World Affairs

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Fri, 03/11/2023 - 04:59
You will receive briefings from many of your advisors, including from the Office of National Intelligence. My experience is that intelligence agencies have a lot of information but they often have poor judgement. The framing of issues by our intelligence agencies very often reflects the views and habits of the US and the Anglosphere. I Continue reading »
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Sun, 29/10/2023 - 04:58
Many Australians will be ashamed that our nation has failed to speak and vote unequivocally at the United Nations during this crisis. As a nation we cannot continue to pretend that Israel has “a right to defend itself” while Palestine has no such right and is being systematically destroyed. A two-day debate in support of Continue reading »
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Wed, 25/10/2023 - 04:50
The world is appalled that the US has backed a war of vengeance by Israel on the captive Palestinian population. A US-led global peace process is critical to ending decades of violence in the Israel-Gaza conflict. It is hard to know what else to say about the awful conflict that is playing out in the Middle East. Continue reading »
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Sun, 22/10/2023 - 04:59
A former Israeli adviser and a former Palestinian adviser say individual member states must push harder for an end to the wanton destruction. These are painful and dangerous times. Following Hamas’s launch on October 7th of an attack on Israel that has resulted in the confirmed killing of 1,300 Israelis so far, Israel on Friday Continue reading »
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Sat, 21/10/2023 - 04:50
China’s stance on war is very clear, in fact, it could not be more clear. In every conflict on the globe China calls for peaceful resolution and dialogue to resolve differences rather than force. A recently released White Paper, on the White Paper, on the Belt and Road Initiative, emphasised this calling for global peace, Continue reading »
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Sun, 15/10/2023 - 04:52
The 12th Palestine Film Festival has been postponed. This is not the time to hold a film festival. It is time to mourn the dead, pay our respects to those suffering and work together to bring an immediate end to the ongoing atrocities against innocent civilians. The continuing crisis in Occupied Palestine is heartbreaking. Our Continue reading »
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Tue, 10/10/2023 - 04:57
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) unreservedly condemns Hamas for its attack on Israel. 250 young people killed at a music festival is a massacre. That action and hostage-taking of civilians are war crimes. Justification of this violence by Palestinians and their supporters condemns the conflict to never ending acts of revenge. The attack by Continue reading »
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Tue, 10/10/2023 - 04:58
Every drop of Palestinian and Jewish blood shed is on the hands of the United States, Australian and Western countries politicians who closed their eyes to the aggression, occupation, ethnic cleansing, and violation of international laws and resolutions carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people for more than seventy-five years. Following the Nakba in Continue reading »