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I asked DFAT and the PM&C if they had any response to an Israeli government minister allegedly threatening to gas Australian captives. No reply.

NEW: Australians overwhelmingly recognise and oppose the genocide in Gaza and want the government to do more to stop it, according to a new poll released today. www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

"When I told one person who called me antisemitic that I was married to a Jewish man for 19 years, she told me: 'Well, he's a self-hating Jew!'"

Great speech. Kudos to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties for facilitating it.

The keffiyeh, the phrases 'all eyes on Rafah' and 'settler colonialism', calling Gaza an 'open-air prison' and accusing Israel of genocide also made the list

I put questions to the office of the Special Envoy, whose website has published just two press releases in more than a year. They didn't get back to me.

NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou. www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...

NEW: Australia's Future Fund increased its holdings in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems by 469% in 2024, deepening Australia's financial ties with companies profiting from the Gaza genocide. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social today

Finlay will appear alongside Jeff Schoep, the former head of a US neo-Nazi organisation, and former Labor senator Nova Peris, who previously shared a social media post describing Muslims as "Satan worshipping cockroaches [that] need to be eradicated".

EXCLUSIVE: A Sydney factory manufacturing parts of Israeli war planes has been damaged by pro-Palestine activists, potentially putting the facility out of commission. www.deepcutnews.com/p/sydney-man...

NEW: The newly formed Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas says Australia is "witnessing the quiet erasure of an entire community’s right to speak, imagine and belong". www.deepcutnews.com/p/new-arab-a...

For obvious reasons we've had to keep the author's identity a secret.

First piece from our new guest contributor @danielhurst.bsky.social!

On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted. Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...

In its letter, the Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism described Abdel-Fattah as "a known racist person" and claimed her Festival event would "propagate an antisemitic agenda and hatred toward Jewish people"

It's Going Well

NEW: Gaza Freedom Flotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social activist Tan Safi says Israeli soldiers assaulted, strip searched and humiliated volunteers from the Handala aid ship www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

NEW: The editor of the Weekend Australian Magazine has been accused of "sanitising authoritarianism" and "weaponising Jewish trauma" after seemingly evoking the Nazis in posts about the Sydney Palestine march www.deepcutnews.com/p/news-corp-...

EXCLUSIVE: Former @GetUp head Simon Sheikh privately warned the organisation not to campaign on Gaza to avoid "alienating" donors with Israeli or Jewish family heritage www.deepcutnews.com/p/getup-told...

CEO Tom Dalton told staff "the display of political or faith based material can create a divisive atmosphere and may lead to discomfort or conflict among colleagues". Neami received more than $80 million in government funding in 2024.

The SafeWork inspector listed "Palestine flags" and "black flags with Arabic writing" as examples of "overwhelming evidence of antisemitism flourishing throughout the university".

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seems like a good deal

Thank you for reporting on this. Kristin ducked out of a conference organisaiton meeting to return the initial call to Fiona and came back stunned, a little shaken and angry poor thing. It was just bizzarre

in writing, no less

Shocking to see the extent of pro-Israeli bias embedded in more than a year of reporting at the ABC.

New story up 👀

New: A Jetstar employee allegedly used the airline's staff travel discount to fly from Melbourne to Israel so she could volunteer in the IDF

New: An interview with @1KarenWyld, who has vowed to "keep speaking up" about Palestine after being stripped of the @slqld State Library of Queensland's prestigious black&write! fellowship.

In a campaign dominated by cost-of-living fears, the Greens’ Gaza stance didn’t repel voters — it redefined who their voters could be.

Exclusive: GetUp!'s board blocked the organisation from campaigning on Palestine, according to a staff member. In February, staff also passed a motion of no confidence in board Chair Glen Berman and deputy Stephen Monk. More here: www.deepcutnews.com/p/getup-in-c...

Thanks so much to everyone who's already signed up for @deepcutnews.bsky.social! If you haven't, get in before our first edition goes out this Wednesday - it's a doozy

Alex McKinnon's Everything Is Fine is terrific, fearless reporting with stories that I find myself re-reading (such is the intransigence of NSW police & state of political cowardice) I've signed up as a DeepFan subscriber to Deepcut News to support independent journalism (it's free to read)

. @jessielilley.bsky.social Got in before me! I'm launching a new independent media outlet with Antoun Issa, formerly of the Guardian and Al-Monitor. If you want journalism that's not afraid of the Zionist lobby, consider becoming a founding subscriber: www.deepcutnews.com

New: A right-wing Zionist astroturfing outfit is behind billboards, flyers and social media ads accusing Labor and the Greens of supporting terrorism

Chuck Schumer makes it to the New Yorker cartoon section. And not in a good way. Chuck, this is your legacy unless you seriously step up. @schumer.senate.gov

New: Members of the University of Sydney’s Academic Board claim the university’s administration has brought in a new institutional definition of antisemitism under false pretences that will be used to punish staff and students who criticise Israel.

Really looking forward to talking to @alexmckinnon.bsky.social on RRR about the work he's doing and the role of independent journalists in the current moment. Join @jessielilley.bsky.social @rachelwithers.bsky.social and I from 7!

New: A leaked email has revealed the head of the United Workers Union's WA branch personally urged union employees not to attend a pro-Palestine rally because it was outside the office of Labor MP Patrick Gorman. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/bullying-a...

New: A leaked email has revealed the head of the United Workers Union's WA branch personally urged union employees not to attend a pro-Palestine rally because it was outside the office of Labor MP Patrick Gorman. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/bullying-a...

New: The head of Royal Melbourne Hospital's Melbourne Brain Centre has accused human rights activists of being "friends of Hamas" for urging a boycott of an Israeli-run health conference in Melbourne

New: A trans University of Sydney student seeking asylum in Australia is facing the prospect of refoulement to Malaysia for allegedly writing pro-Palestine slogans on university whiteboards. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/trans-usyd...

The story about Tony Burke refusing to say "Palestine" at a citizenship ceremony has been picked up by News Corp as "evidence" that Labor is busing Hamas fighters to vote for them. Ironically, that means we now know more about what happened. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/the-tony-b...

"There is no end point at which Israel can arrive and be at peace with itself.. People are being criminalised. Laws are being rewritten. Cell doors are swinging open. All in the name of something that was doomed to failure before it was born."

I've updated this story to reflect clarifying statements made by Cairo Takeaway staff yesterday everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/get-out-of...

New: I spoke to Talaat Yehia, the chef who confronted Ofir Birenbaum, Danielle Gusmaroli and the Daily Telegraph's film crew after they tried to provoke a confrontation inside Cairo Takeaway. His retelling is both infuriating and extremely funny. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/get-out-of...

New: A former federal Parliamentary staffer claims they were denied entry to Parliament's public gallery because they were wearing a keffiyeh.

New: A Sydney high school teacher has spoken out about enduring months of discrimination and harassment, including from the NSW Department of Education, for wearing a keffiyeh to work everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/sydney-hig...