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I asked DFAT and the PM&C if they had any response to an Israeli government minister allegedly threatening to gas Australian captives. No reply.

Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds 'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza

NEW: Australians overwhelmingly recognise and oppose the genocide in Gaza and want the government to do more to stop it, according to a new poll released today.

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"When I told one person who called me antisemitic that I was married to a Jewish man for 19 years, she told me: 'Well, he's a self-hating Jew!'"

Great speech. Kudos to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties for facilitating it.

The keffiyeh, the phrases 'all eyes on Rafah' and 'settler colonialism', calling Gaza an 'open-air prison' and accusing Israel of genocide also made the list

I put questions to the office of the Special Envoy, whose website has published just two press releases in more than a year. They didn't get back to me.

Today's 'Antisemitism Summit' is a Zionist lobby bid to sway local councils The Summit is part of a wider effort to silence pro-Palestine solidarity at local level

NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou.

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Exclusive – Future Fund’s investment in Israeli arms firm skyrockets Calls grow for Australia's sovereign wealth fund to divest from companies linked to Israeli atrocities

NEW: Australia's Future Fund increased its holdings in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems by 469% in 2024, deepening Australia's financial ties with companies profiting from the Gaza genocide.

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Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social today

Finlay will appear alongside Jeff Schoep, the former head of a US neo-Nazi organisation, and former Labor senator Nova Peris, who previously shared a social media post describing Muslims as "Satan worshipping cockroaches [that] need to be eradicated".

Sydney manufacturer of Israeli F-35 parts damaged in pro-Palestine action SEC Plating's Belmore factory manufactures components of war planes used in Gaza genocide

EXCLUSIVE: A Sydney factory manufacturing parts of Israeli war planes has been damaged by pro-Palestine activists, potentially putting the facility out of commission.

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New Arab Australian body says Arab 'voices are being edited out of public life' The Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas declares ‘the time for symbolic inclusion is over’.

NEW: The newly formed Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas says Australia is "witnessing the quiet erasure of an entire community’s right to speak, imagine and belong".

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For obvious reasons we've had to keep the author's identity a secret.

First piece from our new guest contributor @danielhurst.bsky.social!

Pro-Israel groups have attacked me for years. The Bendigo Writers Festival is a turning point. Randa Abdel-Fattah writes of her experience as a target of the pro-Israel lobby

On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted.

Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here.

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In its letter, the Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism described Abdel-Fattah as "a known racist person" and claimed her Festival event would "propagate an antisemitic agenda and hatred toward Jewish people"

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Australian flotilla activist tells of shocking treatment by Israeli soldiers Tan Safi says soldiers assaulted, strip searched and humiliated volunteers from the Handala aid ship

NEW: Gaza Freedom Flotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social activist Tan Safi says Israeli soldiers assaulted, strip searched and humiliated volunteers from the Handala aid ship

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News Corp editor evokes Nazis in posts about Sydney Palestine march Weekend Australian Magazine editor accused of "sanitising authoritarianism" and "weaponising Jewish trauma"

NEW: The editor of the Weekend Australian Magazine has been accused of "sanitising authoritarianism" and "weaponising Jewish trauma" after seemingly evoking the Nazis in posts about the Sydney Palestine march

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GetUp! told not to campaign on Palestine to avoid upsetting pro-Israel donors Former head of GetUp! warned CEO and chair that commenting on Gaza would "alienate" Israeli or Jewish donors

EXCLUSIVE: Former @GetUp head Simon Sheikh privately warned the organisation not to campaign on Gaza to avoid "alienating" donors with Israeli or Jewish family heritage

www.deepcutnews.com/p/getup-told...

CEO Tom Dalton told staff "the display of political or faith based material can create a divisive atmosphere and may lead to discomfort or conflict among colleagues".

Neami received more than $80 million in government funding in 2024.

The SafeWork inspector listed "Palestine flags" and "black flags with Arabic writing" as examples of "overwhelming evidence of antisemitism flourishing throughout the university".

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seems like a good deal

Thank you for reporting on this. Kristin ducked out of a conference organisaiton meeting to return the initial call to Fiona and came back stunned, a little shaken and angry poor thing.
It was just bizzarre

in writing, no less

Shocking to see the extent of pro-Israeli bias embedded in more than a year of reporting at the ABC.

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Jetstar worker allegedly used staff discount to fly to Israel, then volunteered with IDF Palestinian advocacy group calls on the Qantas Group to investigate

New: A Jetstar employee allegedly used the airline's staff travel discount to fly from Melbourne to Israel so she could volunteer in the IDF