In Israel, there is a Hebrew saying largely adopted during times of war: sheket, yorim. It translates to “quiet, we’re shooting”, and it reflects the widely held understanding politics and other distractions should be put aside for the good of the country while it’s fighting. For many months in Israel, that’s what happened. In the […]
Read MoreSYDNEY UNI PROTESTERS, TENTS TAKEN OFF CAMPUS
The University of Sydney on Tuesday reduced the size of the pro-Palestine encampment protest on its campus, removing tents and protesters from the previously sprawling demonstration. As of Tuesday evening, the Muslim Students Association was the only protester faction left on the university quadrangle. The university last Friday ordered students to leave the encampment, almost […]
Read MorePolice slap ketchup ban on Balfour protester
Police slap ketchup ban on Balfour protester Kit Klarenberg and David Cronin The Electronic Intifada 16 November 2022 https://electronicintifada.net/content/police-slap-ketchup-ban-balfour-protester/36686 London’s police force has imposed bizarre restrictions on a woman who spoke out against Britain’s role in the colonization of Palestine. On 12 November, two protesters glued themselves to the plinth of a statue dedicated to Arthur James […]
Read MoreDefence ignores local solution for Battle Management System
The travails of the Australian Army’s tactical LAND 200 Battle Management
System are relatively well known, but the causes of – and solution to – the
problem remain unclear after they were first revealed 18 months ago.
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Civil society organisations welcome the Future Fund’s exclusion of Elbit Systems, and call on the Federal and Victorian Governments to drop Elbit or risk complicity in serious violations of international law
15 March 2022 | For immediate release Civil society organisations working for human rights for Palestinians and others welcome the news of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund’s exclusion of Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems Limited from its investment portfolio because of allegations of its involvement in the production of cluster munitions. The organisations call on […]
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