I’ve spent years being told that my work on the Middle East was extreme, irrelevant and dangerous and therefore should be ignored. Alas, this didn’t stop a litany of critics continually speaking out against it. Threatened much? This is how we should see the ongoing Murdoch campaign against the Australian Greens and its policy towards…
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BDS will soon start biting in Australia
Dismiss this global movement at your peril (and BDS is in a growth phase, acknowledges this Jerusalem Post editorial): The visiting head of the Business Council of Australia says the boycott campaign against Israel is “a complete and utter joke” that is being ignored by the Australian business community. “It has no credibility,” Graham Bradley,…
Corporate media giving narrow view on post Mubarak Egypt
A pretty average report from Australia’s Channel 10 on Egypt’s supposed move to democracy. Thank God all the people interviewed are friendly looking and not openly Islamist:
The deep insecurity of Murdoch press and Zio lobby over Palestine
Who knew that anti-Semitism was everywhere? Jews are currently hiding in their houses for fear of being attacked by crazed anti-Zionists. Or not. Murdoch’s Australian newspaper wants to create an image of rampant anti-Israel sentiment everywhere because growing numbers of people are recognising the deep racism within Israeli society. The paper has been running a…
Another day and another non-story in Murdoch press over Palestine
This is what pathetic obsession looks like. Murdoch’s Australian has run days and days of furious coverage of the “extremism” of the Greens over its boycott of Israel policy. I may have missed it but the sky hasn’t caved in yet. Perhaps Rupert will organise that shortly. Today sees yet another piece which doesn’t really…
Slamming US occupation of Afghanistan is too biased for Murdoch
Here’s a non-story to fill the pages of the Murdoch Australian. I appeared on ABC TV News24’s The Drum last week and discussed a variety of issues, mostly foreign affairs. On most nights the show has a range of guests, usually from the soft left to the soft right, and a number of more strident…
Creating a faux firestorm when anybody speaks up for Palestinians
This was a story in Monday’s Murdoch Australian: Incoming Greens MP James Parker yesterday stayed silent. He refused to answer claims he had made inflammatory comments about Jewish people when discussing the NSW Greens’s proposed boycott of Israeli goods. Mr Parker, who on Saturday claimed victory in the seat of Balmain in Sydney’s inner west,…
Greens leader should back BDS because oppressed Palestinians ask for it
The last week has seen a barrage of Murdoch attention on the NSW Greens and its embrace of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. It’s a principled and mature position to take, backed by countless groups globally. Last night on ABC TV Lateline saw Greens leader Bob Brown discuss the issue and sadly he…
On Murdoch smearing, the Greens and truth in the Middle East
My following story appears in New Matilda today: News Ltd has had a field day over an NM story about the Greens, including claiming that we misquoted newly elected NSW Greens MP Jamie Parker. Antony Loewenstein responds Last week, New Matilda published a story by me about the Greens and the NSW election campaign. The…
Australian Murdoch press wants to insulate Israel from global move towards Palestinian justice and BDS
It’s a surreal sight. As debate in many Western nations move towards finding ways to hold Israel to account, Australia’s parochial media is desperate to target anybody who dares challenge Israel. Here’s the overseas debate: To boycott or not to boycott? That is the question that growing numbers of American Jews on the left wing…