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…
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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…
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):…
John Pilger to Sydney’s Marrickville council; stand up for Palestine
John Pilger has sent the following message to Marrickville councillors: “Sometimes, looked at from the outside, Australia is a strange place. In other ‘western democracies’ the ‘debate’ about the enduring injustice dealt the Palestinians and Israel’s… lawlessness has moved forward to the point where the cynical campaign of… anti-Semitism smears is no longer effective — in…
Power of BDS still stands in Australia even if media bullied change of heart
So here we are: The Marrickville mayor, Fiona Byrne, will try to end a boycott of Israel after an intense political and community backlash, death threats and a collapse in support on the council, conceding it is ”impractical and untenable”. But the mayor, who would not rule out another tilt at state politics, is unwavering…
Dissident Israelis support Marrickville BDS plan
What a shock to actually read something on this issue that discusses the reality for Palestinians under Zionist occupation: Letter to Marrickville Council from concerned citizens of Israel urging you to stand firm in your support of BDS We are Israeli citizens who witness first-hand the brutality of our government’s policies towards the Palestinian people.…
Zionist lobby told me Israel was democracy so damn you Palestinian activists calling for justice
Sigh. Murdoch columnist Miranda Devine enjoys Israel courtesy of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (2009 and 2010). She obviously saw the real Israel and occupied Palestine. Oh wait, her hand was held and she only saw what her Zionist guests allowed (and she clearly wasn’t curious to look at anywhere else herself). Her column…