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"A fragile ceasefire is barely holding. Israel continues to demolish historic Lebanese villages and religious shrines. While Hezbollah vows to respond to Israeli violations, the Lebanese government defied Hezbollah’s objections to hold direct talks with Israel – the first in four decades."
On the latest episode of Deepthink, journalist and Breakthrough News host @raniakhalek.bsky.social asks: why is Lebanon perpetually divided?
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"[This is] the same guy that went on an all-expenses paid tour of Israel hosted by the Zionist lobby, who received an award from the Israeli president and rolled out the red carpet for him here in NSW - all while Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian people."
"At some point Minns will need to take responsibility for the police violence at Town Hall. The government under Minns enacted bad laws, the police acted on the command of unlawful directions, they were emboldened and some were violent."
NSW Premier @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social's latest attempt to subvert democracy has backfired big-time - and the backlash is only just beginning, writes @suehigginson.bsky.social
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Trump lashes out, Israel and Hezbollah fight for Bint Jbeil, and Angus Taylor's "White Australia Policy" condemned - all in the new edition of Deepcut Weekly
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"A lot of the way in which the Israel lobby acts [in Australia] is not through shadowy secret engagements, it’s through these very public, open pressure campaigns," Bart Shteinman from the @jewishcouncilAU says. "No one’s hiding it.”
Unlike in the USA, where one organisation - AIPAC - largely oversees pro-Israel lobbying, Australia has a wider ecosystem of groups filling this role that act in more decentralised ways.
Australia's pro-Israel lobby is organised, well-funded and well-connected. But who are they, and how do they operate?
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The last Australian cohort of Sumud activists returned with allegations of torture, abuse and sexual assault at the hands of Israeli soldiers and prison guards.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of more than 100 ships seeking to bring food, medical supplies and construction material to the Gaza Strip, is setting sail from numerous Mediterranean ports this week. More than 3,000 activists from 51 countries have joined the fleet.
17 Australians are setting sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel's ongoing naval blockade of Gaza.
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"The response reinforced what I had suspected – the industry’s power comes from bluster and noise, not from reality. Their threats are hollow, and the government needs to realise it has nothing to fear from these companies."
"For an industry so used to being feared, or protested, my rather obvious contempt was perhaps off-putting. They are not used to people shrugging with ambivalence at the suggestion that investment would dry up were an exports tax introduced."
After attending a summit of gas industry heavyweights, @grogsgamut.bsky.social thinks gas execs are full of hot air.
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Reilly also alleged that a number of the complaints were “vile and abusive, including antisemitism and hate speech,” which the press club intended to forward to the Australian Federal Police “and other national security agencies”.
Reilly defended the invitation to Israeli envoy Hillel Newman on free speech and public interest grounds.
“The core complaint is that Ambassador Newman should not have been invited because he or his government offends you,” he said.
National Press Club CEO Maurice Reilly has hit out at critics of the press club’s decision to host the Israeli ambassador, saying those concerned about Israel’s actions should “take it up with your elected representatives”.
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The idea for Deepthink came soon after we launched Deepcut. Interviews for stories often stretched to 40 minutes and more – riveting conversations crammed into two or three quotes. Deepthink allows these conversations to breathe.
Today we're launching Deepthink, our new podcast dedicated to longform conversations with experts, thinkers and policymakers that go deeper than news cycles allow.
Our first guest is @davidshoebridge.bsky.social.
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Trump tries to spin a victory narrative, Queensland police start knocking on artists' doors, and opposition to war among American Jews grows: this is the latest Deepcut Weekly
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The press club's invitation to Newman stands in stark contrast to its stance in 2022, when it withdrew a speaking invitation to then-Russian ambassador Alexey Pavlovsky citing “allegations of war crimes and bombing of civilian targets” in Ukraine.
Hillel Newman, Israel’s new envoy to Canberra, used his press club platform to claim, without evidence, that protesters against Israel’s genocide in Gaza “celebrated the slaughter of Jews and Israelis”, and that pro-Palestinian “graffiti and vandalism... escalated to bullets on Bondi Beach”.
The National Press Club is fielding heavy criticism for extending a speaking invitation to the Israeli ambassador.
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"The people who still share this land have many things in common. Before colonisation restricted movement and separated people from their neighbours, the people of this land occupied one world – an intricate and diverse world woven over millennia of continued civilisation."
"Lebanon, like Palestine, is in a literal fight for survival. The land – all of it – is under immediate and serious threat. If ever there was a time to put our differences aside and come together as one people, it is now."
"It was almost unheard of for Lebanese Christians of my father’s generation to advocate for Palestinian liberation.
"It is much less rare, though still not common, for Lebanese Christians of my generation to support Palestine."
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Speaking anonymously, a senior public servant warned that “the new IHRA definition adoption could potentially lead to increased foreign interference if APS staff feel like there may be career repercussions if they report foreign interference from the State of Israel".