alexmckinnon.bsky.social
Independent journalist in western Sydney reporting what others won't about Australia's silence on Palestine.
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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.
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- "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.
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- 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".
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- For obvious reasons we've had to keep the author's identity a secret.
- First piece from our new guest contributor @danielhurst.bsky.social!
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 👀
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- 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.
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- 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
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- . @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
- Reposted by alexmckinnon.bsky.socialChuck 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.
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- 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...
- New: After the IDF killed Zomi Frankcom in April, @SenatorPayman told Penny Wong she was willing to be "the bad guy" and call for sanctions on Israel. Wong turned her down, saying "it’ll just corner the government and make life difficult for us". everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/fatima-pay...
- If you in any way consider yourself a supporter of the Palestinian people, the imminent prospect of a ceasefire means your responsibility today and in coming days is greater than ever. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/the-opport...
- My newsletter now has a gift subscription option! Consider giving someone the gift of journalism about Australia and Palestine that isn't spiritually written by patricia karvelas everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/upgrade
- New: A former Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council employee claims they were disciplined after a Zionist coworker objected to their using the word 'Palestine' in an email. More here.
- Netanyahu painting himself as the big defender of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne is wildly cynical, given how he's treated it in the past everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/the-grim-h...
- New: for more than a year, the NSW Department of Education has been instructing principals to suppress discussion of Palestine in public schools everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/the-anti-p...
- kinda wild how Rose Jackson went from being the target of a News Corp smear campaign for opposing Zionism to telling a Tele reporter over a steak lunch about how campus Palestine protesters have lost perspective everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/how-rose-j...
- These are some of the internal docs showing how the AHRC responded to a complaint from ECAJ and a hit piece in the Oz about one of their contractors. They include Attorney-General's Department officials seeking "urgent advice," and a text sent by AHRC president Rosalind Croucher to Mark Dreyfus
- The cofounders of anti-racism org Hue have released 200 pages of internal Human Rights Commission emails showing how the Commission prematurely ended a contract with them after being pressured by ECAJ, The Australian and the Attorney-General's Department
- 'climate scientist starter pack' this, 'election expert starter pack' that. where's the list of the shitposting elite. i don't want sober analysis i want 80-post threads about how oxygen is problematic
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- nsw nurses get pretty creative when they're pissed off
- the global hysteria over a bunch of racist soccer hooligans getting their asses beat wasn't just a distraction from the Gaza genocide - it was an example of the ritual humiliation Zionism demands of its liberal defenders in the west
