Leading Australian legal academic Ben Saul wrote back in March that Israel should no longer be a protected species in the international arena. He’s back with an equally strong statement. And note the growing number of public figures who no longer accept Zionist exceptionalism: Britain’s expulsion of an Israeli diplomat is a lesson for Australia…
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Is Canberra happy to help Israel in its “war on terror”?
In this Fairfax story today, the elephant in the room is Israel. Some key questions: has Australia ever provided our passports to Israeli agents? If so, when and for what actions? Australian security agencies use false passports issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs to allow covert operatives to function overseas, intelligence sources have admitted.…
PressTV interview on Australia’s expulsion of Israeli diplomat
Here’s my interview on PressTV this week about Australia’s decision to kick out an Israeli diplomat.
Israel worries about its image and not the people of Gaza (that’s a shock)
Zionist spin never rests: Israel will attempt to block the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ of pro-Palestinian demonstrators heading toward Gaza with humanitarian supplies, the forum of seven senior ministers decided on Wednesday. Humanitarian cargo, however, would be unloaded and inspected at Ashdod and sent to Gaza via the United Nations. The flotilla’s organizers seek to disrupt Israel’s…
Remind me how Gaza’s isolation is weakening Hamas?
How the ongoing siege of Gaza is forcing separated families to use the dangerous tunnels from Egypt to reunite with loved ones.
Today’s fun and games around Australia/Israel (and watch backing for the Zionist state decline)
There’s no indication that the current political theatre between Australia and Israel will end soon. Jews are upset, conservatives are fuming that Israel can’t just keep on killing anybody it wants and some rational players are calling for an even stronger reaction. Here’s the Herald Sun’s Andrew Bolt, never short of fury at, well, anybody…
Blind western backing for Israel only leads to more terrorism
The following article by Ian Munro appears in today’s Melbourne Age: Australia’s 12,000-strong Israeli community is deeply divided over the government’s deportation of an Israeli diplomat, with many angry that Israel risked good relations with a strong friend, former security analyst Ran Porat said. Mr Porat, a journalist who is undertaking postgraduate research into the…
Why the Zionist lobby has fewer friends by the day (and the old don’t realise)
Discussion of Australia’s Zionist lobby is far and few between though yesterday’s Crikey was a notable exception. Does the Israel lobby seriously believe that by backing every single Zionist position they’re doing Israel a favour? Death by a thousand cuts and oddly satisfying to watch: It’s one thing for the Israel lobby to jack up…
How did Australia find the Israeli rats?
The role of Mossad in Australia is largely ignored by our media elites. Who are they and what do they do? A rare ray of sunshine appeared in today’s Australian: The idea of Mossad operating in Dubai or other Middle East areas would not surprise most people, but Australians may be surprised at Mossad agents…
End the mad siege on Gaza, says Haaretz
An editorial in Haaretz that highlights the ways in which both Israel and the Zionist Diaspora manages the conflict, through spin and PR, rather than actually addressing real suffering of the Palestinians: We will soon mark five years since Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip, but Gaza refuses to disengage from Israel. Border incidents continue,…