Last week, the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) wrote to Foreign Minister Wong expressing shock and outrage that Australia had not openly protested US President Trump’s 4 February statement of intent to erase Gaza. Despite the plan being illegal and inhumane in the extreme, threatening to grossly destabilise further a whole region, and Continue reading »
Israel / Palestine
“Take wisdom from the mouths of mad men” is an old Arabic proverb. It sprang to mind a couple of days ago, when I heard the narcissist leader of the “civilised” world, President Donald Trump, openly calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Trump clearly said that Gaza is a “hell”; Gaza is totally destroyed, Continue reading »
Seventy-nine countries sign a letter supporting the International Criminal Court, but not Australia. Biden has laid the plan for what Trump will do next in Gaza. Paul Keating reminds us that life in Australia is comparably better than in the US. The Albanese Government is on track to meet 2030 goals for the renewable energy Continue reading »
Ilan Pappe witnessed his face on a target symbol on TV screens at the airport as he returned to Israel. Australia continues to tug on the “forlock of a fading hegemon”. The ABC calls citing international law antisemitic while Amnesty International calls on German authorities to stop the crackdown on freedom of speech. Ilan Pappe Continue reading »
Rasha was 10 years old when she wrote her will. In simple words, she asked that her belongings be given to those in need if she didn’t survive. A child, too young to dream of death, yet old enough to know it was coming. She was killed soon after. Her words remain, a haunting testament Continue reading »
A Palestinian man describes the horror of his Israeli captivity while the BBC questions the president of Israel about the torture and abuse in their prisons. Jeffrey Sachs explains why the US went to war with Iraq in 2003. ABC Insiders uncovers Trump’s plan for Gaza while the King of Jordan says they will never Continue reading »
It’s outrageous that leaders of Zionist-controlled Jewish organisations and the Israeli lobby blame Australians protesting Israeli war crimes for rising antisemitism. If any party is responsible for the rise of antisemitism, it is Israel’s heinous occupation, aggression, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and sadistic war of genocide it commits in the name of Jews against the Palestinian Continue reading »
Last Friday 79 nations signed a statement condemning the announcement 24 hours earlier by genocide enabler US President Donald Trump, that he was imposing sanctions on officials of the International Criminal Court because they had issued a warrant for the arrest of architect of genocide of the Palestinian people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shamefully, Continue reading »
History did exist before 7 October 2023. It existed before 1948 and 1929 and goes back millennia. Archaeological evidence shows the geographic region was known as Palestine as far back as 4000BCE and had a Jewish presence dating from 3800 BCE. In contemporary politics, 7 October 2023 represents a decisive shift in the Middle East Continue reading »
When Donald Trump proposed recently to “clean out” Gaza of its entire population, you might have thought what you heard was a plan to “ethnically cleanse” Palestinians from their lands – I mean, it’s right there in that word. But not according to most of the media. An analysis of the Dow Jones database of Continue reading »