Ugh… such a great article

Sanctions now.

#Lebanon

#WeSeeYou 🙏❤️🇱🇧💔

At least 254 killed after Israel hits Lebanon with massive wave of airstrikes ‘Largest coordinated strike’ against Hezbollah since war began prompts warnings Iran could pull out of ceasefire

It's always tricky, when talking about these conflicts, to determine who are the bad guys. Well let me tell you, Israel are fucking evil
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

So sorry to our Australia’s Lebanese communities who must think all we care about is the price of fuel. 😔

C’mon Penny - a condition of the ceasefire included Lebanon! You know this.

Yet in the last few hours 100s of people have been murdered in Lebanon by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing. If there ever was a potential semblance of a ceasefire: Israel is hell bent on undermining it. #auspol

imagine raising your babies to believe in doing this, to justify this, to complain about feeling isolated for supporting this.

A 1.4% levy on the gambling industry could compensate the media for ALL revenue lost from a potential gambling advertising ban.

Australians lose more money gambling than any other country. It's time for our government to act.

@amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

🌈 Announcing the Magabala Pride Fellowship 🌈

In partnership with Pride Foundation Australia, the Fellowship will award $10,000 to a First Nations storyteller to dedicate time to developing or completing a manuscript.

📅 Applications close 24 April 2026

👉 Apply now: bit.ly/4tjK50s

@laboraus.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social no doubt we’ll be doing the same soon #auspol

Australia’s arts and culture cannot be produced overseas, and cannot be moved offshore.

It can only be made here.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4s0JjV2

Spanish prime minister says Israel wants to inflict on Lebanon 'same destruction' as in Gaza <article data-history-node-id="436807" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spanish-prime-minister-says-israel-wants-inflict-lebanon-same" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spanish-prime-minister-says-israel-wants-inflict-lebanon-same" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Spanish prime minister says Israel wants to inflict on Lebanon 'same destruction' as in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu "seeks to inflict the same level of damage and destruction" on Lebanon as Israeli forces had wrought on the&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;Strip, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers on Wednesday.</p> <p>Sanchez, who appeared before the lower house to explain his government's stance against the US-Israeli war on Iran, also said that Iran's new Supreme Leader was more hardline than his predecessor.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane on March 26, 2026." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4ccc52aa-40d1-4684-a33c-bc120d400eb9" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/First%20aid%20responders%20are%20seen%20at%20the%20site%20of%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20that%20targeted%20the%20southern%20Lebanese%20village%20of%20Kfar%20Roummane%20on%20March%2026%2C%202026.afp_.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane on March 26, 2026." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane on 26 March, 2026.(AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Spanish prime minister says Israel wants to inflict on Lebanon 'same destruction' as in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

Just as with the last federal election, more people voted against conservative candidates in South Australia, than for them. And yet policy and media is still dictated by conservative politics and whether or not there is ‘political space’ to enact them 🫠🫠🫠🫠

“The arts sector is in crisis, still recovering from COVID and the cost-of-living crisis. It needs support to survive," said Skye Predavec, Researcher at The Australia Institute.

Read more: https://theaus.in/4taHypy

Screen shot say: Block the strait of Hormuz for a week and the world goes mad but block the Rafah crossing for years, preventing the e try of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and nobody bats an eye. It’s not hard to see that this works valued markets, profit and capitalism over human lives.

#auspol

With Gaza's Libraries in Ruins, Palestinians Fight to Preserve Historical Memory More than 87 public libraries and archives in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed by Israel's genocide.

"Al-Saawi gazes at the empty space where the shelves once stood and reflects on the magnitude of the loss."

"It once held more than 1.5 million books."

"[M]ore than 87 public libraries and archives in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide

*your government and Israel are threatening your food supply

Rhoda Roberts AO: The cultural warrior who changed the nation Rhoda Roberts AO was a pioneering journalist, producer, broadcaster, actor and artistic director who transformed the media, performing and creative arts sectors.

Vale Rhoda Roberts - a cultural warrior indeed. Her legacy will live on in the way she contributed to building the arts and cultural fabric of this country, for the benefit everyone.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Widen your gaze and look upon Lebanon.

Nearly a million people have been displaced by Israel in the past 3 weeks.

They've been told not to return.

That's ethnic cleansing.

The last time Israel occupied Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah was born.

What horrors will be unleashed now?

ABC News reporting that farmers are running out of diesel. There are no reports of coal mines running out of diesel, despite that the mining industry uses 3 times as much as agriculture does.

Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians Government faces political fight as industry says mooted 25% levy on exports would hurt Australia’s economy and energy security

The gas cartel has swiftly rolled out a campaign to preserve their wartime profits from OUR gas. The PM has the numbers in the House and the support of Greens in the Senate to ensure struggling Aussies benefit from high international gas prices. #auspol

Why is it the Iran War and not ‘the US and Israel’s War’?

Today we're celebrating all the deadly Blak poets out there for #WorldPoetryDay 🙌🏽 Each Magabala poetry collection offers a distinct voice, but together this list reflects the strength, diversity, and ongoing presence of First Nations peoples.

Check them out here: bit.ly/4sZrrej

Nearly everyone I loved now lies beneath the earth.

-Refaat Ibrahim

Israel is bombing Syria's new regime's forces while the United States demands that Syria's new regime invades Lebanon to fight Hezbollah together with Israel.

Switzerland halts arms exports to the US due to Iran war, citing neutrality <article data-history-node-id="436295" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-halts-arms-exports-us-due-iran-war-citing-neutrality" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-halts-arms-exports-us-due-iran-war-citing-neutrality" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Switzerland halts arms exports to the US due to Iran war, citing neutrality</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">Switzerland has said that it will block exports of weapons to the United States amid the ongoing attacks on Iran, citing its neutrality.</p> <p>“The export of war material to countries involved in the international armed conflict with Iran cannot be authorised for the duration of the conflict,” the government said in a statement.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Switzerland halts arms exports to the US due to Iran war, citing neutrality - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

The war in the Middle East could cost Australia $16.5 billion in growth by 2027.

A 25% tax on gas exporters (making massive profits on the war making gas prices rise) could raise $17 billion for Australia.

@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

Free childcare. Free university. The simple, sensible policy which would have raised $63.8 billion in under four years. Extraordinary new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that if the Albanese government had introduced a 25% gas export tax after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it would have raised more than 63 ...

Read the research ⤵️⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/free-ch...