Gaza

  • Cornered Israel bares fangs

    Moshe Dayan, Israel’s most celebrated general, famously outlined the strategy he believed would keep Israel’s enemies at bay: “Israel must be a like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.” Until now, most observers assumed Dayan was referring to Israeli military or possibly nuclear strategy, an expression in his typically blunt fashion of the country’s familiar doctrine of deterrence.

  • Eyewitness to Israel’s carnage

    The Qatar-based media network Al Jazeera has published on its website a series of harrowing eyewitness accounts from survivors of Israel’s military raid on a flotilla of ships bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. An example is published below. To read the full list, visit . * * * Haneen Zabi, member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament): “We were expecting the Israeli army to stop us, to prevent us from entering but surely we didn't expect such a war against us.

  • New Gaza flotilla planned

    The Brussels-based European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza said it had already secured funds to support three new aid ships to be sailed to Gaza, the Ma’an News Agency said on June 2. The fleet will be called the Freedom 2. Campaign head Arafat Madhi said it would be “much bigger than the first”, which included nationals from more than 40 nations and 10,000 tons of aid. The first fleet is now held by Israel after the takeover of six ships in international waters on May 31.

  • Thousands rally to condemn murder of aid workers

    On May 31, Israeli defence force commandos boarded an aid ship in international waters. The ship was trying to break the illegal military blockade of the Gaza strip and transport much-needed food and medical supplies. Nine aid activists were killed and several snap actions were held in Australia to condemn Israel’s actions and call for an end to the blockade. On June 1, 250 people rallied in Brisbane to condemn Israel’s attacks on the Gaza aid fleet. ALP vice-president Wendy Turner, and socialist activist and lecturer in creative industries Gary MacLennan, spoke.

  • Will Australia remain silent while Gaza dies?

    The following speech was delivered by Enas to a March 12 Melbourne protest in solidarity with Palestine, held to coincide with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s motion in parliament that celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel’s establishment.

  • Palestine Rally - Nipaluna / Hobart

    • nipaluna/Hobart

    Let’s keep the momentum going!!! We won’t stop until a ceasefire is called, and then some! Join us at our weekly rallies in Nipaluna/Hobart. Same time and place every week!!

  • RALLY: Stop the Genocide in Gaza

    • Muloobinba/Newcastle

    Static rally to protest the ongoing genocide taking place in Gaza. Sspeakers, chants and food. See you there!

  • Newcastle:Films for Palestine: Gaza

    • Muloobinba/Newcastle

    Gaza
    The film has been generously made available by the to promote understanding of what is happening in Occupied Palestine. 

  • Weekly Palestine Rally

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Palestine Action Group will continue holding mass weekly protests over the xmas/new year period. Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, so we will keep protesting!

    However, in order to maximise our numbers and avoid rallying on xmas eve and NYE, we will be switching to protesting on SATURDAYS instead of Sundays for those 2 weeks.