The West Bank has faced a dramatic decline in security and economic stability. Yet amid extreme circumstances, Palestinian cooperatives are organising for autonomy.

Gaza continues to face a severe humanitarian and political crisis. Despite the ceasefire, life for people in Gaza remains dangerous, uncertain, and increasingly desperate. For unionists and supporters committed to human rights, social justice, and solidarity, it’s critical to understand the current situation and the actions needed.

Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, in partnership with the MA’AN Development Center, is supporting three inspiring cooperatives in the West Bank that are working to build economic independence and social inclusion from the ground up.

Australians overwhelmingly (82%) think that Israel’s deliberate blocking of aid into Gaza cannot be justified, according to fresh polling figures, with more than two in three Australians believing the Australian Government should do more to ensure civilians have access to food, water and medicine - including the vast majority of Labor voters.

To all people of conscience, to trade unions, civil society movements, faith-based groups, elected representatives, humanitarian actors, and every individual, collective, and institution that upholds human rights, dignity, and the sanctity of life. We reach out to you with hearts shattered by grief, suffocated by injustice, and inflamed by the unbearable silence of the world. A genocide is unfolding, relentless, systematic, and deliberate, before our very eyes in Gaza.