Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in a moral conundrum – whether to run Australia or hand over the keys to the Lodge to the Australian Jewish Council (AJC).
I read with horror of Ms Segals appointment. Albanese is losing the plot. And as for Semites ...what a joke. They just wouldn't know. And then later in the day we had Dreyfus trying to tell us when it was antisemetic to criticise Israel. This is unbelievable stuff. A horror show.
You are so very right. I applaud both your saying what you have and your courage to do so in a time when to even imply that there is a problem with supporting Israel, is likely to bring down abuse upon your head, not least an accusation of being an antisemite.
Labor's position is intolerable and completely hypocritical. Albanese's words and attitude are such as I would never have thought would come from an ALP Prime Minister, or member of the parliamentary party.
I don't consider Albanese to be a bad man or a terrible politician, let alone one with the mean spirit and conscienceless morality of a Dutton, Abbott or Howard. However, he has this wrong. Indeed, no government or individual claiming to believe in values of freedom, self-determination, compassion, peace, respect and caring for all and protection of women, children, and those who pick up the pieces and salve the wounds and misery of victims of conflict, can possibly condone the actions of the IDF under the orders of Netanyahu and his war cabinet.
NO government should be supplying either funds or armaments to Israel. This genocidal massacre by Israel could have been over months ago with a word from Netanyahu or with the withdrawal of funds and arms from the USA and other deluded governments.
Israel was created by British and European colonial perfidy and ever since its hard line zionists have persecuted Palestinians and effectively held them hostage.
Even many Jews condemn this corrupt and appalling carnage and killing that is occurring in Gaza and the additional atrocities being committed by illegal settlers on the West Bank, often under the gaze of IDF or Israeli Police who do nothing to stop criminal acts.
Albanese and the ALP as a whole should condemn not only Israel but the USA and any other government that continues to support Israel in any way, unless and until they cease their persecution and withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. After that, Israel should also be required to pay reparations to fund the rebuilding of schools, hospitals, universities, infrastructure and homes that they have senselessly and callously destroyed.
Our mainstream media, too, ought to be ashamed of itself for abysmally unbalanced, often even prejudiced reporting of what is happening in this conflict and, as importantly, why.
Thank you for your continue airing of a rational and humane account of the truth about this obnoxious attempt to delete a whole people from the face of the Earth.
Very well said. I have little faith in Albo doing anything that might ‘offend’ our masters - the US. With Pine Gap operations complicit in this appalling tragedy, we really are the 51st State….
Can't argue with that. Don't wish to. From its foundation and through two World Wars, Australian governments sycophantically followed Britain. Since WWII we have increasingly moved towards sycophantically following the USA. Through all of that time we have failed to remove ourselves from an anachronistic and obsolescent monarchy which now even has a wife cheating scoundrel who used a young woman to give him heirs whilst all the while continuing an affair with a married woman who is now lauded as a Queen, by the establishment that supports such ludicrous titles and hypocrisy.
I have no issue with Sam Mostyn as a person and, if we have to have a 'Governor-General' I would rather it not be some drunken dolt such as Kerr or a retired military male but really ... we don't need it, shouldn't have it and, in my view, no self respecting Australian would accept the post. I don't mean to be offensive to Ms. Mostyn but it is past time that we threw out all the trappings of a monarchy and nation that invaded this continent and dispossessed or killed so many of its people, only to continue to abuse them to the present day.
It is clear that Albo and the gov are fully invested in this genocide. From Pine Gap near Alice (US spy intelligence satellite base) and one in Geraldton which continue to send vital info to Israhell. Same as for weapons parts that are still being sent to Israhell. All against international law. Personally the government should be charged with treason as that is exactly what this is. Further committing to AUKUS and Japan-AU underwater warfare (seriously wacked) all to please the master US empire which by now has shown to the world its true dictatorship and warmongering. So US wants now to make Australia its military base against China. Same as it has done by creating proxy war with Ukraine. Devastation for all to see. However US empire MO as per usual and those bribed AU politicians Our government does not care about humanity nor representing the people of Australia. Time for Australians to finally wake up before it is too late. War serves only bought politicians but not the people.
One sentence in here summarises the Albanese government in totality, not just on Palestine: “placate critics without taking substantive action”. This has been their approach to *every* policy issue. Homeless? Stateless? Exploited? Bled dry by landlords or banks? Being massacred by the IDF? There is no abuse of power the ALP won’t pretend to “do something” about. The Dutto opposition’s approach is to shout about something else, but at least they don’t pretend to be nice.
I'm sure your remarks about who semites are is accurate, however the world came to understand "antisemitism" as meaning "hostility to Jews." I'm fine with that definition, But in the last decade or two, it's been changed--through propaganda and sometimes law--to mean :criticism of Israel." Not only does it now have this warped meaning--those pushing it are happy to overlook ACTUAL "hostility to Jews"--both the US AND ISRAEL have armed and funded the Azov Battalion in Ukraine, for example, an explicitly anti-Jewish military gang.
But on Faruqi's stance and its repercussions, I think realistically, full rights for Palestinians WOULD mean the dissolution of Israel, because its people are so indoctrinated and racist, the percentage who could live in peace and equality with non-Jews is in the single digits. Equality and human rights for Palestinians would not mean Gaza reconstructed and Gazans given sufficient aid to survive until that's complete--it would mean removing the walls of that concentration camp and allowing Palestinians to live wherever they please, paying them full price for all confiscated land and homes and all destroyed homes. This would mean the end of Israel, at least Israel as we know it. But if this is Faruqi's position, she should be entitled to it--whereas the majority, officially acceptable position, that Australia should be complicit in genocide and colonial extermination--freedom of speech is severely stretched by such a monstrous assertion.
The end of Israel as it currently stands would not be a band thing - that is the elimination of zionism and zionistic ideology and rule. That is what must cease to exist. Not Jews, not Judaism they must be allowed to thrive and prosper and live in harmony as they did for centuries with the Palestinians. Zionism is evil destructive and demonstrably detrimental to the well being of society and humanity. They should simply fuck off into oblivion
Apartheid is a crime against humanity a fact that applies equally to ALL people and nations.
The Israeli basic law reserves the right of self-determination within the state of Israel to Jewish people.
Palestinians within Israel are granted citizenship but can never be Israeli nationals, because they are not Jews.
In Israeli law I've read that 65 laws apply to Palestinians alone.
That is apartheid.
Remove apartheid and enforce every United Nations Resolution on the issue of Palestine and the rights of Palestinian refugees and the Zionists would be confronted with the demographic problem the Nakba was designed to cure.
The issue is about EQUALITY for every person between the river and the sea. There is nothing complex about it.
Great post. This is a great example of why Caitlin Johnstone says when she criticizes the US government she is criticizing her own government because it is such a vassal of the US Empire. The Australian government's policy towards Zionism is the official imperial line, maybe even more so.
I look forward to the day when your government has the gumption to tell mine to fuck off.
Thank you Adrian for your insightful but rather ill informed comment. Stupid as always from monkeys like yourself. No I don’t hate Jews a lot of my friends are Jews, but they aren’t Zionist hating Arabs and that’s the difference fool. So my advice to you is to fuck off. And if you want to call anti-Semitic be my guest. But I bet you wouldn’t do it if I was standing in front of you.
My advice keep on criticising and break the nexus of the tag - the more that do it thing their noses at the the tag - the more it collapses the falsehoods of the bullshit narrative pedalled eventually disarming the zionists once and for all
Of the history but Israel tried autonomy which only produced a neighboring rule hell bent on pushing the Jews to the sea. That was not rhetoric. If you think a Hamas state is acceptable I wonder if you are a Jew hater as well.
Conflating objection to genocide with anti-semitism is just wrong. It is not anti-semitic to criticize a country that is committing genocide, and numerous other war crimes.
I read with horror of Ms Segals appointment. Albanese is losing the plot. And as for Semites ...what a joke. They just wouldn't know. And then later in the day we had Dreyfus trying to tell us when it was antisemetic to criticise Israel. This is unbelievable stuff. A horror show.
You are so very right. I applaud both your saying what you have and your courage to do so in a time when to even imply that there is a problem with supporting Israel, is likely to bring down abuse upon your head, not least an accusation of being an antisemite.
Labor's position is intolerable and completely hypocritical. Albanese's words and attitude are such as I would never have thought would come from an ALP Prime Minister, or member of the parliamentary party.
I don't consider Albanese to be a bad man or a terrible politician, let alone one with the mean spirit and conscienceless morality of a Dutton, Abbott or Howard. However, he has this wrong. Indeed, no government or individual claiming to believe in values of freedom, self-determination, compassion, peace, respect and caring for all and protection of women, children, and those who pick up the pieces and salve the wounds and misery of victims of conflict, can possibly condone the actions of the IDF under the orders of Netanyahu and his war cabinet.
NO government should be supplying either funds or armaments to Israel. This genocidal massacre by Israel could have been over months ago with a word from Netanyahu or with the withdrawal of funds and arms from the USA and other deluded governments.
Israel was created by British and European colonial perfidy and ever since its hard line zionists have persecuted Palestinians and effectively held them hostage.
Even many Jews condemn this corrupt and appalling carnage and killing that is occurring in Gaza and the additional atrocities being committed by illegal settlers on the West Bank, often under the gaze of IDF or Israeli Police who do nothing to stop criminal acts.
Albanese and the ALP as a whole should condemn not only Israel but the USA and any other government that continues to support Israel in any way, unless and until they cease their persecution and withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. After that, Israel should also be required to pay reparations to fund the rebuilding of schools, hospitals, universities, infrastructure and homes that they have senselessly and callously destroyed.
Our mainstream media, too, ought to be ashamed of itself for abysmally unbalanced, often even prejudiced reporting of what is happening in this conflict and, as importantly, why.
Thank you for your continue airing of a rational and humane account of the truth about this obnoxious attempt to delete a whole people from the face of the Earth.
Very well said. I have little faith in Albo doing anything that might ‘offend’ our masters - the US. With Pine Gap operations complicit in this appalling tragedy, we really are the 51st State….
Can't argue with that. Don't wish to. From its foundation and through two World Wars, Australian governments sycophantically followed Britain. Since WWII we have increasingly moved towards sycophantically following the USA. Through all of that time we have failed to remove ourselves from an anachronistic and obsolescent monarchy which now even has a wife cheating scoundrel who used a young woman to give him heirs whilst all the while continuing an affair with a married woman who is now lauded as a Queen, by the establishment that supports such ludicrous titles and hypocrisy.
I have no issue with Sam Mostyn as a person and, if we have to have a 'Governor-General' I would rather it not be some drunken dolt such as Kerr or a retired military male but really ... we don't need it, shouldn't have it and, in my view, no self respecting Australian would accept the post. I don't mean to be offensive to Ms. Mostyn but it is past time that we threw out all the trappings of a monarchy and nation that invaded this continent and dispossessed or killed so many of its people, only to continue to abuse them to the present day.
Of course because he’s a BLOODY COWARD!! The ZIONIST terrorists have him by the balls
It certainly looks like it.
Yes! Well said and courageous and hopefully totally convincing to all concerned.
It is clear that Albo and the gov are fully invested in this genocide. From Pine Gap near Alice (US spy intelligence satellite base) and one in Geraldton which continue to send vital info to Israhell. Same as for weapons parts that are still being sent to Israhell. All against international law. Personally the government should be charged with treason as that is exactly what this is. Further committing to AUKUS and Japan-AU underwater warfare (seriously wacked) all to please the master US empire which by now has shown to the world its true dictatorship and warmongering. So US wants now to make Australia its military base against China. Same as it has done by creating proxy war with Ukraine. Devastation for all to see. However US empire MO as per usual and those bribed AU politicians Our government does not care about humanity nor representing the people of Australia. Time for Australians to finally wake up before it is too late. War serves only bought politicians but not the people.
One sentence in here summarises the Albanese government in totality, not just on Palestine: “placate critics without taking substantive action”. This has been their approach to *every* policy issue. Homeless? Stateless? Exploited? Bled dry by landlords or banks? Being massacred by the IDF? There is no abuse of power the ALP won’t pretend to “do something” about. The Dutto opposition’s approach is to shout about something else, but at least they don’t pretend to be nice.
I'm sure your remarks about who semites are is accurate, however the world came to understand "antisemitism" as meaning "hostility to Jews." I'm fine with that definition, But in the last decade or two, it's been changed--through propaganda and sometimes law--to mean :criticism of Israel." Not only does it now have this warped meaning--those pushing it are happy to overlook ACTUAL "hostility to Jews"--both the US AND ISRAEL have armed and funded the Azov Battalion in Ukraine, for example, an explicitly anti-Jewish military gang.
But on Faruqi's stance and its repercussions, I think realistically, full rights for Palestinians WOULD mean the dissolution of Israel, because its people are so indoctrinated and racist, the percentage who could live in peace and equality with non-Jews is in the single digits. Equality and human rights for Palestinians would not mean Gaza reconstructed and Gazans given sufficient aid to survive until that's complete--it would mean removing the walls of that concentration camp and allowing Palestinians to live wherever they please, paying them full price for all confiscated land and homes and all destroyed homes. This would mean the end of Israel, at least Israel as we know it. But if this is Faruqi's position, she should be entitled to it--whereas the majority, officially acceptable position, that Australia should be complicit in genocide and colonial extermination--freedom of speech is severely stretched by such a monstrous assertion.
The end of Israel as it currently stands would not be a band thing - that is the elimination of zionism and zionistic ideology and rule. That is what must cease to exist. Not Jews, not Judaism they must be allowed to thrive and prosper and live in harmony as they did for centuries with the Palestinians. Zionism is evil destructive and demonstrably detrimental to the well being of society and humanity. They should simply fuck off into oblivion
Apartheid is a crime against humanity a fact that applies equally to ALL people and nations.
The Israeli basic law reserves the right of self-determination within the state of Israel to Jewish people.
Palestinians within Israel are granted citizenship but can never be Israeli nationals, because they are not Jews.
In Israeli law I've read that 65 laws apply to Palestinians alone.
That is apartheid.
Remove apartheid and enforce every United Nations Resolution on the issue of Palestine and the rights of Palestinian refugees and the Zionists would be confronted with the demographic problem the Nakba was designed to cure.
The issue is about EQUALITY for every person between the river and the sea. There is nothing complex about it.
Great post. This is a great example of why Caitlin Johnstone says when she criticizes the US government she is criticizing her own government because it is such a vassal of the US Empire. The Australian government's policy towards Zionism is the official imperial line, maybe even more so.
I look forward to the day when your government has the gumption to tell mine to fuck off.
hear hear brother!!
spot on Bradley
I don’t care what you believe in
Thank you Adrian for your insightful but rather ill informed comment. Stupid as always from monkeys like yourself. No I don’t hate Jews a lot of my friends are Jews, but they aren’t Zionist hating Arabs and that’s the difference fool. So my advice to you is to fuck off. And if you want to call anti-Semitic be my guest. But I bet you wouldn’t do it if I was standing in front of you.
My advice keep on criticising and break the nexus of the tag - the more that do it thing their noses at the the tag - the more it collapses the falsehoods of the bullshit narrative pedalled eventually disarming the zionists once and for all
Zionism is in the eye of the beholder. I frankly believe in self preservation.
Of the history but Israel tried autonomy which only produced a neighboring rule hell bent on pushing the Jews to the sea. That was not rhetoric. If you think a Hamas state is acceptable I wonder if you are a Jew hater as well.
You may not be aware of
An American snaps his fingers and australian knees resolutely hit the floor, grateful for the opportunity to service Master.
Western nations are all doing this.
Conflating objection to genocide with anti-semitism is just wrong. It is not anti-semitic to criticize a country that is committing genocide, and numerous other war crimes.