YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | The Weekly Show

My 'The Weekly' podcast interview this week with Jon Stewart on Trump, fascism, feckless Dems, Merrick Garland's role, Gaza, Israel, the corporate media, and more, has been getting a lot of love online, and positive feedback, and just crossed 1 million views on YouTube.

Have you watched it yet?

The Jewish Council was proud to join the hundreds of thousands of Australians marching on Sunday to demand action from our political leadership.

We demand an end to the genocide, today!

Urgency of Palestinian recognition Of course, Netanyahu is angry about talk of Palestinian recognition. He runs a narrative that Palestine and Palestinians do not exist.

“Recognition of Palestine cannot come at the end of a “peace process”, because Netanyahu and the extreme right who keep him in power (and out of gaol) have said not one inch of land between the river to the sea will ever be ceded to Palestinian autonomy.”
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Tens of thousands join march over Sydney Harbour Bridge Editor comment: Australians in their tens of thousands stood up over the weekend and delivered a very clear message to the Albanese Government and the global community – the killing in Palestine must ...

"The Facebook post listing demands did not mention Hamas or the 50 Israeli hostages the terror group is holding in Gaza."

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. "Terror group." FFS. You mean "THE RESISTANCE." This article is reposted from The Times of Israel.
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'Stop genocide!' March across Sydney bridge for Gaza One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West.

“No level of intimidation, surveillance or threats can force the majority of humanity to support and defend apartheid and genocide.”

Take note, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social. The people of Australia have put you on notice. #auspol #GazaGenocide
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You can read the full list here and send your messages of appreciation to the minister responsible via amanda.rishworth.mp@aph.gov.au

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Not suggesting that donating to the major parties will ensure you keep getting contracts in abusive industries even when you have a shit record and reputation

but it won't hurt.

News headline: Airbnb hosts say caps won't shift them to rental market. Short-term rental hosts would be more likely to leave their properties empty than list them on the long-term rental market to aid supply, a survey shows.

expropriate the airbnbs

Disabled people were asked what sort of colours they would like on the brochures for the new DES and whether what was written made sense.

Number of DES participants on the government’s DES participant experience group? Literally ZERO – it’s almost entirely made up of job agency representatives.

Our problem is not a shortage of housing.

Our problem is a surplus of landlords.

There’s a lot more that Gabriel Shipton said on the march and the war in Gaza which I wish I could also post about but I’m not in the right place and time now so plz do catch the replay if you can, was a good one, and enjoy your Monday evening of course.

Let’s be clear, if the attacker committing daily atrocities & imposing genocide in this war was anyone other than Israel, the West would be defending Palestine with more than just words. #FreePalestine

The Gatekeepers (2012) ⭐ 7.6 | Documentary, History, War 1h 41m | PG-13

They were saying this more than a decade ago: www.imdb.com/title/tt2309...

The Gatekeepers (film) - Wikipedia

The 2012 documentary 'The Gatekeepers' is well worth a watch. These guys don't pull any punches. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gat...

‘We are on the precipice of defeat’: Former IDF chiefs of staff, intel chiefs demand end to Gaza war * * *

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In case anyone is wondering why Israel’s parliament doesn’t initiate a “no confidence” vote on Netanyahu, attempts to do so keep getting squashed by the Ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset. As long as Bibi runs the show, they keep their military draft exemption.

Privilege > starving children.

who cares all of them are war criminals in their own right

Are all of these guys anti-Semitic too?

Nadav Argaman, Head of Shin Bet Tamir Pardo, Head of Mossad Yoram Cohen, Head of Shin Bet Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, Chief of Staff Ami Ayalon, Head of Shin Bet Efraim Halevy, Head of Mossad Dan Halutz, Chief of Staff Uri Sagie, Head of Military Intelligence Amos Malka, Head of Military Intelligence Danny Yatom, Head of Mossad Moshe Karadi, Police Commissioner Amos Yadlin, Head of Military Intelligence Yaakov Peri, Head of Shin Bet Carmi Gilon, Head of Shin Bet Dudi Cohen, Police Commissioner Assaf Hefetz, Police Commissioner Rafi Peled, Police Commissioner Aharon Farkash, Head of Military Intelligence Ehud Barak, Chief of Staff.

Below, a list some of the former Israeli military & intelligence heads united in opposition to the war in Gaza.

Netanyahu is in deep trouble. But perpetrators of genocide rarely retreat - they only deepen the horror until removed.

Credit to Israel/Palestine reporter Noga Tarnopolsky for this list👇

“This war is a war of deception…does the Army agree with everything going on there?”

These men, with 1000 years experience between them of leading Israel’s army and key agencies, now say Netanyahu’s war is an existential threat to the future of the Jewish state.

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🧵NEW: This is an unprecedented intervention.

Almost every single living, former head of the IDF, Mossad (Israeli foreign intelligence), Shin Bet (domestic intelligence) & Police Commissioner urges an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.

“This is an extremist government. It has taken us all hostage.”

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We should be sympathetic to the horror borne by the dozens of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
But don’t ignore the *thousands* of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, including the civilians, women and children in “administrative” detention.
It’s a real giveaway.

The only reason our govt should be trying to get a phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu is to remind him that there is a warrant out for his arrest and that he should turn himself in.

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Birds of a feather…..
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.

Outbreak Outlook - National - Aug 4 Covid-19 picks up steam as we head into the back-to-school season

Covid-19 is on the ups, just in time for back to school. The South and West are seeing higher levels of activity, but other areas of the country are also registering increases. We may also see RSV begin to tick up soon, but it has not begun yet. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.