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Maybe someone should run up a table of the degree of Zionism in educational institutions. A Hasbara ranking.
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‘Settler colonialism’: What it can tell us about the conflict in Israel/Palestine YouTube video by Association for the Promotion of International Law

Video of the event that filled Norwood Concert Hall, after being cancelled by Adelaide University.
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Can Israel & the U.S. Sustain Iran's Military Power? (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report The Iran War has just begun — but already, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display.

“It’s for America to lose this war. Iran wins it by surviving …”
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The fog of war clears, just a little.
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Iran's regime change unlikely but Trump's mess certain: Gulf states While the cabaret of outlandish and contradictory statements and claims continues in Washington, there is considerable pragmatic pessimism in the Gulf about the mess Donald Trump will leave behind.

“There is a high degree of confidence … that the US will just walk away at some point, showing no sense of responsibility for the mess.”
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#Iran is a nation almost three times the land area and more than twice the population of Ukraine — and we know how that war has gone for Russia. In the words of Israeli journalist Alon Mizrahi: “They have started something they have no chance of bringing to an end.”
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Iran is gearing up for a long war of attrition against Israel and the US There are no more red lines for Tehran - just a slow, calculated strategy to exploit the blind spots of Washington and its allies

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“… the old and ill leader expressed that he did not wish to change his habits. It thus sounds like this was a deliberate choice by Khamenei to be martyred if that was his destiny…”

It seems Khamenei chose death, for what he saw as the good of his nation. Trump is a different sort of crazy.
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The Dream of Omnipotence in the New Rhetoric of War Freedom as Regression to an Infantile State

The US of today is less mature than the one that lost in Vietnam.

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And finally, what have we learned about who Australians are? Wong and Albo are deeply complicit in genocide by their conspicuous and deliberate silences. Slezak pointed out that this normalisation of the Zionist project's atrocities has allowed and enabled its criminality. The other Albanese said that without this diplomatic cover from states like Australia, Israel would not have been able to commit this genocide. I'd add two things. I can't imagine how depressing and what a nightmare this must be for Jews who oppose Zionism. Reciprocally, I can't imagine what they feel about their leaders who are destroying their religion and cursing all Jews for generations to come, just as the children of the Nazis suffered and were punished. Finally, I don't have words either for the courage it takes for anti-Zionists to stand against their communities but they have been greater allies to Palestine than many Muslims and Arabs. Its why I have zero tolerance for antisemitism; the nasty little Fagin-like caricatures, the snide innuendo and uninformed commentaries. You're no friend of mine or of Palestine and you can take it somewhere else.

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Peter Slezak at the opening of the movie, The Killing of Hind Rajab, asked three questions. What does the killing of Hind Rajab tell us about Israel? What does the killing of Hind Rajab tell us about the Jewish community? What does the killing of Hind Rajab tell us about us, Australians? Gideon Levy has asserted that peace will not come from Israeli society unless Israel "pays the price" for the occupation. He says most Israelis are in denial about the actions taken in their name. 90% of Israelis approve of what their government has done and many of them don't think their government has gone far enough. Stop and think about that for a minute. Its not a matter of "there are good and bad people in every cohort." Slezak references Nurit Peled-Elhanan, an Israeli woman whose 14-year-old daughter was killed in a suicide bombing. She said, "This is our fault." Nurit has written about the Israeli education system being full of anti-Arab/Palestinian racism and demeaning stereotypes. She talked of racist stereotyping by rabbis whose books teach hatred and racism, which are distributed to soldiers before they go into battle. Zionism is built on the notion of absolute Jewish supremacy, similar to Nazi race theory. Slezak then moved to the Australian Zionist Jewish community and its leadership. He points out that their response to the atrocities in Gaza we all witnessed has been indifference, to simply ignore it. He said Jewish leaders rationalising Gaza as 'self-defence' is pathological. They pressured the ALP to adopt a McCarthy-style pogrom on humanitarian voices with devastating personal consequences for advocates. Josh Lees talks about many voices for Gaza being forced to take a step back. Most people have a mortgage, a job and kids to feed. I call it Holocaustianism, it's a bizarre mix of fake antisemitism, lies, gaslighting, intimidation, attacks, lawfare and emotional manipulation.

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Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories

“Welcome once again to Moscow on the Torrens,”
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With Us or Against Us, Again Congress didn’t authorize this war, and the only response to questions is a loyalty test we’ve fallen for before.

As George Lakoff wrote, avoid repeating your opponents lies. That reinforces their framing. Penny Wong keeps making that mistake (assuming that she doesn't actually believe the false binary).
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War is good for business.

War is the opiate of the Israeli masses Israel has once again entered war to solve its “existential problems once and for all”. History suggests those promises of total victory rarely survive contact with reality.

I've heard it said that an Israeli optimist is one who believes in longer periods between wars.
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Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’ Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

“… or the strike was carried out deliberately and with prior knowledge …”
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If you want to communicate, then speaking in code is not wise.

Now, who is the "you" to whom you referred?

You'll need to be a bit less cryptic:
you, who?
bomb man?

Israel's ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit UN Israel's new ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit the United Nations by claiming the country "can't take them seriously".

Everyone's lying except the Zionists. Says the Zionist. 🙄
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Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims

Neither open nor aboveboard.
"There was no visit to Asio headquarters or any other intelligence facility on his public-facing schedule."
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“… from a few more angles than one; this war looks like a bad decision.”
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If Westerners Could Wrap Their Minds Around What War Really Is Reading by Tim Foley:

“The empire cannot exist without war. Peace cannot exist without the removal of the empire.
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War is the worst thing in the world, and we are ruled by the worst people in the world.

The world will never know peace until we cease to allow such creatures to rule over us.”
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The frog has boiled:

We need to move past the idea of "distraction" We need to recognise that what is happening is a consolidation of a new authoritarian order

“… most us keep bringing analogue snowballs to the digital gun fight.
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The “instantaneous compliance” of the Albanese government is the clearest Australian expression of anticipatory obedience.
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In such a world, the middle powers do not balance. They choose.”
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Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square In Iran, the U.S. and Israel are employing tactics used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the “War on Terror” and Trump’s recent attacks on alleged drug boats in the Carribean.

Double-tap strikes are calculated to maximise civilian casualties. They're common Israeli tactics.
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If Israel takes everything from the Euphrates to the Nile, will they be satisfied? Are Zionists too addicted to blood?
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Albanese’s decision will follow him into the history books – and define us too Anthony Albanese’s refusal to assist Australian women and children in Syrian detention camps may prove to be the defining act of his prime ministership – not for its prudence, but for what it reveals ...

“Not even Scott Morrison had so deficient a sense of what might have been expected of a great leader at a moment of history.
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It won’t be his opinions defining him. It will be his opinions defining us.”
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The Echidna Newsletter Masthead Logo Your daily national newsletter ... sharp and close to the ground Assassination shouldn't become the new normal Tuesday March 3, 2026 John Handscombe Headshot

"Albanese's haste in supporting the action might come back to bite him in ways he should have anticipated."
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It's a management issue. Some were certain that internal combustion engines could never replace animal power. Those who could manage the differences between technologies thrived. Those who couldn't failed.

Iran Is Signaling: We Will Not Be the Next Gaza! In a stunning escalation, the United States and Israel launched a massive joint operation deep inside Iran reportedly killing senior leadership, hundreds of civilians, and crippling key military infra...

What lessons should Australia be learning?
“These Arab states picked a side. And alignment in a war zone doesn’t come with immunity. … You don’t just inherit the protections of Empire, you also inherit its enemies.
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The moral failure was that they valued stability over justice.”
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THE SILENCING: How "Fighting Antisemitism" Became a License to Censor Genocide Critics Introduction: The Burgers and the Bench There’s a burger franchise in Boronia. I go there, that’s how I got to know the name Hash Tayeh. Reasonable prices. Decent food. Hash Tayeh, the man behind the ...

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Louise Adler sets the record straight on Adelaide Writers' Week The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...

"… the unbearable truth of the destruction of Gaza and Gazan lives must be repressed at all costs."
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