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Israeli strikes kill at least 72 people in Gaza as prospects for ceasefire in war improve ABC / AP | 29 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/israel-strikes-gaza-displacement-tents-ceasefire-talks-improve/105473676 More than 70 people, including children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestian health officials. There have been sporadic indirect talks between Israel and Hamas since Israel […]

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: June 30-July 6, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country: 9193

FPM Media Report Saturday June 28 2025 IDF launches investigation into possible war crimes after deaths near aid sites https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-27/israeli-strike-kills-18-palestinians-in-central-gaza/105471440 In short: The Israeli military has opened an inquiry into possible war crimes after deaths near a Gaza aid site. Meanwhile, 18 people have been killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza, in an […]

Donald Trump’s f-bomb is one missile that could sway Benjamin Netanyahu ABC | Matthew Doran | 25 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-25/trump-and-netanyahu-ceasefire-reaction-analysis/105456502 The world is rarely left wondering what Donald Trump thinks. It might be confounded by the tone, but most of the time his unique turn of phrase expresses a blunt assessment of what’s happening in […]

Palestine Israel Media Report Thursday 19 June 2025 Gazans fear they are being forgotten amid focus on Iran https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/gazans-fear-they-are-being-forgotten-amid-focus-on-iran/105434708 While Israel’s war with Iran continues, Gazans are begging for help, saying their suffering is being ignored because of the new conflict. “No one cares about Gaza. The massacres continue in silence,” Mahmoud Wadi, from northern […]

20-22 July 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne (FPM) is organising some transport from Melbourne/Naarm to the Converge On Canberra event and return. Please read the following details before making your registration.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: June 23-29, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country: 9132

US military moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to Guam – report The Guardian | 22 June 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years The US military is moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The New York Times further reports that the bombers, which have a range […]

Free Palestine Melbourne Media Report Saturday June 21 2025 Israel is targeting Iran’s nuclear uranium enrichment plants. Here are the contamination risks https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-20/israel-attack-iran-nuclear-uranium-enrichment-contamination-risk/105441886 By Hanan Dervisevic with wires Israel has been targeting Iran from the air since last Friday in what it has described as an effort to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. According […]

Israeli tanks kill 59 people at Khan Younis aid site in Gaza, local medics say ABC / Reuters| 18 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/brk-israeli-tank-fires-on-gaza-aid/105429632 At least 59 people have been killed at a Gaza aid site in southern Gaza. Local medics say Israeli tanks opened fire on crowds as they attempted to access aid. A spokesperson for […]

Palestine-Israel Media Report Tuesday 17 June 2025   Australian deported from US says he was targeted for writing on Palestine protests https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/australian-deported-from-us-says-he-was-targeted-for-writing-on-palestine-protests-20250616-p5m7qn.html Washington: An Australian man who attended Columbia University and was returning to the United States for a holiday says he was detained and questioned for 12 hours by American border officials about his involvement […]

Campaign Strategy Day, Saturday 5th July 2025, 10am-3pm, Melbourne/Naarm.

Wednesday 25 June 2025, 7pm, online webinar: The ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: June 9-15, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country: 9069

FPM Media Bulletin Saturday June 7 2025 All universities in Gaza have been destroyed. What does this mean for Palestinians? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-07/gaza-lost-generation-of-students-academic-say/105379150 By Isabella Michie and Ali Benton for Late Night Live The Islamic University of Gaza was once a buzzing campus, filled with ambitious students studying everything from medicine to literature. Now, displaced families huddle […]

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: May 26 – June 1, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country: 9071

FPM Media Report, Monday June 16 2025

Thursday 19 June 2025, 12pm: Let the Sumoud Convoy through! Let the people march for Gaza! Where: Naarm/Melbourne.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: June 16-22, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country: 9063

FPM Media Report, Sunday June 15 2025

FPM Media Report Saturday June 14 2025 Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel as Trump pushes Tehran to take nuclear deal https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-14/iran-israel-nuclear-strikes-donald-trump/103698520 In short: Iran has sent “hundreds” of missiles towards Israel in response to Israel’s wave of bombings across Iran, which are believed to have killed a significant number of military leaders and […]

Israeli fire kills 41 in Gaza, health officials say, as rival militia emerges to challenge Hamas https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/israel-defense-forces-ghf-drone-yasser-abu-shabab-gaza-strip/105406038 By Andrew Thorpe, with wires In short: At least 41 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday,  many close to an aid site operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The Israeli military said […]

13 June 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne strongly condemns the recent military strikes carried out by the Israeli occupation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in the killing of civilians, including women and children, and targeted both civilian and strategic sites.

Israel accused of breaching international law by storming Madleen aid ship https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/greta-thunberg-boat-interception-latest-doran/105397110 By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran In short: Lawyers for the crew of the civilian aid ship ‘Madleen’ are accusing Israeli forces of illegally intercepting the ship in international waters. Israeli forces seized the vessel and arrested the crew, including Swedish activist Greta […]

ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 11.6.25 Australia, UK sanction Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich ABC | Matthew Doran & Tom Crowley | 11 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/australia-to-sanction-two-israeli-ministers/105401564 Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway and the United Kingdom have announced sanctions against far-right Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. The pair will face a travel ban […]

Israeli minister warns Greta Thunberg to turn back as Freedom Flotilla approaches Gaza ABC | Matthew Doran | 9 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-09/israel-katz-greta-turn-back-madleen-aid-ship-idf-military/105392192 Israel’s defence minister has warned activist Greta Thunberg that the aid ship she is travelling on towards the Gaza Strip should turn around, saying the IDF will take all necessary steps to stop […]

9 June 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne condemns the Israeli military’s unlawful interception and abduction of international volunteers aboard the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The ship was in international waters, en route to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, when it was stormed by Israeli forces and diverted to Israel.

FPM Media Report Tuesday June 3 2025 Hamas accused of brutal crackdown on protesters in Gaza https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-02/hamas-accused-of-brutal-crackdown-on-protesters-in-gaza/105348408 By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran and ABC staff in Gaza Palestinians have taken to the streets to protest against Hamas. (ABC News) Hanging from the tarpaulin walls of Amal Ashraf Al Shafa’a’s tent are three posters showing […]

Israel and Hamas accuse each other of attack on civilians at Gaza aid site ABC | Matthew Doran & Cherine Yazbeck | 2 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-02/israel-hamas-trade-black-for-attack-civilians-at-gaza-aid-site/105364290 More than 30 Palestinians were killed during gunfire at a southern Gaza aid distribution site on Sunday morning. Hamas accused Israeli forces of opening fire on civilians, but Israel […]

‘Annihilation is coming’ Daily Telegraph | 1 June 2025 https://todayspaper.dailytelegraph.com.au/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=1246803f-13e8-4b83-99bf-32d89840e222&share=true Gaza: Israel said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or “be annihilated”, as US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was “very close”. It came amid dire conditions on the ground, with the United Nations yet again warning Gaza’s entire population […]

FPM Media Report Saturday May 31 2025 Palestinian children sent back to war-ravaged Gaza after medical treatment in Jordan https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-31/palestinian-children-sent-back-to-gaza-after-treatment-in-jordan/105351612 By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran and ABC staff in Gaza In short: Palestinian children evacuated to Jordan for desperately needed medical treatment have been sent back to Gaza, fearful for their lives. Some families […]

FPM Media Report Thursday May 29 2025. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/un-says-dozens-reportedly-injured-at-gaza-aid-distribution-point/105350396 UN says dozens reportedly injured by Israeli gunfire at Gaza aid site Palestinians rushed into an aid centre in southern Gaza on its second day of operations. In short: The UN says dozens of civilians have been reportedly injured while trying to collect food from a Gaza […]

Netanyahu deserves sanctions, says Evans The Age & Sydney Morning Herald | Matthew Knott | 28 May 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/83bc57b4-e0b6-ea98-862f-6cb4e01bc51e?page=568248b2-a360-fde0-f02d-082fc68a7bc8 (SMH headline: Labor elder backs Palestine state and sanctions on Israel) Labor’s longest-serving foreign minister has called on the Albanese government to sanction Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and recognise Palestinian statehood within weeks, a move […]

FPM Media Report Tuesday May 27, 2025   Head of US-backed Gaza aid foundation quits, saying he could not abandon ‘principles’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-27/aid-chief-quits/105340218   Head of US-backed Gaza aid foundation quits, saying he could not abandon ‘principles’ Multiple international organisations are warning of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza if more aid isn’t delivered. (AP: Abdel Kareem […]

Nine of doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / AP | Sally Albou Aljoud | 26 May 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/2885f820-d607-445b-35fd-5e9f7dd9adf7?page=918e4ed7-2db0-1a0a-00ec-1f37fd65b556 A doctor has returned home from work to find nine of her 10 children killed in Israel’s renewed military offensive, col leagues and Gaza’s Health Ministry said. […]

10 May 2025: In recent days, we’ve seen a wave of commentary linking the Greens’ electoral losses to their principled support for Palestinian human rights and pro-Palestine rallies. This narrative is not only inaccurate—it is irresponsible.

Anti-Semitism isn’t a party matter, Mark Dreyfus https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/antisemitism-isnt-a-party-matter-mark-dreyfus/news-story/ff3646bc82631c9dbeae8f70fee39ad8 Until recently I was convinced that Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus had no sense of humour. Zero, zip, zilch. How wrong I was. In my defence, the priggish Dreyfus had given every impression he is devoid of humour. It was, I had thought, a perception reinforced beyond doubt in […]

FPM Media Report 26.04.2025 IN POLL SHADOW, RYAN’S FIRMLY A ZIONIST https://todayspaper.theaustralian.com.au/html5/reader/production/default.aspx Mohammad Alfares – Alexi Demetriadi Kooyong MP Monique Ryan has declared she’s a supporter of Zionism and conceded that she made “mistakes” after October 7, having previously backed an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and voiced support for the United […]

Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians Owen Jones 23 April https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/gaza-pope-francis-israel-outrages-hypocrisy The deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes […]

Just not kosher. The diabolical dilemma facing Jewish voters in Macnamara (The Age, 24/4/2025) ( https://www.theage.com.au/national/just-not-kosher-the-diabolical-dilemma-facing-jewish-voters-in-macnamara-20250423-p5ltm6.html ) Jewish Australia’s relationship with the Albanese government is, to put it mildly, complicated. Nowhere is this more acutely felt than in Australia’s most Jewish electorate, Macnamara, currently held by Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns. With early voting now […]

Just not kosher. The diabolical dilemma facing Jewish voters in Macnamara (The Age, 24/4/2025) ( https://www.theage.com.au/national/just-not-kosher-the-diabolical-dilemma-facing-jewish-voters-in-macnamara-20250423-p5ltm6.html ) Jewish Australia’s relationship with the Albanese government is, to put it mildly, complicated. Nowhere is this more acutely felt than in Australia’s most Jewish electorate, Macnamara, currently held by Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns. With early voting now […]

  ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 16.4.25   US must act on killings The Age | Letters | 16 April 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/78aeee5a-b151-c9b3-75b7-3e3dd9564559?page=da8fdc97-df47-1e8f-ccfb-9b21b04711dc Since when did children’s playgrounds, schools and places of worship become legitimate military targets for Russian and Israeli drones to kill and maim unsuspecting Ukrainians and Palestinians, many of them women and children? Dismissing such […]

ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 20.4.25 Israeli strikes pound Gaza as Hamas rejects new truce Canberra Times | Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jaidaa Taha & Alexander Cornwell | 20 April 2025 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8946355/israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-as-hamas-rejects-new-truce/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group rejected an Israeli proposal for another […]

Israel says 30pc of Gaza turned into buffer zone (The Australian, 17/4/2025) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/israel-says-30pc-of-gaza-turned-into-buffer-zone/news-story/eb54c39c1252749b9a0b4ada6ee68983 ) Israel has announced that it had converted 30 per cent of Gaza’s territory into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting military offensive, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory. Israel resumed air and […]

FPM Media Report 15.4.2025 WHO says child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/gaza-hospital-hit-as-israel-intensifies-assault/news-story/c0602080d495e74c06bafd9877e41324 AFP An Israeli air strike Sunday hit one of Gaza’s few functioning hospitals, resulting in the death of a child according to the World Health Organization, as Israel warned it would expand its offensive if Hamas does not release hostages. […]

ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 16.4.25 US must act on killings  The Age | Letters | 16 April 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/78aeee5a-b151-c9b3-75b7-3e3dd9564559?page=da8fdc97-df47-1e8f-ccfb-9b21b04711dc Since when did children’s playgrounds, schools and places of worship become legitimate military targets for Russian and Israeli drones to kill and maim unsuspecting Ukrainians and Palestinians, many of them women and children? Dismissing such war crimes […]

On Tuesday 15th April, 6:30pm, Free Palestine Melbourne and Muslim Votes Matter are hosting a joint Justice at the Ballot Box forum of political candidates and community leaders at Schoolhouse Studios in Coburg.

The horrific situation in the Middle East has landed Foreign Minister Penny Wong with a difficult and frustrating job. She is wedged between a so-far unacknowledged obligation to honour Australia’s legal commitments to condemn Israeli genocide and apartheid on the one hand, and on the other, a vociferous campaign by local Zionists and their supporters […]

There is no alternative to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, its chief insisted, following Israel’s order to ban the organisation that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza. “There is no plan B,” head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, told reporters in Geneva. Within the UN […]

In many ways, the issuing of arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes is the realisation of Israel’s worst fears about the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the reason it is not a state party. Both are unlikely to travel to […]