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Penny Wong's comments follow similar remarks by UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron
Australia hints it could recognize Palestinian state
SYDNEY — Australia's foreign minister has suggested the country could recognize Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum toward peace.However Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said.Both Australia's opposition and the Zionist Federation of Australia say such a move would be premature.Canberra has long said that recognition of a Palestinian nation could only come as part of a two-state solution brokered with Israel.But Ms Wong's comments echo a speech by UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron earlier this year, in which he hinted the UK too could recognize Palestinian statehood without the support of Israel.The Australian government has in recent months increasingly voiced concerns about the war against Hamas in Gaza - including after an Australian aid...
April 10, 2024

Australia hints it could recognize Palestinian state

Erez crossing has been closed since the outbreak of war. — courtesy Reuters
Erez crossing and Ashdod port: How will new aid routes into Gaza work?
TEL AVIV — Israel said it will open the Erez crossing to northern Gaza, where starvation is most acute, and will also open the Ashdod deep water port a short distance to the north — but has not yet detailed when or how these routes will operate.It follows the Israeli military’s killing of seven aid workers on April 1, which prompted the US to tell Israel to prevent civilian harm and humanitarian suffering if it wanted to maintain US support.Aid agencies and foreign officials have long urged Israel to open more crossings and allow use of Ashdod, saying this could dramatically alleviate hunger. Israel has also said it will allow more aid from Jordan to enter Gaza.“I think it’s a turning point,” Jan Egeland from the Norwegian Refugee Council told the BBC.“I think now the aid...
April 09, 2024

Erez crossing and Ashdod port: How will new aid routes into Gaza work?

Israeli soldiers in Gaza (file photo)
Israel's Gaza withdrawal hints at what comes next
GAZA — The Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza announced on Sunday was greeted with widespread surprise, even as the Israeli army and government have been at pains to stress that it has no great significance.But to a world that has watched the intensity of Israel's bombardment, the idea that there was now just one brigade left in the entire enclave seemed to signify some major shift in the war.And then there was the timing of the announcement — on the very day that marked the grim milestone of six months since the Hamas-led assault on Israel ignited this latest and bloodiest phase in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians."Don't read too much into it," a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister's office told journalists the next day. Avi Hyman stressed...
April 09, 2024

Israel's Gaza withdrawal hints at what comes next

Judges at the ICJ hear Nicaragua's case
Germany says 'history' drives Israel aid in ICJ case
THE HAGUE — Germany has said Israel's security is at the "core" of its foreign policy, as it defends a genocide case brought against it at the UN's highest court.Nicaragua had accused it of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN's aid agency.Berlin rejected the claims at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday.In 2023 some 30% of Israel's military equipment purchases came from Germany.The purchases totalled €300m ($326m; £257m).The allegations build on a separate case taken by South Africa in January, where judges in the Hague ordered Israel to take "every possible measure" to avoid genocidal acts.Israel rejects accusations that it is engaging in genocidal...
April 09, 2024

Germany says 'history' drives Israel aid in ICJ case

Sen. Elizabeth Warren
US Senator suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza could be ruled as genocide by international courts
BOSTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said last week that she believes international courts could interpret Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, according to a video posted by a GBH News reporter, after noting she thinks “what Israel is doing is wrong.”“If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so,” Warren said at the Islamic Center of Boston in response to a question from an audience member on whether she thinks “Israel is committing a genocide.”“For me, it is far more important to say what Israel is doing is wrong. And it is wrong. It is wrong to starve children within a civilian population in order to try to bend them to your will. It is wrong to drop 2,000-pound bombs in densely...
April 09, 2024

US Senator suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza could be ruled as genocide by international courts

Many Palestinians displaced by the war have sought shelter in Rafah
Benjamin Netanyahu says date for offensive in Gaza's Rafah has been set
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has set a date for its planned offensive in Gaza's city Rafah.His government has been signalling its intentions to launch a military operation in the southern city, where more than 1.5m Palestinians are sheltering, for several weeks.Netanyahu said the planned offensive was necessary for "the elimination of terrorist battalions there".World leaders have urged Israel not to go ahead with the plan for weeks.In a joint intervention on Tuesday, the leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan warned Israel the offensive would have "dangerous consequences" and "threaten regional escalation".On Monday, the Israeli leader said a date to begin the Rafah offensive had been agreed internally but provided no...
April 09, 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu says date for offensive in Gaza's Rafah has been set

Demonstrators gathered outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Monday
Germany faces genocide case over Israel weapon sales
THE HAGUE — Nicaragua has asked the UN's highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel at the start of a landmark case.Germany is accused of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN's aid agency.Berlin rejects the claims and will present a defence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday.In 2023 some 30% of Israel's military equipment purchases came from Germany, totalling €300m ($326m; £257m).The allegations build on a separate case taken by South Africa in January, where judges in the Hague ordered Israel to take "every possible measure" to avoid genocidal acts. The court also ordered Hamas to release all hostages taken from Israel during its 7 October attacks...
April 08, 2024

Germany faces genocide case over Israel weapon sales

A man stands in the midst of devastation in Khan Younis after 4 months of Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis. — courtesy Getty Images
Israel’s military confirms ‘decline in forces’ in southern Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area.The military stressed a “significant force” would remain in Gaza.“This is another stage in the war effort”, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner told the BBC.The pull-out is being interpreted as tactical, rather than a sign the war may be moving closer to its end.Also on Sunday, Israel and Hamas said they had both sent delegations to Cairo to join fresh ceasefire negotiations.It is six months to the day since Hamas attacked southern Israeli border communities on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage.Israel says that of 130 hostages still in Gaza, at least 34 are dead.More than 33,000...
April 07, 2024

Israel’s military confirms ‘decline in forces’ in southern Gaza

A screengrab shows multitudes of protesters in Tel Aviv rallying for the release of hostages held in Gaza on Saturday.
Protesters in Israel call for Netanyahu’s resignation and early elections
TEL AVIV — Protesters once again took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Caesarea and Haifa on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and early elections.Demonstrators also called for the release of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza ahead of the six-month mark of hostilities.Many people waved Israeli flags and held up signs with images of hostages, calling on the government to bring them home alive.In Tel Aviv, protesters were heard chanting: “We are not afraid; you destroyed the country, and we will fix it. We want them (hostages) back alive and not in coffins.”Other protesters were seen by a CNN team on the ground holding flags and banners, with one reading, “The government that destroyed the country and tore the nation apart.”Another banner...
April 07, 2024

Protesters in Israel call for Netanyahu’s resignation and early elections

A man sits in a cage with portraits of hostage Elad Katzir during a demonstration in Tel Aviv in March. — courtesy AFP
Israel’s military says body of hostage recovered in night raid
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military says it has recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in Gaza, in an overnight raid on Khan Yunis.Elad Katzir was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7.His body has been brought back to Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said.He was identified by medical officials, and his family has been informed.The IDF and ISA said in a joint statement: “The body of the abductee Elad Katzir, who according to intelligence was murdered in captivity by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, was rescued overnight from Khan Yunis and returned to Israeli territory.”They said his remains were located using “precise” intelligence.Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his...
April 06, 2024

Israel’s military says body of hostage recovered in night raid

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