Anti-Semitism isn’t a party matter, Mark Dreyfus https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/antisemitism-isnt-a-party-matter-mark-dreyfus/news-story/ff3646bc82631c9dbeae8f70fee39ad8 Until recently I was convinced that Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus had no sense of humour. Zero, zip, zilch. How wrong I was. In my defence, the priggish Dreyfus had given every impression he is devoid of humour. It was, I had thought, a perception reinforced beyond doubt in […]
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Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians Owen Jones 23 April https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/gaza-pope-francis-israel-outrages-hypocrisy The deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes […]
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FPM Media Report 26.04.2025 IN POLL SHADOW, RYAN’S FIRMLY A ZIONIST https://todayspaper.theaustralian.com.au/html5/reader/production/default.aspx Mohammad Alfares – Alexi Demetriadi Kooyong MP Monique Ryan has declared she’s a supporter of Zionism and conceded that she made “mistakes” after October 7, having previously backed an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and voiced support for the United […]
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Just not kosher. The diabolical dilemma facing Jewish voters in Macnamara (The Age, 24/4/2025) ( https://www.theage.com.au/national/just-not-kosher-the-diabolical-dilemma-facing-jewish-voters-in-macnamara-20250423-p5ltm6.html ) Jewish Australia’s relationship with the Albanese government is, to put it mildly, complicated. Nowhere is this more acutely felt than in Australia’s most Jewish electorate, Macnamara, currently held by Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns. With early voting now […]
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Just not kosher. The diabolical dilemma facing Jewish voters in Macnamara (The Age, 24/4/2025) ( https://www.theage.com.au/national/just-not-kosher-the-diabolical-dilemma-facing-jewish-voters-in-macnamara-20250423-p5ltm6.html ) Jewish Australia’s relationship with the Albanese government is, to put it mildly, complicated. Nowhere is this more acutely felt than in Australia’s most Jewish electorate, Macnamara, currently held by Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns. With early voting now […]
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 20.4.25 Israeli strikes pound Gaza as Hamas rejects new truce Canberra Times | Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jaidaa Taha & Alexander Cornwell | 20 April 2025 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8946355/israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-as-hamas-rejects-new-truce/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group rejected an Israeli proposal for another […]
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Israel says 30pc of Gaza turned into buffer zone (The Australian, 17/4/2025) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/israel-says-30pc-of-gaza-turned-into-buffer-zone/news-story/eb54c39c1252749b9a0b4ada6ee68983 ) Israel has announced that it had converted 30 per cent of Gaza’s territory into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting military offensive, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory. Israel resumed air and […]
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 16.4.25 US must act on killings The Age | Letters | 16 April 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/78aeee5a-b151-c9b3-75b7-3e3dd9564559?page=da8fdc97-df47-1e8f-ccfb-9b21b04711dc Since when did children’s playgrounds, schools and places of worship become legitimate military targets for Russian and Israeli drones to kill and maim unsuspecting Ukrainians and Palestinians, many of them women and children? Dismissing such […]
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FPM Media Report 15.4.2025 WHO says child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/gaza-hospital-hit-as-israel-intensifies-assault/news-story/c0602080d495e74c06bafd9877e41324 AFP An Israeli air strike Sunday hit one of Gaza’s few functioning hospitals, resulting in the death of a child according to the World Health Organization, as Israel warned it would expand its offensive if Hamas does not release hostages. […]
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE MEDIA REPORT 16.4.25 US must act on killings The Age | Letters | 16 April 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/78aeee5a-b151-c9b3-75b7-3e3dd9564559?page=da8fdc97-df47-1e8f-ccfb-9b21b04711dc Since when did children’s playgrounds, schools and places of worship become legitimate military targets for Russian and Israeli drones to kill and maim unsuspecting Ukrainians and Palestinians, many of them women and children? Dismissing such war crimes […]
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