‘Moral duty’: students strike to support free Palestine
NSW school students are expected to swap textbooks for protest placards in a rally to show solidarity with Palestinians. Read more
860 visas for Palestinians with Australian connections
November 22, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
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Between October 7 and November 20, the Department of Home Affairs approved 860 visas for Palestinians with connections to Australia, according to reports from the ABC. Read more
PM accuses Dutton of weaponising antisemitism
Anthony Albanese has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of seeking to weaponise antisemitism, urging greater social cohesion as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues. Read more
US says Israel to begin four-hour pauses in northern Gaza
Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in the northern Gaza Strip to enable Palestinians to flee hostilities in the coastal enclave, the White House says in what it calls a step in the right direction. Read more
Federal government cops legal threat for Israel support
A solicitor has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, warning him his government’s support of Israel could make them complicit in genocide. Read more
Hundreds killed at Gaza hospital amid disputed claims
About 500 Palestinians have been killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital that Palestinian health authorities say was caused by an Israeli air strike but the Israeli military blamed on a failed rocket launch by a Palestinian militant group. Read more
Hamas preventing Palestinians from evacuating northern Gaza
October 15, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
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Following an Israeli call for Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza, Hamas has moved to prevent residents of those areas from leaving. Read more
Israel’s UN envoy to JNS: Palestinian issue won’t be resolved anytime soon
September 20, 2023 by Amichai Stein
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As the United Nations General Assembly kicked off its annual general debate in New York on Wednesday, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan sat down with JNS to discuss wide-ranging issues, from the Palestinians to Iran to Hezbollah. Read more
Palestinians wonder where Saudi peace train will take them
September 6, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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A Palestinian Authority delegation departed for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hoping to have influence on efforts to deliver an Israeli-Saudi peace agreement. Read more
Hebrew U. pushing scholarships to Palestinians in ‘occupied territories’
An official document from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem urges Palestinians from “the occupied territories” to apply to the Yad Hanadiv doctoral scholarship program. Read more
Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine & Saudi-Israel peace deal on hold
August 14, 2023 by David Singer
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Hopes of a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel are on hold following a report in the Wall Street Journal that – according to US officials – the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have agreed on the broad contours of a deal for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel in exchange for concessions to the Palestinians, U.S. security guarantees and civilian nuclear help. Read more
Normalising ties: Israeli, Saudi sources disagree on Palestinian linkage
August 1, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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In recent days, officials in Jerusalem and Washington have hinted at possible progress in normalising relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Read more
Leo Dee urges end to PA funding, Palestinian chance to work in Israel
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two teenage daughters were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, called on Wednesday for Jerusalem to terminate all funding to the Palestinian Authority and to grant Palestinians the possibility to work in Israel. Read more
Israel’s counter-terror operation continues in Jenin
July 4, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Fighting continued in the Jenin refugee camp as an Israeli counter-terror incursion entered its second day. Read more
An analyst discusses Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution
April 17, 2023 by David Singer
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An analyst has finally surfaced to break ten months of silence by analysts worldwide refusing to analyse or discuss the 2022 Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution. Read more
Appalling
March 31, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
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The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (and Trade) has issued a statement that they are “appalled” at the assertion by Israel’s Finance Minister that today’s Palestinians are fakers. Read more
EU fuels Jew-hatred that Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine can end
March 27, 2023 by David Singer
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The European Union’s institutionalised Jew-hatred was on full show when the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 2019 – Josep Borrell – took the opportunity to castigate the Jewish State and one of its Ministers during a press conference. Read more
Palestinians building neighbourhood for terrorists in Samaria
A luxurious neighbourhood for Palestinian terrorists is being built on a mountain in Samaria. Read more
Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers
March 1, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more
Israelis, Palestinians meet amid West Bank violence
Palestinian and Israeli officials have agreed during face-to-face talks to take steps to build mutual confidence following a rash of deadly violence. Read more
South Africans expose the ‘Israeli apartheid’ fallacy
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More and more these days, people are calling Israel an apartheid state…writes Paul Schneider. Read more
Palestinians dare Israeli police to take down flags
January 12, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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The Palestinians have launched a campaign testing Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israeli Police by daring them to take down Palestinian flags. Read more
The Palestinians’ World Cup propaganda victory
December 13, 2022 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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As it does every four years, the world is going crazy over the World Cup. And, as always in international sports events where nationalism is mixed with fans’ passion for their favourite teams, unpleasantness emerged in Qatar. This one involved the Palestinians. Read more
One Palestinian killed, 30 wounded after Jewish group attacked en route to Joseph’s Tomb
A Palestinian youth was killed and some 30 Palestinians were wounded on Wednesday in Nablus during clashes with Israeli forces that erupted when a Jewish group was attacked on the way to Joseph’s Tomb, Israeli media reported. Read more
Project Rozana launches new maternal-fetal telemedicine program to aid Palestinians
July 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Australian NGO, Project Rozana has launched a pilot project in the West Bank to provide much-needed health services to over 145,000 women who currently have limited access to health care. Read more
Apple to expand Palestinian R&D centre in Rawabi
Apple announced the expansion of its R&D centre in the Palestinian city of Rawabi, which already employs 60 engineers. Read more
UN-mandated rights inquiry rebukes Israel: Report condemned by the US
An independent commission of inquiry set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council after the 2021 Gaza war says Israel must do more than end the occupation of land Palestinians want for a state. Read more
A Ramadan intifada?
April 6, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
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The Muslim month of Ramadan, which began on Friday night, is already proving to be the challenge that Israeli authorities had anticipated. Palestinians and radicalized Arab Israelis swarming the Old City of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Saturday and Sunday attacked police, who were stationed at the site to keep the peace. Read more
42% of Arabs in Israel define themselves first as Arabs, 24% as Muslims and 17% as Palestinians
About 42% of Arabs in Israel define themselves first and foremost as Arabs, 24% define themselves primarily as Muslims, and about 17% define themselves as Palestinians, according to a new survey conducted for the Haifa Conference on Arab Politics and Society in Israel at Haifa University. Read more
PA remains silent on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
March 2, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have maintained silence and prefer not to comment on the war in Ukraine due to the fear that taking a stand with one of the sides will harm their interests. Read more