Gaza

Organisations and individuals have released statements calling for aid and support for the people of Gaza. 

Nearly 500 lawyers in Australia have signed an open letter pushing the Australian government to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.

With hundreds killed or injured daily, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza becoming “a graveyard for children.”

Senator Penny Wong says innocent civilians should not pay for the horrors perpetrated by Hamas as Israel exercises its right to defend itself.

Australian women have written an open statement on the disproportionate affect the conflict in Gaza is having on women and children.

UN Women has released data showing gendered impacts of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip cannot be overlooked. 

John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison signed the statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Rachel Coghlan has been in regular contact with people in Gaza. She shares this poem based on their accounts prior to communication being cut

Just days before the Hamas attacks on Israel, thousands of Israeli and Palestinian feminist peace activists gathered in Jerusalem.

The death toll continues to climb in Israel and Palestine after Hamas launched a series attacks, killing hundreds of innocent people. 

A new restaurant has opened just for women in the Gaza Strip, offering a refuge for them in the male-dominated space of public dining.

Insaf is a 43-year-old woman living in Gaza, a Palestinian refugee from Aljourah. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016.