Australia says the status of Jerusalem should be resolved in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian people [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters] Foreign Minister Penny Wong says government ‘regrets’ decision made by previous administration and reiterates commitment to two-state solution. Australia says it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a decision taken by the government …
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TOPSHOT – Fires are seen following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on July 16, 2022. – Israeli warplanes struck a weapons manufacturing facility in the Gaza Strip early on July 16, the military said, after rocket fire against Israeli territory. The exchange of fire came hours after US President Joe Biden visited Israel and the occupied West Bank. (Photo …
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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester in Hebron on 29 September 2022 (AFP) Recent steps by Israeli authorities on both sides of the Green Line point to a coordinated divide-and-conquer strategy The Green Line exists outside of the Israeli political mindset. National security policies do not end at this border, which Israel erases each day through its practices. Several recent steps by Israeli …
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Reforming the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) has become an endless saga of committees and consultations, more to satisfy the political addenda of governments, parliamentarians and Muslim vote-bank managers than to make Muslim matrimonial matters keep pace with changing circumstances of Sri Lanka and its Muslim community. Between the time when Justice Saleem Marsoof Committee (JSMC) submitted its findings and recommendations …
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Abeer lost her fiance Ismael during the latest Israeli onslaught on Gaza in August 2022 (MEE) Israeli offensive left behind a trail of death and destruction, destroying the joy of many just beginning their married lives By Ahmed Al-Sammak in Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Before ending their last call at 9.05pm on 6 August, Abeer Harb told her …
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A Palestinian woman lays a wreath during a memorial ceremony in Kafr Qasim on 29 October 2006, for 50 Palestinian citizens of Israel massacred in 1956 (Reuters) The recent mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza comes two weeks after new revelations emerged on the 1956 Kafr Qasim massacre, a 70-year tradition that is enabled and supported by the West …
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