Muslim Issues

Israel-Palestine war: ‘180 of us were waiting for bread. We could have all been killed’

MEE photojournalist Mohammed al-Hajjar describes the moment he and his two nephews ‘miraculously’ escaped a deadly air strike   A Palestinian man next to the bodies of his wife and daughter who were killed by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 26 October 2023 (Reuters) By Mohammed al-Hajjar in Gaza, occupied Palestine Mohammed al-Hajjar is a freelance photojournalist and …

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Israel-Palestine war: Israel’s claim of ‘self-defence’ has zero legal legitimacy

Israel readily accepts it is occupying Palestinian land and denying Palestinian statehood. Therefore Gaza and the West Bank, under UN Article 51, cannot be classed as a ‘foreign state’   A Palestinian woman reacts as people inspect the damage following Israeli strikes on Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on 20 November 2023 (AFP) Since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October, British Prime …

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Under pressure, Netanyahu agrees to a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas. Are his days now numbered?

After a long overnight deliberation, the Israeli government approved a hostage release deal and ceasefire today with Hamas. The main details of the agreement, brokered by Qatar, will include the gradual release of 50 to 80 Israeli women and children held in the Gaza Strip. That’s only a fraction of the 240 hostages who were abducted on October 7 during Hamas’ violent …

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There has been much talk of war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict. But will anyone actually be prosecuted?

Since the February 2022 outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, there has been global debate about whether war crimes have been committed by Russian soldiers, military leaders and politicians. Regular protests have been held in Canberra, outside the Russian embassy, where signs proclaim “Putin is a War Criminal”. Australia has also been focusing on war crimes, highlighted by the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation …

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Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people

GENEVA (16 November 2023) – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today. They illustrated evidence of increasing genocidal incitement, overt intent to “destroy the Palestinian people under occupation”, loud calls for a ‘second Nakba’ in Gaza and the rest of …

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