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Letting our fears be weaponised
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Letting our fears be weaponised

In the aftermath of the Bondi massacre, I spoke to NBC News in the US: Antony Loewenstein, a journalist and author who serves on the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia, a progressive group that advocates for “Palestinian freedom,” said: “I think they’re an absolute abomination.” “They are rushed, not thought through, and…

Israeli propaganda threatens us all
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Israeli propaganda threatens us all

My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Within hours of the horrific, antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney this month, the Israeli government and its proxies started pushing false narratives, outright lies and racism to a grieving nation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli ministers blamed an Australian government that…

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Australia’s desperate need to be relevant to Trump

My book review appears in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age: Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era Clinton Fernandes Melbourne University Publishing, $17.99 What makes Australia relevant in the 21st century? It’s a question the Albanese government thinks about constantly and wants the Trump administration to know that the decisions made in…

Trump’s false embrace of the war on drugs

Trump’s false embrace of the war on drugs

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When truth and lies become indistinguishable

When truth and lies become indistinguishable

My review of the fine new book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy, by Phil Inline in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age: The famed 20th-century British foreign correspondent Claud Cockburn was known to use the pithy phrase, “Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.” It…

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Letting our fears be weaponised

Letting our fears be weaponised

In the aftermath of the Bondi massacre, I spoke to NBC News in the US: Antony Loewenstein, a journalist and author who serves on the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia, a progressive group that advocates for “Palestinian freedom,” said: “I think they’re an absolute abomination.” “They are rushed, not thought through, and…

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