Horror upon unimaginable horror. Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir announce ‘the moral solution’ while the scale of devastation for the besieged Palestinian people in northern Gaza—Jabalia, Beit Lahiya—is incomprehensible. Men shackled and blindfolded, taken away by the Israeli army. Women and children murdered in their homes and subjected to psychological terror under the actions Continue reading »
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“A man is nothing without his conscience,” the Florida health department’s top lawyer wrote in his resignation letter.
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Too many Americans seem to be ignoring the risks that another Trump presidency would pose to the U.S. This is a warning to them.
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More than 650 ACLU staffers signed a petition calling on the organization to decry the ongoing war and divest from Israel.
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Why you should pay attention to California's Proposition 6 this election.
Why you should pay attention to Massachusetts's Question 5 this election.
It is difficult to reconcile new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s expressions of concern for the security of his country with his advocation of an Asian version of NATO. The two ideas are contradictory to say the least. Even without mentioning China, it is clear that the alleged threat to Japan’s security emanates from China. Continue reading »
Distinguished moral philosopher and public intellectual Raimond Gaita (FAHA), Professor, University College London, and Melbourne Law school, discusses his approach towards a moral understanding of the Israel Gaza war based on the ideas collected in the book ‘Justice and Hope: Essays, Lectures and Other writings’, (Edited by Scott Stephens), Melbourne University Publishing, Paperback edition October Continue reading »
It’s often said that faith moves mountains. This might be true for people who have faith in their mythical God. The faith I have is the unshakeable faith in, the courage, the heroism and the steadfastness of my people, the Palestinians. Western leaders, western journalists and western pundits would like you to believe that the Continue reading »
It may be that in his post-Public Service life Mr Mike Pezzullo has been watching lots of classic films. When asked about the recent stripping of his Order of Australia, the former Home Affairs supremo said that the matter wasn’t “worth a hill of beans in this crazy world.” They’re precisely the sentiments Humphrey Bogart Continue reading »