Tim Roxburgh

Cathy Wilcox

As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…

More than a month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened. It’s time to end the dehumanization, protect civilians, release the hostages, ensure lifesaving aid & renew the ceasefire.

“Per population, the death toll of Palestinian journalists is roughly equivalent to the killing of 8,500 U.S. newsroom employees.”

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed,” he wrote. “I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest – something I haven’t known in the past 18 months.” smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention theguardian.com/global-develop…

“A minute of silence for each of the Bibas children would be appropriate, as would a minute of silence for each of the more than 18,000 Palestinian children murdered in Israel's devastation of Gaza. That silence would extend to over 300 hours." Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator, addressed the United Nations Security Council today. A video of his full remarks is below.

Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale. They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head. So here you go.

Meanwhile, on the very same day in the neighbourhood in which I raised my three sons, we see the Muslim community attacked in Sydney's south west. This MUST STOP. 9news.com.au/national/racis…

Am sick to the stomach at the antisemitic targetting of @AlexRyvchin in his family home. What is happening to my city of Sydney? theguardian.com/australia-news…

Four generations of the same Lebanese family were wiped out in one Israeli airstrike. These are their names: 1- Sareya Ali Awada 95 2- Hussein Muhammad Hijazi 54 3- Sana Abdulkarim Marmar 51 4- Ali Hussein Hijazi 29 5- Jana Kamel Qasim 24 6- Elaine Ali Hijazi infant - 4 months 7- Fouad Hussein Hijazi 26 8- Abbas Hussein Hijazi 24 9- Alad Hussein Hijazi 20 10- Ruqaya Hussein Issa - 11 months 11- Sekne Ali Hijazi 55 12- Ali Hassan Hijazi 30 13- Muhammad Hassan Hijazi 25 14- Abbas Hassan Hijazi 20 15- Layla Hussein Hijazi 80 16- Maryam Hussein Hijazi 70 17- Amal Muhammad Hijazi 51 18- Dalal Ali Murad 19- Ahlam Ali Murad #Lebanon #Israel

You really need to listen to this podcast if you haven’t abc.net.au/news/2024-10-2… @timrox

“The Committee to Protect Journalists says the Gaza war has been the “deadliest period for journalists” since it began gathering data in 1992... And it says every time a journalist: “… is killed... we lose fragments of the truth.”” #MediaWatch

"I met an emergency medicine physician who had worked in a different hospital in Gaza two months before me. 'I couldn’t believe the number of kids I saw shot in the head,' I told him. To my surprise, he responded: 'Yeah, me, too. Every single day'." nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“Even if Iran considers the Mossad and IDF buildings a military target, it’s surrounded by civilians” Interesting. No notes.

Fifty children among at least 558 people killed in Lebanon in two days of Israeli strikes, Lebanon's health minister says bbc.in/3XUHnSk

An Israeli strike on an area in the Gaza Strip home to Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others, according to authorities @AP smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

In war-ravaged Gaza, death appears to be the "only certainty" for 2.4 million Palestinians with no way to escape Israel's relentless bombardment, a UN official said Tuesday, recounting the growing desperation across the territory. u.afp.com/5umd

Fair Work Commission finds journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by ABC - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-06-0…