The AIPAC Israel Lobby has truly arrived Down Under.
Right-wing astroturfers infiltrate local councils, fire up Labor v Greens unrest over Israel
Tag: In Australia
Zionism is a political ideology, not a religious or ethnic identity. The egregious, false equivalence between it and Judaism is the only way Israel and the West can justify genocide.
In Australia, pro-Palestinian voices face a frenzy of Zionist McCarthyism
WHAT IS IT about the Australian Jewish community, Australian Jewish “faith” schools and Israel?
Michael Brull spent 13 years at Moriah College, and he outlined in 2013 his experience as a fish out of water. The Jewish school system’s attachment to Israel appears deeply embedded. In particular, camps, both in Australia and Israel, involve soldier training simulations that feed, whether directly through recruitment or in sympathy, into Israel’s militarised society and killing machine.
An unqualified attachment by the Jewish school system to a pariah state sits uneasily with the system’s other “core values” that emphasise critical thinking and Jewish ethics.
Is this school system the nursery for the Israel lobby in Australia?
“The world looked away during the World War, and Jews, 6 million of our people, were murdered in that looking away… It is incumbent upon humanity to look at what is happening in Gaza now and to say we will not accept this. We will say no. Not in our name.” – Louise Adler
Thinking in contradictory terms is the main symptom of a propaganda infection. We complain that China, our biggest trading partner, is damaging our trade with sanctions on a few items but we are preparing to fight them to completely destroy our trade with them. We accuse China of violating freedom of navigation when the navigation route they are protecting is our own trade passage to and from China.
Source: How serious is the Australian propaganda infection? – Pearls and Irritations
Over this last weekend, however, a bunch of thugs in black hoodies rather than brown shirts marched through Newtown to disturb World Pride celebrations, intimidating LGBTQI+ people, all the while incongruously waving their rosaries around. The man credited with promoting it is a Maronite Christian, but it is uncertain which denominations accompanied him.
Source: Fascist politics on our streets and in speaking tours – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Between 200,000 to 300,000 US citizens live in Australia, where interest in the upcoming election has soared
‘I can’t stand it’: American expats in Australia on the agony of watching the US election campaign | Australia news | The Guardian
Across the globe at spring time, people splash each other with colours for a Hindu Holi festival.
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