Australian political leaders and their mainstream media backers are in moral outrage mode. Anti-semitism they say is rife, infectious, getting worse and must be stamped out. At first sight these claims seem plausible. They are made in response to the burning of a synagogue, a child care centre, to a Jewish community leader’s home being Continue reading »
Israel / Palestine
Wars, like that being waged currently by the Zionist terrorist government of Netanyahu are the destructive and mindless outworking of dualism; about winners and losers. ‘We unequivocally condemn the October 7th, 2023 heinous attack on Israel by Hamas’. And it’s absolutely right that we do. The attack was evil and indefensible, although understandable in the Continue reading »
The International Court of Justice heard, last month, that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have emitted 52 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. A figure equivalent to the annual emissions of 126 states and territories. It seems somehow wrong to be writing about the carbon footprint of Continue reading »
The headline in the Times of Israel says it all: “For the First Time, Israel Just Lost a War.” Regardless of the reasoning behind this statement, which the article divides into fourteen points, it suggests a shattering and unprecedented event in the 76-year history of the State of Israel. The consequences of this realisation will Continue reading »
Pro-Palestine protests have been taking place all over Australia right from the time when Israel started its massacre in October 2023. But looking at the mainstream media, one would think that these marches only generate issues for the public at large and do little to educate people on the actual situation in the occupied territories. Continue reading »
When Parliament returns, the government will be pressed to enact a law making it a criminal offence to threaten violence against people or groups on racial or religious grounds, or to threaten them about gender identity or sexual orientation. Before February, we need to know more about what caused a recent spate of nasty incidents Continue reading »
There’s a long history of the Zionist lobby pressuring, bullying and cajoling critics of Israel and they’re now upping their tactics in a time of mass slaughter in Gaza, writes Kellie Tranter in Declassified Australia. The mainstream media is often called “the Fourth Estate” – supposedly the fourth power after the church, nobility and commoners Continue reading »
The Israeli government has been accused of War Crimes including the murder and genocide of the Palestinians of Gaza. They should be indicted for the murder of Israeli civilians too. Israeli prime-minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant have recently been charged as war criminals by the International Criminal Court for genocide against Continue reading »
We have all condemned fake news, and the lies continually spread on social media, but do we recognise that our political leaders and responsible journalists fail to promote truth telling in significant political debates which reflect the kind of society we have become? For fifteen months Australians have watched the relentless bombardment of innocent civilians Continue reading »
Wearing his clearly marked press vest, and flanked by his older colleagues, 22-year-old former soccer commentator and `accidental journalist’ Abubaker Abed earlier this month indicted the negligence and hypocrisy of international media organisations regarding reporting of the genocide in Gaza: `You’ve seen us killed in every possible way. We’ve been immolated, incinerated, dismembered, and disembowelled. Continue reading »