Not going to repost misogynistic attacks on Sarah Williams, but let me remind you that physical acts are just one element of violence against women. Degradation, humiliation, attacks on integrity + character, accusations of hysteria + attention-seeking behaviour are part of it.

'I don't want to die' A Palestinian with Down syndrome innocently pleads for his life in Gaza amidst Israeli attacks on civilians in the Strip.

We don't know what the International Criminal Court prosecutor plans, but Netanyahu has good reason to fear war-crime charges for his starvation strategy in Gaza. I explain: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

And what proportion of *people* in NSW are foreign born?

(it's 35%)

While perpetrating genocide, wiping out entire families, and reportedly killing over 10,000 women, the Israeli army is dressing in the clothing of their female victims and taking photographs. #GazaGenocide

Having once again been arbitrarily denied access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel, I have travelled across the region to meet with Palestinians and others who could help me better understand/assess developments on the ground.

Based on the information received, I…

I’m “foreign-born”. Even got Centrelink for a bit once. What of it? Actually don’t worry, I think I know.

‘Not In My Name’ is the new film by Brietta Hague broadcasting on Australia’s abctv Compass program on 5 May at 6.30pm AEST (and then online). For overseas readers, ABC is the Australian equivalent of the BBC.
The film is about Jewish dissent, my life and work, my journalism,…

Rescue teams continue to pull out survivors of the latest series of Israeli strikes on several houses in Rafah.

'Yes, it is genocide.'

A searing text on Gaza by Amos Goldberg, esteemed Holocaust and genocide researcher at Hebrew University.

thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-geno…

Seems like every other day The Australian has an article out quoting Zionists at length calling for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah to be fired. This is more than absurd, it is an intensely racist campaign targeting a prominent Palestinian woman even as Israel massacres her people daily.

'He had lost his kids, his grandkids, his home,' Sam recalls, 'and he's alone in the corner of this dark hospital, maggots going out of his wounds, and he was screaming: 'The worms are eating me alive please help me’” -US medic in Gaza, by Fergal Keane
bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Wait let me get this straight: 100 students were arrested because the uni claimed they had yelled “kill the Jews”. Then it turns out the student who yelled that was holding an Israeli flag, trying to unsuccessfully bait the crowd and was booed in return

thedailybeast.com/pro-israel-agi…

Revealed: Private school students reap thousands more than public students in disability funding | Australian education | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

This can be a pretext for university censorship: David French says, 'Indefinitely occupying a quad violates the rights of other speakers to use the same space.' But that's true only if a university has a single space or no comparable space, which is rare. nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opi…

'Israel is making a concerted effort to head off feared plans by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against PM Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials,' reportedly for having “deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza.” timesofisrael.com/israel-working…

After Israel, with U.S. support, blockaded Gaza for 16 years, harming Palestinian civilians but not dislodging Hamas, the U.S. has come around to 'the assumption that greater economic opportunity in Gaza is necessary to undercut popular support for Hamas.' nytimes.com/2024/04/28/bus…

One demand students are calling for is Israeli divestment. Divestment is not a new request. In fact, it’s been asked for many times, most notably in the 80s to protest South African apartheid. What is less talked about is why colleges will resist divestment more than ever. 🧵/1

A 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill health has had her temporary visa cancelled on the grounds that she poses a risk to Australia’s national security. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Consistent threats of targeting, challenges staying connected, and a constant urge to conceal your identity as a human rights worker and journalist.. what it’s like reporting on the ground from Gaza.

Maha Hussaini speaking to Michael Holmes on CNN International