While Israel continues daily to brutalise Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and Stephen Hawking’s decision to back BDS causes waves around the world, it’s comical to read Rupert Murdoch’s Australian desperately hoping that the Zionist state would just get some love. After praising Israel for singing lullabies to Palestinians recently, today’s editorial merely…
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Reporting tips for Murdoch’s Australian over Palestine, BDS and Gaza
Fair journalism is hard, isn’t it? Getting all the facts, putting them into sentences and writing them down accurately. I’m tired just thinking about it. The following article appears in today’s Murdoch’s Australian. The selectivity of the piece is startling but unsurprising: The NSW Greens have outraged Jewish leaders by organising a fundraiser cruise to…
BDS will continue to grow in Australia, regardless of comical attacks
The following statement was issued today by the Palestine Action Group (Sydney): Supporters of Palestine have responded to a May 2 report in… the… Australian… asserting that Max Brenner Israel has no direct shares in Max Brenner Australia as irrelevant to the solidarity campaign for justice in Palestine. Palestine solidarity activists are bemused that… the… Australian… has given front page coverage…
It takes skill to praise Israel caring for Palestinians (thank you Murdoch)
Today’s editorial in Rupert Murdoch’s Australian is a classic case of receiving a press release from the Israeli government and it somehow, mysteriously, appearing in the paper. Occupation is invisible. Hell, Israel is praised for cuddling Palestinians babies at West Bank checkpoints. Well, nearly. If the editors need some assistance to better understand the brutal,…
Memo to Murdoch/Zio lobby; BDS grows while occupation deepens
Another day and yet more faux outrage by the Murdoch press and Israel lobby in Australia. First this (via the Australian on its front page): Julia Gillard has denounced the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement ahead of anti-Israeli protest action planned at the University of NSW today. BDS action at UNSW has turned ugly, with…
The Daily Show on gun crime, America, Australia and lunatics
John Howard on Gun Control. from John Beohm on Vimeo.
Tell Australia to hold Sri Lanka to account
I’m proud to have been asked to sign this important petition and happy it’s been covered in the Colombo Telegraph: Malcolm Fraser, the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia has endorsed the petition for Commonwealth Summit in Australia- Reconsider attending CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka launched jointly by Australian Tamil Congress and Sri Lanka campaign for…
Sydney university students take important step against Israeli crimes
This week a victory for countless courageous activists and students at Sydney University. I know some of them and I’m proud to call them colleagues and friends. It’s a brave stand against Israeli illegality and official silence. Here’s the statement: The Student Representative Council at the University of Sydney passed a motion endorsing Associate Professor…
Australian Zionist lobby media complaint rejected as a pest
Earlier in the year, after the ABC broke a massive story about an Australian man Ben Zygier spying for Mossad and dying in an Israeli jail, there was a great deal of media coverage that questioned the ways in which some Jews saw their relationship with the Israeli state. I was interviewed on ABC Radio…
Wikileaks, by publishing 1.7 million documents, proves ongoing relevance
A huge day for journalists, archivists and citizens (via the Guardian): WikiLeaks… has published more than 1.7m US records covering diplomatic or intelligence reports on every country in the world. The data, which has not been leaked, comprises diplomatic records from the beginning of 1973 to the end of 1976, covering a variety of diplomatic traffic…