The United States-backed genocide in Gaza, being delivered by Israel, is intensifying with Israel flattening the few remaining high rises in Gaza City in recent days.
At least 50 buildings have been reduced to rubble, in Israel’s declared reoccupation. Meanwhile, Western leaders stand by as their populations continue to hit the streets demanding sanctions on Israel.
Despite Israel’s insistence that it is not forcibly starving Palestinians in Gaza and not bombing civilians, the world sees otherwise thanks to the remarkably brave individuals and reporters who are live streaming the genocide.
Hani Mahmoud told Al Jazeera: “Every five to 10 minutes, you can hear the sounds of explosions from all directions in Gaza City”, including heavy bombing in the Sabra and Zeitoun neighbourhoods.
“Israeli forces are using remotely controlled explosive robots, and detonating them in residential streets, destroying neighbourhoods,” he said. In Sheikh Radwan, he said homes, public facilities, schools and a mosque had been hit.
US president Donald Trump said on September 7 he had issued a final warning to Hamas to end thewar. The next day Hamas said it was ready to “immediately sit at the negotiating table”. It added it was seeking “a clear declaration of the end of the war, a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the formation of a committee of independent Palestinians to manage the Gaza Strip, which would begin its duties immediately”.
Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese announced 4 on September he had had “warm” and “constructive” talks with US President Donald Trump, but no mention of the genocide in Gaza. The same day, he said he stands with Ukraine in its “fight against Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion”.
Meanwhile the pro-Palestine movement around Australia continues to call on Labor to sanction Israel and end the two-way arms trade.
Several thousand people joined the rally in Naarm/Melbourne on September 7, reports Bruce Crundwell.
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Several hundred people took the streets in Boorloo/Perth on September 5 despite the rain to make the same call. Gwen Velge reports that healthcare workers, including Amy Curtis, who had done stints in Gaza recently, gave moving speeches. Alison Atkinson-Phillips, a member of Academics for Palestine, spoke on behalf of Christians for a Free Palestine.
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Jews Against the Occupation 48 (JAO’48) organised a solidarity event with the ṣumūd (steadfastness) flotilla, trying to deliver aid to the starving people of Gaza on September 7 at Bondi Beach on Gadigal Country/Sydney.
They also honoured Palestinian fathers who are mourning their murdered children and the Palestinian children who mourn their murdered fathers.
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“The event showed a strong anti-Zionist Jewish voice speaking out against Israel’s genocide and expansionism,” JAO’48 spokesperson Michelle Berkon said.
A range of human rights groups endorsed and participated in the peaceful action, despite provocations from Zionists, who tried to pick physical fights while hurling racist abuse.
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A range of human rights groups endorsed and participated in the peaceful action, despite provocations from Zionists who assembled nearby, trying to pick a physical fight while hurling racist abuse. The anti-Zionist solidarity action, which included Arab Australian families and children, released a colourful flotilla of origami boats, which reached from the boulevard to the sea shore. They were create to “send messages of hope and support to the people of Gaza”, Berkon said.
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Central Coast Friends of Palestine organised an action as the new Gosford library was being opened on September 6, to highlight the scholasticide and bibliocide in Gaza.
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Anti-Zionist protesters also gathered outside the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s conference on the Gold Coast, September 3-5. The summit, ostensibly called to fight anti-Semitism, issued its wish list to participants, which included getting local government to ban symbols it considers to be anti-Semitic. They include watermelons, the keffiya, the Palestinian flag and phrases such as “From the river to the sea”.
Blue Mountains for Palestine and Arts Impact Society raised $11,000 for Sisters Inside and Palestinian families in Gaza on August 30. From Here to There featured local artists, workshops, food stalls and a film screening of Motherhood in the Colony, by Worimi filmmaker Genevieve Grieves and Palestinian artist Aseel Tayah.
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“This event was about coming together in solidarity, using art and storytelling to connect our struggles and share knowledge,” said Aprille Asfoura, Arts Impact Society spokesperson. “The screening of Motherhood in the Colony highlighted the parallels between First Nations peoples here and Palestinians living under occupation — different contexts, but connected struggles against colonial violence and occupation.”
“Mutual aid fundraising is essential to Palestinians’ survival in Gaza,” said Sana Karanouh, spokesperson for both Mountains for Palestine and Community Care Kitchen. “The solidarity shown here today is incredibly important for a free Palestine, as is organising to pressure the Australian government to sanction Israel and end its two-way arms trade with the genocidal state.”
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