Representatives of the Coalition for Peace and Coexistence and HWPL during a formal meeting in Melbourne. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Coalition for Peace and Coexistence held its first formal in-person institutional meeting with Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international peace organisation, in Melbourne. The meeting provided an opportunity for structured dialogue between the two organisations, focusing on respective peacebuilding approaches, ci

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Coalition for Peace and Coexistence (CPC), an international alliance bringing together over 20 Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding organisations, unequivocally condemns the terrorist attack targeting members of the Jewish community during Hanukkah celebrations in Sydney. An act of violence reportedly carried out in a public civilian space, near a children’s playground and in broad daylight, this attack represents an assault on innocent life and on

This week ended with a shocking terrorist attack targeting Sydney’s Jewish community, as two gunmen fatally shot fifteen people and wounded dozens of others celebrating the first day of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach. Israeli and Australian authorities are currently investigating potential Iranian involvement in the attack. In Gaza, Israel killed a top Hamas commander, posing another test to the Trump-mediated ceasefire, one that has endured ongoing Israeli strikes since it was agre

This week, Israeli strikes in Gaza continued to test the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, negotiated by Trump in October of this year — a deal that the US is now looking to extend into phase two. Also in Gaza, the head of the Popular Forces — a prominent Gazan militia vehemently opposed to Hamas — was killed, dealing a major blow to Israel’s efforts to promote anti-Hamas groups in the enclave. On Wednesday, an Israeli aircraft struck tents for displaced Gazans we

This week, the death toll in Gaza surpassed 70,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, as Israel continued its military activity in the enclave. In the West Bank, a video showed IDF soldiers executing two unarmed Palestinian militants, raising scrutiny. Israel also attacked southern Syria this week in an altercation with a militant group, resulting in more than a dozen casualties that included women and children. Since the US-negotiated ceasefire between Israel

This week, violence escalated in Gaza as Israel ramped up strikes on the territory in response to what it claimed were Hamas violations of the ceasefire deal. Ever since Israel and Hamas agreed to the deal negotiated by Donald Trump in October, tensions have simmered between the two parties. Israel has continuously launched strikes into Gaza, targeting areas both within the Yellow Line (the boundary that demarcates Israeli-controlled areas) and outside it, resulting in the ki

This week was marked by continued Israeli military activity in Gaza amid the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and a spike in violence in the occupied West Bank as settlers torched a mosque in Salfit. Despite the ceasefire deal, conditions in Gaza have been extremely difficult for Palestinians trying to live their lives after nearly two years of displacement, destruction, and hunger. Humanitarian aid remains a major challenge.

Israeli strikes continue in Gaza this week amid various challenges to the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas negotiated by President Trump in October. Meanwhile, Israel has carried out strikes in southern Lebanon against what it says are Hezbollah targets. Despite the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Gaza’s condition is unstable and has been defined by numerous obstacles. Following a tumultuous week that saw Israeli bombardment, fake hostage recoveries staged

This week was marked by numerous violations of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, challenging the optimism that civilians and leaders alike expressed following Trump’s negotiation of the deal. While disputes between Israel and Hamas have been ongoing since the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, tensions escalated this week over Hamas’ delay in releasing the remaining deceased Israeli hostages still in Gaza. Hamas offered multiple excuses for the delay, i

This week started off on a hopeful note as world leaders convened in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for a peace summit regarding Gaza, co-chaired by Egyptian President el-Sisi and U.S. President Trump. However, later this week, violence again arose in Gaza. On Monday , following an emotional weekend for Israelis and Palestinians, leaders from around thirty countries met in the U.S.-Egyptian co-led Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt. “A new and beautiful day is rising and now the rebuilding

Arguably, the most important event this week in international affairs occurred in the Middle East: the beginning of an official ceasefire in Gaza, agreed to by Israel and Hamas on Wednesday and mediated by U.S. President Trump. The deal, which is in its first stage, has massive implications. Last Sunday , meetings bringing Israel and Hamas to the negotiating table began in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh. Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian tactical teams and officials facilit

This week in Israel and Gaza was, without a doubt, defined by the prospect of a ceasefire deal negotiated by President Trump. While the last near two years have been replete with failed proposals and negotiations, hope surrounds this current deal, having been seemingly accepted by both Israel and Hamas. On Monday, Trump announced a 20-point plan that would serve as a roadmap for the end to the war. The plan consists of many conditions. Following acceptance from Israel and H

Months of escalating violence in Gaza City culminated this week in the beginning of Israel’s ground invasion of the area. In other news, Israel launched a strike on Lebanon that killed American citizens, including children. Additionally, a string of powerful Western countries formally announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. Israel’s move to begin its ground invasion of Gaza City occurred on Tuesday , following a period of heavy Israeli bombing intensifying by th

This week was defined by yet another escalation of Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza City, a Palestinian terror attack against Israelis in Jerusalem, an Israeli strike targeting Hamas officials in Qatar, and an overwhelming endorsement by the UN General Assembly of the New York Declaration, a resolution supporting the two-state solution. On Monday, two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in East Jerusalem, killing six Israelis. Footage shows a crowd of civilians runni

This week was marked by an Israeli strike that killed the Houthi’s prime minister in Yemen, Belgium’s pledge to recognize a Palestinian state (and Israel’s response to this widespread recognition) and — most recently — the beginning of Israel’s ground operation in Gaza City. Belgium announced its plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly later in September, the most recent of various European countries to do so. Belgian Prime Minister Prevot did conditi

This week was marked by stalling ceasefire talks, an intensifying Israeli assault on Gaza City, an official declaration of famine and various highly controversial Israeli military actions that many agree to be war crimes. Last week, Hamas accepted the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza brought forth by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The proposal is similar to the one that fell apart in July, stipulating that Hamas releases ten living hostages and eighteen deceased hostag

This last week and a half saw a continuation of the Israeli-engineered starvation in the Gaza Strip, new Hamas footage of emaciated hostages, a potentially meaningful UN conference on the two-state solution, and most recently, Israeli plans to militarily occupy Gaza. As of publication, nearly 200 Palestinians have starved to death as a result of the lack of food available in the Gaza Strip. Following months of Israel blocking the flow of aid into Gaza, a recent burst of inter

This week has been marked by a rapid acceleration in the starvation in Gaza. The Integrated Food Security Classification platform recently announced that Gaza has reached two of the three famine thresholds: plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition. Over 20,000 children received treatment for acute malnutrition over the last few months. The remaining threshold is deaths from malnutrition, although over 115 Gazans have died from starvation. Many of these deaths have o

This week in the Middle East was marked by Israel’s intervention in Syria against the backdrop of the ever-worsening situation in Gaza. The Israeli Knesset also notably passed a resolution declaring Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank. Violence had erupted last week in the Syrian province of Suwayda between Druze and Bedouins, with both groups retaliating against each other for what they accused were atrocities coming from the other side. The Syrian government had intervened

This week in the Middle East was marked by Israel’s intervention in Syria against the backdrop of the ever-worsening situation in Gaza. The Israeli Knesset also notably passed a resolution declaring Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank. Violence had erupted last week in the Syrian province of Suwayda between Druze and Bedouins, with both groups retaliating against each other for what they accused were atrocities coming from the other side. The Syrian government had intervened