UNRWA is indispensable and should be defended Palestine tells the UN. Israeli police arrest two French police officers in Jerusalem while Macron asks the EU when will the EU defend Europe. Robert Kennedy Jr unpacks defence and talk that Ukraine is ready for peace talks. Trump announces the Great American Fair while JD Vance speaks to foreign policy. At home the social media act still to go through the Senate, David Pocock calls to the Attorney General to stop the case against Richard Boyle and license free weapons expert between USA, UK and Australia is on the table. As we head to the weekend, Israel is still bombing Lebanon and Gaza. A five-minute scroll.
UNRWA is indispensable. UNRWA should be defended.
@Palestine_UN
“UNRWA is indispensable. UNRWA should be defended. UNRWA is the best success story of multilateralism. We should shield UNRWA, protect it. And we will.” pic.twitter.com/1aiXmay0m9
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) November 7, 2024
Israeli police arrest two French police officers
@Resist_05
🚨🇮🇱Israeli police entered a French-owned church compound with weapons in occupied Jerusalem and arrested two French police officers securing the site.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, has now canceled his plans to visit the site as a result of the event, said… pic.twitter.com/Xy4OVHPU60
— Pelham (@Resist_05) November 7, 2024
Robert Kennedy on Ukraine
@eminenz7
Well, all confirmed by the new US Admin…! pic.twitter.com/MxEFmksBKP
— Jürg Rothen (@eminenz7) November 7, 2024
The Great American State Fair 2050
@dom_lucre
🔥🚨BREAKING: President Trump announced that the United States will be celebrating a return of the “World Fairs” in 3 years that left the planet speechless in the 1890s.
This will be similar to The New York World Fair of 1939. The Chicago World Fair of 1893 and The Nashville… pic.twitter.com/th2UFj5lpM
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) November 7, 2024
JD Vance:We have built a foreign policy of hectoring, moralizing, and lecturing countries
@clashreport
President-elect Donald Trump's Vice President JD Vance:
We have built a foreign policy of hectoring, moralizing, and lecturing countries that don’t want anything to do with it.
The Chinese have a foreign policy of building roads and bridges and feeding poor people. pic.twitter.com/y7fPPkweiT
— Clash Report (@clashreport) November 6, 2024
Are we ready to defend the interests of Europeans?
@EmmanuelMacron
Donald Trump was elected by Americans to defend the interests of Americans.
The question we, as Europeans, must ask ourselves is, are we ready to defend the interests of Europeans? pic.twitter.com/VYYltBZtb4
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 7, 2024
Ukraine is now open to peace talks with Russia
@trtworld
Ukraine is now open to peace talks with Russia and potentially conceding territory.
A senior official has confirmed this exclusively to TRT World, as Trump's re-election raises speculation he may push for a peace deal pic.twitter.com/szFEGcLHss
— TRT World (@trtworld) November 7, 2024
Palestinian filmmaker Alaa Damo documents 24 hours in Gaza
@AJEnglish
Palestinian filmmaker Alaa Damo documents 24 hours in Gaza and his friend Mosab Al Nadi, who survived three Israeli air strikes and was buried under rubble despite sheltering in designated 'safe zones.'
Watch the full DigiDocs film: https://t.co/2EDQuA5LdQ
’24 Hours’ is part… pic.twitter.com/EekMIxOLLB
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 7, 2024
Social media censorship bill has passed the HOUSE OF REPS (NOT Parliament)
@RobbieBarwick
Breaking!@AlboMP's MAD social media censorship bill has passed the HOUSE OF REPS (NOT Parliament).
It now goes to the Senate, where it needs the support of the Greens & 2 Independents.
In the House, all the Independents voted no – including the Teals.
The Greens abstained!🤔 pic.twitter.com/WZ3rk2Till
— Robert Barwick (@RobbieBarwick) November 7, 2024
David Shoebridge: ..the AG should stop the prosecution
@DavidPocock
Richard Boyle now stands trial for speaking out against wrongdoing. He faces up to 46 years imprisonment.
Our whistleblowing laws need urgent reform. In the meantime the AG should stop the prosecution.
Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished.https://t.co/tSHj0kPyVE
— David Pocock (@DavidPocock) November 7, 2024
A license free environment for defence
@FetchStep
Labor created Licence free Weapons export to the USA and UK. This is to hide weapons exports to Israel.
The UK and the USA can then on sell our exported weapons to Israel, or anyone, without the Australian public being told.
Labor Backing #GazaGenocide is absolute#OneTermLabor pic.twitter.com/g7o0Xqo2ii— Step and fetch (@FetchStep) November 7, 2024
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