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Middle East Eye
a day ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Poll: 82 percent of Israelis favour expelling Palestinians from Gaza
A new poll found that 82 percent of Israeli Jews support the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, while an additional 56 percent support expelling Palestinian citizens of Israel. The poll was conducted Pennsylvania State University and conducted by Tamir Sorek for the Israeli polling firm Geocartography Knowledge Group, Haaretz reported. The number marks a massive increase of support for expelling Palestinians compared to a 2003 survey, in which support was 45 percent and 31 percent, respectively.
The Age
a day ago
- Politics
- The Age
Both Israel and Palestine have deep ties to the land
To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@ Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published. I attended a talk this week in St Kilda by peace activists Gershon Baskin, an Israeli Jew, and Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem. Both argued it was essential for peace that there was an end to 'competition of belonging', replaced by mutual recognition that both peoples had a past tied to the same land. They outlined how most Palestinians and Israeli Jews long for peace, but for 25 years, extremists on each side had given the other the message that they did not want to live in peace. I was reminded of the words of the Holocaust survivor Edith Eger, 'I also want to say that there is no hierarchy of suffering. There's nothing that makes my pain worse or better than yours, no graph on which we can plot the relative importance of one sorrow versus another.' Samer and Gershon ended by encouraging Australians to urge our government to recognise a Palestinian state as the next step towards peace. Mark Zirnsak, Senior Social Justice Advocate, Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania We must search our consciences Nicola Redhouse's search for moral clarity and determination is something that we all must emulate (″ When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it ″, 30/5). Day by day the casualties mount in Gaza and the Israeli justification of self-defence and elimination of Hamas becomes ever less believable. This is a war of extermination and we must all search our consciences for the strength to speak out against it. Lorel Thomas, Blackburn South Going forward side by side Feeling paralysingly helpless by the sufferings across Gaza and in other world places, on reading Nicola Redhouse's opinion piece there came a moment of intellectual, moral and spiritual clarity. With a clarion call to her tradition, ″Love that cannot feel shame is not love – it is vanity. Nationalism that cannot feel shame is not love of country; it is mere jingoism″, I found the boundaries shift. She states Judaism ″has never required uniformity of judgment, but it has required a reverence of truth″. With eyes to see, and hearts to feel the reverence of truth of overwhelming evils and suffering, we can still feel love of identity and nation, while we hold our heads in shame, as we rise to work side by side for the shalom, the salem, the intrinsic wellbeing for all precious life and land. Reverend Sally Apokis, South Melbourne Hamas is the intractable obstacle Rabbi Daniel Rabin (' Israel is painted as the villain ', 30/5) is correct about the terrorist instigator, Hamas. Unfortunately Hamas is being written out of the narrative and all blame is falling on Israel. Hamas says it wants a Palestinian state. Very commendable but it also wants the elimination of Israel. Until recently Israel championed and worked for a two-state solution, but its right-wing government no longer supports this ideal. How can one support a solution in which the other side denies your right to exist? Les Aisen, Elsternwick THE FORUM Senseless omission A dearth of safe refuge for women and children escaping family violence is the single greatest factor for why women stay in abusive relationships (' New high-security shelters for women in crisis to sit empty during family violence epidemic ', 29/5). That the May state budget omitted $3.9million in operational funding for high-security units designed to shelter women at high risk of death by family violence (or the $9.6million in ongoing funding requested by Safe Steps), is senseless. Dr Anne Summers in 2022 stated that for many women experiencing family violence (who are simultaneously trying to protect their children), ″the choice: violence or poverty″, is the stark reality, including homelessness (ie couch surfing, sleeping in their car). The state government allocating $727 million for 1000 new prison beds and 88 youth justice beds – 'when money spent on services for child family violence victims' could break the cycle of children exposed to family violence 'using violence in their relationships later in life', is a false economy and short-term thinking. Whereas breaking the complex intergenerational cycle of family violence requires long-term strategic thinking, planning, evaluation and government investment. Jelena Rosic, Mornington
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
White House: Israel agrees to ceasefire proposal, while Hamas is said to be unsure
Israel accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by U.S. negotiators, but Hamas is said to still be considering the proposal. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a ceasefire proposal. The Associated Press reported the deal includes a 60-day cessation of fighting. Hamas would be required to release 10 living hostages and a number of bodies, while Israel would agree to release over 1,000 prisoners. Hundreds of trucks of food and aid would also be permitted to enter Gaza. Wednesday marked 600 days since Hamas militants attacked Israel on what was the 'deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.' On Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Jews were celebrating the holiday Sukkot; many soldiers were on leave, spending time with their family on the Jewish holy day. Hamas' attack took Israel by surprise, and as many as 1,200 died and hundreds were taken hostage. As Israel responded to the attack, the war began in earnest. In the past year and half, tens of thousands of Palestinians have died, and even more have been displaced by the fighting. Five hundred more Israelis have also died, mostly in combat. Hamas still holds 58 hostages, but only around 20 are believed to be alive. Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas officials have struggled to agree to ceasefire terms, as the United States and Middle Eastern countries continue to try to negotiate an agreement. Netanyahu has vowed that the war will not end until Hamas is defeated, Israeli hostages are back on home soil and that 'Gaza does not present a threat to Israel,' reports The Times of Israel. For its part, Hamas says it will not stop fighting or return hostages until Israel withdraws completely from Gaza and Palestinians receive autonomy. Israel's conditions are inching towards completion more quickly than Hamas' are. On Wednesday, Netanyahu confirmed that Mohammad Sinwar, Hamas' Gaza chief, was killed in an Israeli strike on a Gazan hospital, per Reuters. Hamas has not corroborated Israel's report. 'In the last two days we have been in a dramatic turn toward a complete defeat of Hamas,' Netanyahu told the press. Here's an abridged timeline of the war to its current point. Oct. 7, 2023: Hamas fighters entered Israel by land, air and sea, launching attacks on multiple villages, killing children, their parents and the elderly. Hundreds of concert-goers at the Nova Music Festival were also killed. By the end of the attacks, 1,200 people were killed, including Israeli soldiers, and hundreds more taken hostage. Oct. 28, 2023: Israel, led by Netanyahu, launched a full-scale ground assault on Gaza. Nov. 24, 2023: Qatari negotiators established a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Prisoners were exchanged for the next several days even as both sides continued to intermittently engage in attacks on one another. After a week, the ceasefire formally ended. Oct. 17, 2024: Israel and Hamas confirmed the death of one of Hamas's major leaders, Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar is the elder brother of Mohammad Sinwar, whose death Netanyahu just reported. Jan. 19, 2025: Another ceasefire agreement went into effect between Hamas and Israel. This plan, developed by the United States, was expected to last for multiple phases and end in the cessation of the war. Both sides alleged numerous violations. The war resumed in earnest several weeks later. April 2, 2025: The Associated Press reported that thousands of Palestinians were marching in protest against Hamas. Such a display is rare — Hamas has successfully repressed and intimidated many of its detractors. Along with the protests came rumors that Hamas was running out of money to pay its senior officials. May 28, 2025: Israel confirmed the death of Mohammad Sinwar, Hamas's senior military chief in Gaza.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
UAE summons Israeli ambassador over Jerusalem flag march 'violations'
The UAE condemned "the deplorable and offensive violations against the Palestinian people that took place in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque." The United Arab Emirates summoned Israel's ambassador to the country to express its condemnation of "provocative practices by Israeli extremists" during a rally in Jerusalem earlier this week, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. On Monday, a large rally in Jerusalem marking the reunification of east and west of the city in the 1967 war descended into chaos as far-right Israeli Jews confronted and assaulted Palestinians, fellow Israelis, and journalists, witnesses said. The annual "Flag March" drew tens of thousands of people, who chanted, danced, and waved Israeli flags after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. WAM said the UAE condemned "the deplorable and offensive violations against the Palestinian people that took place in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque." It said the Gulf state had urged the Israeli government "to assume full responsibility, condemn these hostile acts, hold perpetrators accountable without exception to ministers and officials." The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The UAE is one of the few Arab countries that have normalized relations with Israel, under the Abraham Accords.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
UAE summons Israeli ambassador over Jerusalem rally 'violations'
DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates summoned Israel's ambassador to the country to express its condemnation of "provocative practices by Israeli extremists" during a rally in Jerusalem earlier this week, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. On Monday, a large rally in Jerusalem marking Israel's capture of the city's east in the 1967 war descended into chaos as far-right Israeli Jews confronted and assaulted Palestinians, fellow Israelis and journalists, witnesses said. The annual "Flag March" drew tens of thousands of people, who chanted, danced and waved Israeli flags after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. WAM said the UAE condemned "the deplorable and offensive violations against the Palestinian people that took place in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque". It said the Gulf state had urged the Israeli government "to assume full responsibility, condemn these hostile acts, hold perpetrators accountable without exception to ministers and officials". The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The UAE is one of the few Arab countries that have normalised relations with Israel, under the Abraham Accords.
