As the Israeli army expands its reach in northern Gaza, Hamas tunnels pose major challenges for its troops. A Palestinian fighter is seen inside an underground tunnel in Gaza, August 18, 2014 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters] By Virginia Pietromarchi Published On 13 Nov 2023 As Israeli forces advance forward in northern Gaza, they are also aiming deeper. Their target, a labyrinth of …
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Ex-Israel envoy calls on Australia to recognise Palestine state
Alon Liel, a former Israeli foreign ministry director general, in Jerusalem, 12 April 2007 [MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images] Former Israeli Ambassador and Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Liel has urged Australia to recognise the state of Palestine. Writing in The Guardian, Liel, who was Israel’s most senior diplomat, praised the Labor government in Canberra for adopting a …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: Don’t be fooled. Biden is fully signed up to genocide in Gaza
The White House needs a cover story to obscure its complicity. In desperation, it is once again resurrecting the long-dead two-state solution US President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One on 9 November 2023 (AFP) The White House faces a dilemma. It has the power to stop the death and destruction in Gaza in its tracks, at any time of its …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: In the West Bank we are under siege – and see the West’s hypocrisy
As settlers and Israeli forces kill Palestinians with impunity, the state is intensifying our physical and social repression Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 8 November, 2023 (AFP) While the world is preoccupied with the fierce Israeli war on Gaza, there is less interest in what is happening …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: Patients face ‘inevitable death’ as Israeli troops besiege Gaza hospitals for third day
On war’s 37th day, hospitals run out of fuel, civilians continue to flee the fighting, while Israel’s security minister hints at occupation of enclave Newborns share a bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza City’s under-siege al-Shifa hospital after a power outage, 12 November 2023 (Reuters) By Maha Hussaini and Aseel Mousa in Gaza, occupied Palestine and Areeb Ullah in London Thousands of …
Read More »Israel-Palestine war: In the West Bank we are under siege – and see the West’s hypocrisy
As settlers and Israeli forces kill Palestinians with impunity, the state is intensifying our physical and social repression Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 8 November, 2023 (AFP) While the world is preoccupied with the fierce Israeli war on Gaza, there is less interest in what is happening …
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