Five minutes on X reveals the outrage toward the Australian government for its response to weekend protests while Israel is bombing Beirut. The Malaysian PM calls for western leaders to put the narrative right, while Craig Mokhiber calls for the arrest warrant of Netanyahu and Netanyahu offers the people of Iran a better future.
The government gets it wrong, again
@caitoz
Australia’s foreign minister is demanding that not only do Australians refrain from supporting Hezbollah, but even giving ANY INDICATION of support, because the government has designated Hezbollah as “a terrorist organisation”. This is blatant authoritarianism. Shame on you. pic.twitter.com/LM6eR0Cjlu
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) September 30, 2024
Noam Chomsky’s 2012 response
@EllyMakepeace
A terrorist to one country is a freedom fighter to another. Some in our community regard the US and Israel as terrorist states, because they commit war crime after war crime with impunity. No one seems to be willing to stop them. https://t.co/IYVa28f9dv
— Eleanor Makepeace (@EllyMakepeace) September 30, 2024
More enraged about a flag than the daily slaughter of Palestinians
@BarnsGreg
Australian mainstream media and most politicians get more enraged about a very small minority carrying the flag of a proscribed organisation #Hezbollah than they do about the daily slaughter of #Palestinians by #Israel Sickening. #auspol
— Greg Barns SC (@BarnsGreg) September 30, 2024
Israel bombing civilians in Beirut
@DrLoupis
The Jewish terrorist state of Israel carpet bombing civilians in Beirut. pic.twitter.com/8zMDWmPaZg
— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) September 30, 2024
We need to put the narrative right
@AdameMedia
The Malaysian PM puts western leaders to shame:
“It all began with colonisation.
It all began with the Nakba.
with continued rejection of UN resolutions”
The universe wasn’t created on Oct 7. pic.twitter.com/JX2z6GwySW
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) September 29, 2024
Netanyahu speaks to the people of Iran
@netanyahu
The people of Iran should know – Israel stands with you pic.twitter.com/MfwfNqnTgE
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) September 30, 2024
Issue the arrest warrants. It’s time
@CraigMokhiber
Dear Judges of the @IntlCrimCourt,
I know you are afraid. I can only imagine the pressure & threats that have been directed at you by Israeli & western intelligence agencies & abusive Israel proxies. But this inordinate delay in issuing the arrest warrants for Netanyahu &…— Craig Mokhiber (@CraigMokhiber) September 27, 2024
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