Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Australia’s Defence Department has refused a Freedom of Information request about the details of an arms deal with Israel on the grounds that such information “could harm Australia’s international standing and reputation,” which suggests the details must be pretty damning. Equally as scandalous, this refusal was reportedly made in consultation with the Israeli government.
It's absurd, "Details of defensce deal with Israel kept under wraps to protect Australia's 'reputation" One headline already did that, since the fact they are reluctant to tell you leaves it all to your imagination which no doubt conjures up deals even worse then what transpired. It also says I really shouldn't be giving them weapons because they are engaged in that genocide thing, and that's why I'm staying quiet on this one. How stupid.
Another "western" country brazenly dipping its citizens' faces in the pretentious vomit of "freedom and democracy". It seems most Australians, like the rest of their exceptional western brethren, like it that way
we're so fucked - one of my USA democratic senators is still sending out responses deploying "Israel has a right to defend itself" almost 200 days into this mess
White phosphorous and cluster-bombs then, General?
The attacks of Israel against humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip are a war crime, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
On Monday, seven World Central Kitchen's aid workers from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Palestine, as well as a dual citizen of the United States and Canada have been killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. The organization suspended its operations in the region after the deadly incident.
Israel has killed more aid workers in the Gaza Strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years, according to a report by the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD). Since 7 October, 2023, at least 203 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, the report said. With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying the situation is “unconscionable.”
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: Israel Thanks U.S. for Fine Print in Biden's 'Ceasefire' Pitch
Biden fully supports Israel's genocide in Gaza, despite the mainstream presstitutes pretending otherwise.
Israel Katz, Israel’s foreign affairs minister, took to X on Thursday to thank President Joe Biden for continuing to be an expert on the art of the fine print when calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“I commend the U.S. for clarifying that any ceasefire in Gaza will be contingent upon the release of the hostages,” he posted. “We will continue to work together with our allies worldwide to preserve Israel's right to continue the War until the hostages are released and Hamas is decisively defeated.”
A Major and a Colonel take the blame and "are dismissed". Generals get a "warning". Carry-on.
Israeli military sacks two officers over strikes on WCK aid convoy
Israeli military says its officers believed they were targeting Hamas fighters when they killed charity workers.
Those dismissed were a fire support commander holding the rank of major and a brigade chief of staff holding the rank of colonel in reserve, the military said.
Australia's response to the FOIA request: "Nah, fuck off. If we told you the truth, then the "conspiracy theorists" would REALLY think we're all controlled by The Juice."
The global awareness of the Palestinian Genocide can and must also lead to an awareness and resistance to other imperial assaults and atrocities. The world is trapped in the grasp of power and greed. For the survival of humanity, military and economic power must be wrested from the super-wealthy sociopaths and their minions and returned to the People. This isn’t hyperbole, it’s a necessity. And we humans are capable of undertaking this daunting task. We can design a governing system that is based on justice, sustainability, and a real democracy. It’s a design issue. Creating a Movement that can overthrow the wealth hoarders must also happen. It is both a necessity and an inevitably. When governing systems become obsolete that are inevitably overthrown. That’s where we are now.
The Israelis calling the drone strike that killed 7 Western aid workers a “mistake” is like a correction in the New York Times. They both serve the purpose of wanting you to believe everything else was perfectly fine–in the Times’s case, that all of the other stories printed in the paper are true; in Israel's case, that the airstrikes that have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, including 14,500 kids, were totally legit".
You know you’re in a dystopian world when you have headlines like this.. Ted Bundy should also have been allowed not to disclose his murders because it would not sit well with polite society.. after all, the man had a reputation to maintain (& he did dabble in local politics, which shows you that psychopathy is s key component of politics..).
I keep asking myself why the heck the world’s biggest/most advanced and progressive countries are willing to die on the hill of Israel.. I mean it’s just a small, rather insignificant country. But it’s what it stands for that is important: naked (white) supremacist aggression upon which a war industry worth trillions is built. Even the Zionists themselves don’t believe in their own sh$% about Yahweh and the talking snake and burning bush.. it’s all about how to perpetuate wars to make the world go round in their book.. but let’s all pretend that this is in the name of peace and love. And if you try to get the facts, well, how dare you try embarrass us at the country club!
'....leads to the US committing to a direct full-scale war in the region, we may be absolutely certain that Canberra will march us into that one as well.'
If and when such a situation happens in these countries, it's imperative that the average citizens and the current military servicemen with a conscious refuse to participate in the mobilization and instead condemn their governments' actions.
Australia seems to ask “how high”? every time requested to jump by the Americans , who themselves obey Israel?
“This land will never know peace or justice until we have extricated ourselves from the talons of the empire.”
As will no land that is built on the graves and bones of the indigenous.
It's absurd, "Details of defensce deal with Israel kept under wraps to protect Australia's 'reputation" One headline already did that, since the fact they are reluctant to tell you leaves it all to your imagination which no doubt conjures up deals even worse then what transpired. It also says I really shouldn't be giving them weapons because they are engaged in that genocide thing, and that's why I'm staying quiet on this one. How stupid.
Another "western" country brazenly dipping its citizens' faces in the pretentious vomit of "freedom and democracy". It seems most Australians, like the rest of their exceptional western brethren, like it that way
we're so fucked - one of my USA democratic senators is still sending out responses deploying "Israel has a right to defend itself" almost 200 days into this mess
White phosphorous and cluster-bombs then, General?
The attacks of Israel against humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip are a war crime, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
On Monday, seven World Central Kitchen's aid workers from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Palestine, as well as a dual citizen of the United States and Canada have been killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. The organization suspended its operations in the region after the deadly incident.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240405/ohchr-calls-israeli-attacks-on-humanitarian-workers-in-gaza-war-crime-1117758423.html
Israeli Reporter: IDF Commanders' Orders Are to 'Just Shoot Every Man in Fighting Age'
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64368
Israel has killed more aid workers in the Gaza Strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years, according to a report by the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD). Since 7 October, 2023, at least 203 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, the report said. With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying the situation is “unconscionable.”
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240404-more-aid-workers-killed-in-gaza-than-in-all-wars-over-last-30-years-combined/
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: Israel Thanks U.S. for Fine Print in Biden's 'Ceasefire' Pitch
Biden fully supports Israel's genocide in Gaza, despite the mainstream presstitutes pretending otherwise.
Israel Katz, Israel’s foreign affairs minister, took to X on Thursday to thank President Joe Biden for continuing to be an expert on the art of the fine print when calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“I commend the U.S. for clarifying that any ceasefire in Gaza will be contingent upon the release of the hostages,” he posted. “We will continue to work together with our allies worldwide to preserve Israel's right to continue the War until the hostages are released and Hamas is decisively defeated.”
https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/devil-in-the-details-israel-thanks
A Major and a Colonel take the blame and "are dismissed". Generals get a "warning". Carry-on.
Israeli military sacks two officers over strikes on WCK aid convoy
Israeli military says its officers believed they were targeting Hamas fighters when they killed charity workers.
Those dismissed were a fire support commander holding the rank of major and a brigade chief of staff holding the rank of colonel in reserve, the military said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/5/israeli-military-sacks-two-officers-over-drone-strikes-on-aid-convoy
As an Australian I find this incredibly chilling and once again am totally disgusted with my government!
Subservient Australia. Compliant Australia. Complicit Australia. Seems like we're happy to be helping a terrorist state commit genocide. Am ashamed.
Australia's 'reputation' has already been in the shitter for a long time. America's little 'down under' bitch.
Australia's response to the FOIA request: "Nah, fuck off. If we told you the truth, then the "conspiracy theorists" would REALLY think we're all controlled by The Juice."
The global awareness of the Palestinian Genocide can and must also lead to an awareness and resistance to other imperial assaults and atrocities. The world is trapped in the grasp of power and greed. For the survival of humanity, military and economic power must be wrested from the super-wealthy sociopaths and their minions and returned to the People. This isn’t hyperbole, it’s a necessity. And we humans are capable of undertaking this daunting task. We can design a governing system that is based on justice, sustainability, and a real democracy. It’s a design issue. Creating a Movement that can overthrow the wealth hoarders must also happen. It is both a necessity and an inevitably. When governing systems become obsolete that are inevitably overthrown. That’s where we are now.
Settler colonial states doing settler colonial things.
" . . . is nothing other than a settler-colonialist outpost of western imperialism built on genocide, ethnic cleansing and theft, . . . ".
Surely that cannot be true. Surely . . .
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/genocide-and-economics
The Political Economy of Genocide.
Hello friends,
Thought to share This from Counterpunch.
"BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR
The Israelis calling the drone strike that killed 7 Western aid workers a “mistake” is like a correction in the New York Times. They both serve the purpose of wanting you to believe everything else was perfectly fine–in the Times’s case, that all of the other stories printed in the paper are true; in Israel's case, that the airstrikes that have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, including 14,500 kids, were totally legit".
You know you’re in a dystopian world when you have headlines like this.. Ted Bundy should also have been allowed not to disclose his murders because it would not sit well with polite society.. after all, the man had a reputation to maintain (& he did dabble in local politics, which shows you that psychopathy is s key component of politics..).
I keep asking myself why the heck the world’s biggest/most advanced and progressive countries are willing to die on the hill of Israel.. I mean it’s just a small, rather insignificant country. But it’s what it stands for that is important: naked (white) supremacist aggression upon which a war industry worth trillions is built. Even the Zionists themselves don’t believe in their own sh$% about Yahweh and the talking snake and burning bush.. it’s all about how to perpetuate wars to make the world go round in their book.. but let’s all pretend that this is in the name of peace and love. And if you try to get the facts, well, how dare you try embarrass us at the country club!
'....leads to the US committing to a direct full-scale war in the region, we may be absolutely certain that Canberra will march us into that one as well.'
If and when such a situation happens in these countries, it's imperative that the average citizens and the current military servicemen with a conscious refuse to participate in the mobilization and instead condemn their governments' actions.