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Free calls to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan
We're making it easier to stay in touch with friends and family in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

If you’re a Telstra customer with family and friends in the Middle East or Afghanistan, we know that getting in touch is what’s most important right now, not the cost of the call. That’s why calls are now free from Australia to Israel, the Palestinian territories, or Afghanistan.

From 12:01am AEDT tonight (Wednesday, 11 October), we’ll be providing free calls to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Afghanistan to help you get in touch with those you care about.

This applies for both pre-paid and post-paid mobiles as well as home phones and will be free until 24 October.

Please keep the comments respectful

I am posting for anyone that might find this useful.

Update: Extended for another month.

Update, 24 October: We have been closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan and know how important staying connected with loved ones is right now. We have made the decision to extend free calls to until 11:59pm AEDT on 21 November 2023.

Update, 21 November 2023: We have been watching the heartbreaking situation in the Middle East, and know that continued connection with family, friends and loved ones is what’s critical for many of our customers right now. To help support you, we’re extending free calls to Israel and the Palestinian territories to 21 January 2024.

Update, 21 November 2023: At the time this offer was published, we also offered free calls to Afghanistan following a series of devastating earthquakes. As the region moves into recovery phase, we won’t be further extending free calls to Afghanistan.

Update, 19 January 2024: We know how important it is for many of our customers in Australia to continue to stay connected with this region right now. To help support you, we're again extending this offer of free calls to Israel and the Palestinian Territories until 31 March 2024.

Update, 26 March 2024: We know staying as connected as possible with friends and loved ones in these regions remains critical. That's why we're extending free calls to Israel and the Palestinian territories until 30 June 2024.

This applies for both pre-paid and post-paid mobiles as well as home phones and will be free until 30 June 2024.

Remember: due to the unfolding situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan, infrastructure damage may prevent some calls from getting through.

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      • mrkorrupt on 12/10/2023 - 18:54
        +13

        From where they getting the fuel, also been cut

        • Outrageous on 12/10/2023 - 18:56
          -1

          They would have small stockpiles all over the place. Plus powerbanks that have been charged.

          • Xizor on 12/10/2023 - 20:07
            +1

            @Outrageous: Exactly. Besides, little solar charging battery banks have been out for yonks. I bought one must of been 7 or so years ago still works great. They would be vastly more efficient and cheap now.

            • capslock janitor on 13/10/2023 - 00:17
              +1

              @Xizor: What brand model

            • mrkorrupt on 13/10/2023 - 02:06
              +9

              @Xizor: Do you not get that GAZA has been under blockade for the last 15 years?
              Only basics allowed in

            • samuria on 24/01/2024 - 15:00

              @Xizor:

              They would be vastly more efficient and cheap now.

              You are talking about an area the size of an airport with 2 million people who are starving. There is no feasible way to purchase "solar battery banks" even if they had the money to do so. Man, it amazes me how oblivious people in this country have become to what human beings in other countries have to go through.

        • OpticalCog on 13/10/2023 - 00:30

          Egypt?

        • Ade99 on 13/10/2023 - 08:11
          +3

          same way they got those missiles into the country….

    • yuisakas on 12/10/2023 - 18:43
      +1

      Nobody care about Gaza,Telstra doing free ads or almost free

      • subwoofer on 13/10/2023 - 19:09

        True they care about the invaders and colonizers

      • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 12/10/2023 - 18:58
        +1

        How long have you had foot-in-mouth disease?

      • slipperypete on 12/10/2023 - 21:21
        +2

        you illiterate?

        Please keep the comments respectful

        • Iwantthatbargain on 12/10/2023 - 23:05
          -1

          In reality, that’s what happening.

      • garage sale on 13/10/2023 - 06:47

        must be using the same telco that russia uses to write messages on missiles and sends to ukraine.

    • payton on 12/10/2023 - 18:44
      -2

      Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan

      Includes more than Gaza. But stay angry 😂

      • Ademos on 12/10/2023 - 21:07
        -1

        The full "T" package. Cough.

    • AustriaBargain on 12/10/2023 - 18:54
      +17

      Have to wonder if the tables were turned, how would Israel feel about Palestine cutting off their electricity?

      • BoltThrower on 12/10/2023 - 19:12
        +15

        They'd have cut the electricity off the moment the first rocket was fired. For Israel to supply them with electricity and water for decades of attacks is astounding.

        • AustriaBargain on 12/10/2023 - 20:11
          +7

          This whole situation is Israel’s own creation. Palestine just disbanding and the people spreading across the world was never an option.

          • Nuggets on 12/10/2023 - 20:32
            +13

            @AustriaBargain: Are you sure? Wasn’t it the Palestinian people who did not accept the UN two state solution way back when?

            This geopolitical conflict is not straightforward. Saying it is entirely Israel or Palestine’s creation or responsibility is patently incorrect.

            • Circly on 12/10/2023 - 20:55
              +1

              @Nuggets: Could blame Germany first for the holocaust which caused the Jews to move back to Israel.

              • fantombloo on 12/10/2023 - 22:14

                @Circly: Could blame France for a cumbersome and humiliating treaty (of Versailles) that wore Germany down to the point of not caring.

                • Ade99 on 13/10/2023 - 08:13

                  @fantombloo: or the entente cordiale from 1904 which eventually dragged half of Europe into the first World War…

              • Nuggets on 12/10/2023 - 23:17

                @Circly: Aliyah in modern times has been going on since the late 1800s, way before the holocaust.

                Persecution in Germany is actually referred to as the fifth wave of aliyah.

              • garage sale on 13/10/2023 - 06:50
                +3

                @Circly: it was the british who controlled palestine and decided to carve it up.

            • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 06:44
              +12

              @Nuggets: It isn't straight forward no, so many vested interests. Israel were the terrorist taking over Palestine and now with the geopolitical significance of this area the help of the West in the US giving them political, military and monetary support to get a foothold in the area.

              Throw in some fundamentalist Christians that believe Jesus won’t come back unless Israel is held by the Jewish, add a little guilt about the holocaust with a touch of some Zionist right wing crazy Jewish people and you now know the Invaders as the good guys and the land owners as the Terrorists.

              So much geopolitical.

            • Soldier on 13/10/2023 - 07:16
              +1

              @Nuggets: Have you not seen the maps that show the constant expansion of Israeli settling into the homes/land that was original proposed under the UN?

              Let’s say Palestine doesn’t want a two state solution, Israel has the power to enact it, yet they are the ones who say they want a two state solution while allowing more demolishing of homes and establishing new settler suburbs.

              • Nuggets on 13/10/2023 - 07:41

                @Soldier: I’m not arguing that Israel is blameless so not sure why you feel the need to convince me otherwise.

            • Ifndefx on 13/10/2023 - 21:17
              +1

              @Nuggets: I can understand why, I'm thinking if someone enters my home and occupies it without leaving. and, if the solution is divide my home I can understand why they didn't agree.

          • 1st-Amendment on 13/10/2023 - 08:54
            +2

            @AustriaBargain:

            This whole situation is Israel’s own creation.

            So much ignorance is so few words…

            Palestine just disbanding and the people spreading across the world was never an option.

            You're right it never was an option. There have been many many options over the decades but some people prefer murder over talking. Careful who you choose as your heroes…

        • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 00:36
          +6

          For Israel to supply them with electricity and water for decades

          It is nice for israel to give palestinians what was once their water back

          • Soldier on 13/10/2023 - 07:17
            +3

            @Drakesy: Yes. Basic human rights. While they are blockaded in their homes. Unable to leave. No international airport. No supplies.

      • twocsies on 12/10/2023 - 19:28
        +13

        Regretful that you had launched a random attack on civilians without any strategic purpose?

        • Mi2 on 12/10/2023 - 20:21
          +2

          without any strategic purpose is a bold statement.
          Saudi Arabia quickly changed their mind about recognising Israel after this attack. That's a huge loss for them.

          • gasman70 on 12/10/2023 - 21:59
            +1

            @Mi2: You mean that Saudi Arabia are taking some sort of moral high ground?
            Laughable.

            • Mi2 on 12/10/2023 - 23:14
              +2

              @gasman70: You clearly missed the point.

      • OpticalCog on 13/10/2023 - 00:33
        +1

        Idk man… instead of buying thousands of rockets to fire at their neighbours maybe they should have stocked up on more than 6-days worth of fuel for their power station…. Isreal didn't disable or attack the power station in Gaza it just ran out of fuel.

        • mrkorrupt on 13/10/2023 - 02:08
          +2

          Do you not get that GAZA has been under blockade for the last 15 years?
          Only basics allowed in, and it's not like ISR asks how much fuel you need more like this is how much your getting, you sort it out

      • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2023 - 03:37

        Except what you don't realize is, many don't pay for it. They steal utilities and don't pay for them. Yet Israel still provides them (until they, you know, find a few hundred people shot and beheaded… that tends to drive one to turn off the freebie tap).

    • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 18:56
      +28

      not only that, all medical and food access for civilians has been cut off from all sides by Israel even sea

        • amsaini15 on 12/10/2023 - 19:09
          +5

          Kidnappers calling it foul doesn't sound right

          • fookos on 12/10/2023 - 19:17
            +21

            @amsaini15: You’ve got to be an animal to take babies and toddlers… Seriously.

            • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 20:28
              +11

              @fookos: they did not take babies, they actually let a mother and her kids go its on video look it up, clearly you are siding with a certain group and overlooking the years of torment and killings of Palestinian woman and children that never gets reported on by western media

                • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 20:41

                  @Clear: oh good one, original

                  • Clear on 12/10/2023 - 20:45
                    +4

                    @msf: Thanks I didn't see that update. I did see the burnt bodies of people and a baby at a bus stop in Israel. Some things can't be unseen.

                • strupper2003 on 12/10/2023 - 21:24
                  +4

                  @Clear: You need to check your sources. Blind are those who refuse to see.

                  • Clear on 12/10/2023 - 21:31
                    +2

                    @strupper2003: If OzBargain rules allowed it I'd happily link you photos and videos of all the dead civilians on both sides.

                    Dunno how anyone could support the killing of innocent people. Let alone the burning of a baby. They don't get to choose where they're born.

                • Big Lez on 12/10/2023 - 21:54
                  -5

                  @Clear: That's fabricated, do your research

              • Iwantthatbargain on 12/10/2023 - 23:08

                @Roe Jogan: They beheaded the babies. Raped women. That’s worse than animal.

                • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 00:37
                  -1

                  @Iwantthatbargain: The beheaded babies are still a rumour that wa spread by israeli forces

                  • Ade99 on 13/10/2023 - 08:16
                    +1

                    @Drakesy: saying it didn't happen does not make it true

                    • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 09:33
                      +2

                      @Ade99: Saying it did happen doesn't make it true either?

                  • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 11:14

                    @Drakesy: It has been verified that Hamas was responsible for the deaths of babies following rumors of fake news. Although the exact number, which is reported to be around 40, remains subject to confirmation.

                    • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 11:41
                      +1

                      @gto21:

                      It has been verified that Hamas was responsible for the deaths of babies following rumors of fake news

                      I'm not debating this though? And it goes both ways, Israel has killed hundreds if not thousands of them in bombing gaza…
                      It's the beheadings that are rumours all traced back to a single Israeli source that hasn't been confirmed.

                      • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 11:50

                        @Drakesy: From where should the source originate? Please provide more specific details.

                        • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 12:28
                          +1

                          @gto21: Well at the moment it's just hearsay until photographic evidence is provided. Even the Whitehouse got caught out that they'd never actually seen evidence and yet reported it.

                          • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 12:30

                            @Drakesy: Where can we reliably find accurate news? Even events like 9/11 are disputed by some.

                            • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 12:31

                              @gto21:

                              it's just hearsay until photographic evidence is provided.

                              see above post.

                              • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 12:45
                                +1

                                @Drakesy: Israel's actions are confirmed, while claims about Hamas attacks are questionable? I have heard that some consider Hamas to be pacifist.

                                • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 12:53
                                  +2

                                  @gto21: You do realise the only media coming out of there is the Israel side, Gaza has effectively been cut off from the rest of the world.

                                  And no, there still unconfirmed….

                                  • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 12:57
                                    -2

                                    @Drakesy: Do you also believe that the Hamas Charter is fraudulent? Can we have confidence in what Hamas proclaims? Perhaps it's counterfeit as well. The genuine Hamas charter advocates for peace and amicable relations with Jews in Israel.

                                    • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 14:00
                                      +1

                                      @gto21: Note sure what rabbit hole you're going down with this one.

                                      • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 14:06

                                        @Drakesy: Is 9/11 fake as well?

                                        • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 14:08

                                          @gto21: Now you've lost me

                                          • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 14:11

                                            @Drakesy: You were lost a long time ago in the land where Hamas aimed to promote love, peace, and harmony with Jews.

                            • Clear on 13/10/2023 - 13:21

                              @gto21:

                              Where can we reliably find accurate news? Even events like 9/11 are disputed by some.

                              Hamas' official telegram channels have a feed of photos and videos, as well as links to their livestreams.

                              • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 13:36

                                @Clear: That's what I thought.

                              • Ifndefx on 13/10/2023 - 21:26

                                @Clear: When someone sez try the xx telegram channel, how do people find these channels (not that I want to go there) - just curious. It was the same with the russian military force, they had a channel and everyone was quoting things from that channel.

                                • Clear on 13/10/2023 - 22:01

                                  @Ifndefx: People on Reddit link them. There's some specific subreddits dedicated to war videos that have them. Reddit admins will remove a lot of the straight up torture and execution videos.

                            • 1st-Amendment on 13/10/2023 - 16:34
                              +1

                              @gto21:

                              Where can we reliably find accurate news?

                              You can't. ALL media is biased.

                              Mark Twain famously said "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed."

                              Try switching it off and see how much better your life is.

                • Soldier on 13/10/2023 - 07:20

                  @Iwantthatbargain: https://news.yahoo.com/biden-ve-seen-photos-terrorists-23404…

                  https://x.com/Khanzadah_/status/1711806088218300757?s=08

                  Just because your hear it. Doesn’t make it true. Lots of misinformation being spread, and it’s a clear Zionist tactic to let people like us here on the west turn a blind eye to that what is going on in the form of ethnic cleansing and families being displaced.

                • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 14:17
                  +1

                  @Iwantthatbargain: see here

                  There were no images to suggest militants had beheaded babies — a particularly explosive accusation that first emerged in Israel's media and initially confirmed by Israeli officials.

                  Check mate?

                • Roe Jogan on 13/10/2023 - 09:27
                  -1

                  @abacus: skynews and PBS lmfao a chain of channels owned by jewish conglomerates are one sided and will obviously twist the facts to make the Palestinians look bad. you need to do your own research. all you have been doing is linking "fake news" sites owned by jewish media, whats funny is in your head you probably think you won the argument its hilarious

              • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 11:11

                @Roe Jogan: The initial rumor suggesting that Hamas was killing babies turned out to be accurate, as there is now confirmation that such incidents did occur.

              • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2023 - 03:39
                -1

                @Roe Jogan: What garbage TV station are you watching!? They put a dozen bullets in one baby for a start, not to count the couple of hundred more people of all ages left dead on the street. What station it is should be closed down.

            • gasman70 on 12/10/2023 - 22:01
              +2

              @fookos: They actually shot, beheaded and burned alive toddlers and babies. Taking them hostage is the ‘nicer’ act.

            • bob19 on 12/10/2023 - 22:33

              @fookos: Animals are not as cruel as the terrorists who kill babies, cut off their heads and take some as hostages.

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