28 May 2024 The Israeli military has repeatedly bombed a designated civilian ‘safe zone’ in Rafah, injuring and mutilating many people and causing a rising number of deaths. Medical response capacity, after many months of targeted attacks on healthcare in Gaza, is severely limited; there is one functioning hospital in Rafah. Injured survivors of the […]
Palestine
Minister Wong: take meaningful action, impose consequences
MAPW has again written to the Foreign Minister, urging meaningful action in response to Israel’s repeated breaches of ICJ orders, its legal obligations as an occupying power, and key tenets of international law. Read the full letter.
Statement on Gaza, 20 March 2024
There is nothing in recent memory that matches the scale of the atrocities being inflicted on the civilians of Gaza, who appear to be being punished for their very existence.
MAPW writes letter to Minister Wong on Australia’s Weapons Exports to Gaza
MAPW writes to Minister Wong on weapons exports to Israel and the prevention of genocide in Gaza.
MAPW welcomes pause in Gaza bombardment
29 November 2023 MAPW welcomes the current pause in the bombardment of Gaza and the passage of some critically needed food, water and medical and other supplies into the stricken enclave. We welcome the release of Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons, and the release of women and children who were held as hostages […]
Gaza: Threats against Advocates
MAPW has written to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) asking for action in response to threats against health practitioners engaged in advocacy for Palestine. MAPW members and friends report that they have been professionally threatened, including by being reported to Ahpra, as a result of speaking up for the people of Palestine publicly […]