide in Gaza. Read more
Israeli protesters block aid trucks from entering Gaza
January 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Hundreds of demonstrators prevented humanitarian aid trucks from entering the Gaza Strip from Israel at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Wednesday. Read more
Hamas is weakening, but the campaign against it will be lengthy
January 24, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
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While the Israel Defence Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers. Read more
Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress
Israel and Hamas have moved closer to an agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released, sources tell Reuters, as Israel presses ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis. Read more
Hamas rejects offer of two-month ceasefire for release of all hostages
January 24, 2024 by Charles Bybelezer - JNS
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Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the staged release of the 136 remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, a senior Egyptian official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more
Israel: Gaza goals unchanged after 24 troops killed
Twenty-four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military says, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, Khan Younis. Read more
Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality
January 21, 2024 by Ron Weiser
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At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Read more
Family marks baby boy’s first birthday in Hamas captivity
January 19, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
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“It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family members and representatives of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum marked Kfir Bibas’s first birthday in Nir Oz. Read more
Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza
Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. Read more
‘My heart is split in two’: Families of hostages mark 100 days of captivity
January 15, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
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“My heart is split in two,” says Zvika Mor, whose 23-year-old son remains captive in Gaza. Read more
Hamas to reveal hostages’ fate as China urges talks
China has called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the terrorist group Hamas has aired video of three Israeli hostages and says their fate will be disclosed soon. Read more
Penny Wong: decision not to visit the Oct 7 sites ” insulting and deeply concerning”
January 15, 2024 by AAP J-Wire
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Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong is visiting Israel and will not be inspecting the kibbutzim, targets of the October 7 massacre. Read more
‘Allah will curse them’: Gaza civilians call for Israel to overthrow Hamas
January 15, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Palestinian civilians living in Gaza who have been in contact with the Israeli military are piling scorn on Hamas and encouraging the Israeli military to remove the terror group from power, in audio recordings released by the Israel Defence Forces on Sunday. Read more
War in Gaza between Israel and Hamas reaches 100 days
The war in Gaza has continued for 100 days since gunmen from the terrorist group Hamas ran amok in southern Israel, prompting a fierce military campaign in which almost 24,000 Palestinians are reported to have been killed. Read more
New Year – Old Realities
January 12, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
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As predicted, all the unsolved challenges from the old year have reappeared with a vengeance in the new year. Read more
Gaza’s “fake journalists”
January 12, 2024 by Justin Amler
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After the killing of two Al Jazeera journalists last Sunday in Gaza as the result of an Israeli airstrike, fingers were immediately pointed at Israel, accusing the Jewish state of deliberately targeting journalists. It’s not a new accusation and one that has been levelled at Israel in the past. Read more
Israel says South Africa acting as Hamas’s legal arm
The Israel Foreign Ministry has accused South Africa of acting as the “legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organisation,” as two days of preliminary hearings kicked off at the U.N.’s top court in The Hague. Read more
IDF: two journalists killed in Gaza were senior terrorists
January 11, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that two people in Gaza who were killed by its forces and alleged to be journalists were, in fact senior ranking terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more
Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity
A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Read more
Israel destroys tunnel network under Gaza hospital and girls’ school
December 29, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli soldiers destroyed a network of tunnels underneath and around a hospital and adjacent girls’ school in northern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday night. Read more
Israeli forces battle Hamas’s Daraj Tuffah Battalion in Gaza City
December 29, 2023 by Joshua Marks
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Israeli ground, aerial and naval forces continued operations across the Gaza Strip as the war against the Hamas terror group entered its 83rd day on Thursday. Read more
American-Israeli missing since Hamas attack declared dead
December 29, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
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A 70-year-old American-Israeli teacher who was shot by Hamas terrorists when out for a walk with her husband at their kibbutz on the morning of Oct. 7 has been declared dead, her community announced Thursday. Read more
‘NY Times’ op-ed page gives voice to Hamas-appointed Gaza mayor
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the news, not a keyboard was clanking, except in New York to target the Jews. Read more
Community support priority as Gaza bombing intensifies
The NSW government says it’s open to talks with multicultural communities to ensure adequate support as conflict and civilian deaths continue in Gaza. Read more