This is what matters and why Israel must pay a price for murdering Palestinians: The US worked behind the scenes to help Israel contain United Nations probes into possible war crimes committed during the 2008/’09 Gaza war, Foreign Policy reported today. The online foreign affairs magazine cited exclusive WikiLeaks cables, detailing moves by Washington’s UN…
Marrickville madness over BDS but Palestine rights aren’t forgotten
I was present at last night’s Marrickville council meeting over BDS. It was a circus. Hundreds of people attended. Protesters, Zionists, students, unionists, Palestinians, Arabs, citizens. Countless numbers of people couldn’t fit into the council chambers (luckily I was inside for proceedings). In the end, the BDS didn’t succeed but in many ways this wasn’t…
Wikileaks founder takes a leak on US empire (and we cheer)
Yay: A painting of Julian Assange taking a leak has won this year’s Bald Archy prize. The caricature by French artist Xavier Ghazi portrays the WikiLeaks founder with his trousers around his ankles, urinating into a top hat with the US flag on it.
What Australians really think about Israel/Palestine? (mainly confusion)
The main message from the latest Essential Media polling is that most people don’t really know much about the conflict and remain unsure who is to blame (see here and here). A few points. Close to a majority said that criticising Israel isn’t anti-Semitic (take note Zionist lobby). Many believed the issue fueled anti-Muslim sentiment…
BDS will continue in Australia (aka we’re only warming up over Palestine)
Public meeting Boycotting Israel is the right thing to do: Why Murdoch’s Australian is wrong over BDS Speakers include: Samah Sabawi, Australians for Palestine Antony Loewenstein, author of My Israel Question Sylvia Hale, former NSW Greens MP The Murdoch media’s campaign to force Marrickville Council to abandon its support for a global campaign to pressure…
Mercenaries look at Libya and see dollar signs
What a glorious war: Libya might soon turn into a goldmine for private security firms. Reports say that the UK is already hiring mercenaries to protect the interests of the big corporations there, once Colonel Gaddafi goes. But the fresh history of the previous NATO-led interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan give a pretty clear picture…
When will this stop? Aussie media sees role defending glorious Israel
The Sydney Morning Herald features (gasp!) an Arab in the story: Marrickville Council’s push for a boycott of Israel is likely to be quashed at a meeting tonight despite an attempt by the mayor, Fiona Byrne, to soften the move by calling for an in-principle boycott only. The four Labor councillors and two of the…
Why Marrickville BDS should stand; Naomi Klein and others make the call
Thank you: Dear Marrickvile councilors, We the undersigned would firstly like to congratulate the… Marrickville Council… in Sydney’s Inner West, Australia for their courageous motion (dated December 14, 2010) in support of the Palestinian-led global movement of Boycott,… Divestment… and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law. The BDS campaign is deeply inspired by the South…
Add him to the list; yet another Australian politician who embraces occupying Israel
Australian Federal Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese cares about Palestinians as much as he loves feral cats. His party’s abiding dedication to Zionism is what matters; words are cheap and actions only say backing for Israeli occupation. So his latest comments are no surprise (in a party where principle left through the back door years ago):…