Nour Haydar

The ABC’s new “public comment guidelines” created in response to Lattouf’s legal case have been released: www.abc.net.au/about/plans-...

Staff have also been sent an additional note which warns that “even disclosing a comment to one person may be sufficient to breach the standards”.

Al Jazeera’s managing editor on Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza – podcast Al Jazeera’s managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, tells Nour Haydar why al-Sharif refused to leave Gaza, even though ‘he knew this day would come’

Very important and powerful interview by @nourhaydar.bsky.social today on Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Venice Biennale representative after independent review into dumping Artist says Creative Australia’s decision renews his confidence in integrity of body’s selection process

Today’s Editor’s Pick is 'Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Venice Biennale representative after independent review into dumping' by @nourhaydar.bsky.social and @burke-guardian.bsky.social for @theguardian.com.

We are told Trump has now secured a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

“God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”

Crisis averted. For now. For some.

He wouldn’t say what intelligence may have been shared or received. He didn’t utter “Israel” at all but rather urged “Iran not to take any further action that could destabilise the region”. And what of the Palestinians?

Nothing.

Yesterday, standing at the lectern in front of the Australian flag with Foreign Minister Wong by his side, Albanese offered no condemnation of the “pre-emptive” or “unilateral” strikes and dodged questions on the legality of US actions.

Albanese added this about Bush’s evangelical views:

And again Albanese invoked Palestine:

Then on the 20th March 2003 - as Australian troops readied for the invasion of Iraq - Albanese delivered another speech criticising the new US military doctrine of “pre-emptive strikes” which he said would change “forever the way that international politics works”.

Albanese also offered this observation - which in 2025 carries profound new meaning given the US-backed Israeli siege, slaughter and starvation in Gaza which has surpassed 625 days.

He added: “I believe that we must continue to tell them that unilateralism can never be the basis of a satisfactory world model and that pre-emptive action should not involve the use of military power.”

On 10th of February 2003 Anthony Albanese delivered a lengthy speech decrying John Howard’s support for military action. “Any US-led military action not sanctioned by the United Nations would be illegal under international law,” Albanese said.

So let’s take a walk down memory lane. Back to the months before the US-led coalition invaded Iraq and seized Baghdad in 2003.

Albanese says he wants to see “diplomacy, dialogue and deescalation” in Iran but as Trump and wanted man Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu openly threaten regime change in Tehran, many fear disaster awaits.

Many have also warned of the uncanny similarities between this moment and the catastrophic US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 under false pretences - or outright lies - of WMDs.

While the US and Israel have sought to characterise their attacks on Iran as “pre-emptive” acts of self defence, international law experts have warned their strikes are unlawful and mark yet another trashing of the rules based order that’ll carry untold consequences.

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Yesterday, after 24 hours of silence, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood in the Blue Room and publicly backed US President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian uranium enrichment facilities. He said Iran mustn’t be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and “we support action to prevent that”

Australia has a proud history of standing up against human catastrophe. Gaza should be no exception | Ed Husic We can and should be doing more to help the two million Palestinians struggling to survive

Former minister now backbencher Ed Husic says the Albanese govt “can and should be doing more” on Gaza. Says:
- Israeli ambassador should be called in & more aid demanded
- financial aid should be ramped up
- prepare targeted sanctions on Israeli leaders
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It is frustrating to hear UN commissioner, Chris Sidoti, say it may take until the end of the year to release their determination of genocide in Gaza however I really appreciated this in depth conversation from @nourhaydar.bsky.social on today’s Full Story.

How will Gaza influence votes this election? | Fiona Katauskas Some candidates don’t want to mention the war * See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

How will Gaza influence votes this election? | Fiona Katauskas

Australians could be waiting more than 70 years for affordable housing if prices follow path pushed by major parties Labor and the Coalition have launched policies to tackle the crisis, but they shied away from the idea of falling house prices

“Assuming home values from here climb in line with the Reserve Bank’s inflation rate target of 2.5%, and wages grow by 3.5% a year, it will take 70 years… to push the house price-to-income ratio back down to 6.5.”

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Bearing witness in Gaza: an Australian doctor returns

Put aside 30 mins today to listen to this.

It’s my interview with British-Australian doctor Mohammed Mustafa who recently returned from Gaza where he had volunteered at Al Ahli hospital.

You’ll want to listen to this one in quiet and private.

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State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’ Department seeks instances of bias, with emphasis on Christianity, that may have occurred under Biden

State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’

Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’

A Department of Homeland Security media representative told the Guardian Australia that the department “cannot answer questions on something we cannot verify the veracity of”.

“Just like I cannot confirm the existence of big foot.”

Newsroom edition: the climate crisis has disappeared from the election agenda - podcast Nour Haydar talks with deputy editor Patrick Keneally and climate and environment editor Adam Morton about the consequences of climate action fading from the election campaign

The climate has been conspicuously absent from the conversations dominating our politics. @nourhaydar.bsky.social , @adammorton.bsky.social , and @patrickkeneally.bsky.social jumped on the microphones this week and tried to change that:

Gaza and Aukus nuclear sub deal divide Labor and grassroots groups Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine and Labor Against War ramp up internal pressure on Albanese government over major foreign policy positions

Grassroots Labor members are ramping up internal pressure on the government over its positions on the Middle East and Aukus, urging Anthony Albanese to make two major foreign policy shifts if he wins a second term. @danjb.bsky.social

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‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers • Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again Gaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over. The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Thank you

Such a heartbreaking interview this one...

"We are storytellers..."

(All Oz storytellers should weep at the course of events in the Sabsabi affair...and that it was simply allowed to stand...)