Several thousand people have again choked the streets of central Sydney in a protest over the Israeli bombing of Gaza. The Israeli Government’s announcement of a ceasefire has been met with cynicism by many. About 5,000 people crammed into the Sydney Town Hall’s forecourt to again condemn Israel over the deaths of 1,200 civilians in…
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They are being heard
The political and media elite ignore the support for Palestinians in the wider community at their peril. Sydney Sun Herald’s Kerry-Anne Walsh writes today: The public loves it when MPs speak out of turn but their party often subtly punishes them. Last week, on this page, we featured an opinion piece by federal Labor MP…
Stop the war in Gaza protest
Speakers include: * John Pilger, renowned author and documentary film maker * Antony Loewenstein, author of My Israel Question * Greens MP Sylvia Hale * Dr Ghassan Achi * Hamdi Alqudsi, Palestinian activist * Rihab Charida, Palestinian activist
Just my mates and terror lovers
Hamas is the democratically-elected government of the Palestinian people. According to Israel’s ambassador in Australia, its leader – a “terrorist”, like everybody from Hamas supposedly – should not be allowed to be published in the local media: We should not see newspaper space given to the leader of a terrorist organisation such as Hamas, extolling…
Not reporters, shameless hacks
You would think journalists who take free trips to Israel paid for by Zionist organisations would disclose such visits. You would be wrong.
Feel sorry for us, please
Robert Fisk, in The Independent, notes a familiar story told by countless Zionist propagandists in the global media: It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel’s propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies – we little baby-coddling liberals living in our secure Western homes – don’t realise the horror of 12…
A sense of humanity
Finally, an Australian politician, in the ruling Labor Party, speaks out agaist Israel’s attack on Gaza. Congratulations Julia Irwin.
Israel, you’ve gone too far
My latest article for New Matilda is about Israel’s lies in Gaza: The international Jewish community is divided over the latest offensive in Gaza, writes Antony Loewenstein When the fighting eventually ends between Israel and Hamas, what will remain of the Gaza Strip and its people? One local Zionist leader will have us believe that…
Some Australian Jews join Palestinians in protests over Gaza action
There is a great deal of protest within Australia against Israel’s crimes in Gaza. SBS NewsRadio interviewed a few of us on January 5, including discussing Independent Australian Jewish Voices: [display_podcast]