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This is just another example of the exceptionalism that we have come to expect with Israel. That exceptionalism is the Zionist belief that Arab peoples are inferior to themselves — as former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has described them — “human animals”. Readers may find it difficult to assess just what is happening in Syria. Continue reading »
The BIOSECURE Act, recently passed by the US House of Representatives, seeks to decouple the US from China’s biotech ecosystem by restricting federal funding to US firms that collaborate with major Chinese biotech players like WuXi AppTec and BGI Genomics. This legislative push reflects growing concerns over national security, intellectual property (IP) protection, and supply Continue reading »
The coming month of January 2025 is shaping up as Australia Day month. The Coalition has signalled it will be making heavy weather of the weeks leading up to and following Sunday, 26 January. The hubbub will likely focus on Australian flags and an intense determination to stand by the 26th as the day in Continue reading »
US diplomat Peter Galbraith insists the Australian Government and Opposition are exaggerating the dangers of even trying to bring 10 Australian women and 30 children home from Syrian camps. In an affidavit to the Australian High Court, Galbraith explained he had made 20 visits to camps in north-east Syria and had helped to extract several Continue reading »
For Palestinians in Gaza, there is no room for death, as there is no room for life, due to Zionist crimes and Israeli savagery, writes Refaat Ibrahim from occupied Gaza. “Many die and are turned into body parts, their limbs mixed together and lost… They transport them into Israel, subject them to examination, sometimes steal Continue reading »
Australia’s part-time Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has threatened Australia’s press to leave him alone over the festive season, and only contact him when it is time to start the annual whinge fest that is how to celebrate Australia Day. ”I’ve... Read More ›
Staff at News Corp Australia have been given Peter Dutton PM inspired vision boards, in lieu of a Christmas bonus, the decision was made with an eye on making sure the whole company kept their eye on the prize coming... Read More ›
Millions of Myanmar refugees could be next if Junta falls Almost as soon as Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane for the one-way journey to Moscow, European governments began folding up the welcome mats for Syrian refugees. On December 8, the Russian foreign ministry announced that Assad had been given asylum in the country. A day Continue reading »
It’s ten years since the Lindt Café siege by a member of Islamic State who, despite multiple warnings, was not of concern to ASIO or the police. Yet Man Haron Monis’ attack had all the commonly accepted characteristics of terrorism. Since then, and after successive events in central Melbourne and the shooting of Curtis Cheng Continue reading »