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Reb Halabi

Pearls and Irritations

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Australians are being corralled to take the side of a genocide

“Our [Western] media’s role is not to be a check on power, it’s to regurgitate their lies.” This system of reporting is “mood music to get...

01.12.2024 10

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Are ‘dead’ Palestinian children less important than ‘murdered’ Israeli hostages?

I audibly gasped when Andrew Podger referred to Israel’s response in Gaza as a “lack of care” in a recent P&I article. Hardly a balanced use of...

21.11.2024 10

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America is a war machine, feeding an Israeli government killing machine

True or False: No one is above the law. How many times have we heard, “no one is above the law”. Well…it’s a lie. We have seen clear...

14.11.2024 10

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The alpha and omega of tyranny

The U.S. and Israel are the alpha and omega of tyranny and destabilisation throughout much of the Middle East – arguably, the world. Who will stop...

02.11.2024 9

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Who’s next on Israel’s destruction list?

If Israel invades and destroys Lebanon, which is already on its knees, what’s to stop it from moving into Syria or Jordan or any other country that...

02.10.2024 10

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A depraved new low for Israel

We are witnessing a depraved, rogue nation which perhaps believes that every act of violence and horror it perpetuates is justified in the name of…...

23.09.2024 40

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If Gaza carnage continues, then nobody is safe

The description of Armageddon may be (to some) a fictional drama of woe and horror, yet what we are witnessing in Gaza could surely fit the defining...

17.09.2024 20

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The drums of war

The drums of war have been beating loudly from successive U.S. administrations for decades. They are getting louder and louder as the thin layer of...

17.07.2024 10

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USA – home of the brave?

Can you think of another country which has caused so much grief and violence throughout the world? I wince when I hear John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey...

30.06.2024 10

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US spends $320m on Gaza’s pier while its people burn

If this scenario had been written into a novel at the turn of 19th century it would have been too unthinkable to believe it could actually take place...

03.06.2024 20

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We’ll reward you for genocide

Israel: Hey Joe, just letting you know Hamas has retaliated to our decades long Occupation and repression and have broken through the prison gates and...

01.05.2024 40

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The Wakeley church stabbing and the dreaded ‘other’

I remember watching a timid singer walk on stage and when he opened his mouth to introduce himself, out came a French accent. The audience mewed and...

30.04.2024 40

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The word retaliation needs to be broken open to see what’s hidden inside

Some time back I watched SBS’ ‘The Australian Wars’. It was, to many, a completely different viewpoint of settler colonialism, the impact of...

21.04.2024 10

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Witness to horror upon horror, I scream underwater

I recently heard the British-Palestinian Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah tell of the horrors of Israel’s total destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and...

07.04.2024 7

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For Albanese, one Australian life matters more than 32,000 dead Palestinians

How Albanese doesn’t swallow his tongue as he vociferously demands “full accountability” from Israel for the killing of Zomi Frankcom yet...

04.04.2024 8

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The pigeon and the socks

In February PETA sprang into action to rescue a pigeon held in India which had been accused of spying for China. They secured its release. In March...

31.03.2024 7

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The remnants of war – lessons unlearnt

I’m walking around the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. I’ve looked at the military aircraft in the front courtyard which looms...

16.03.2024 8

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In God we trust

The following words are from Canadian Dr. Yasser Khan (Eye-Facial Plastic Trauma Surgeon) who returned from a humanitarian surgical mission at the...

24.02.2024 9

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Don’t just mow the grass – burn down the entire forest

You know there is a shocking decimation taking place when news footage shows only two colours – grey and red. Images of the persecution and murder...

15.02.2024 20

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Deflect, distort, deny

In what world does a dominant state claim they have a right to defend themselves against those they have unethically, immorally and illegally...

11.02.2024 4

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A slow genocide and the joy of eradicating a people

Israel is relying on world sympathy fatigue and amnesia. They are biding their time for the world to look away so that they can finish the job they...

12.01.2024 6

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Gloves fall from the blood soaked hands

If the gloves are off from the blood-soaked hands of Israel and the United States, then the gloves should come off for the rest of the world to tell...

27.12.2023 10

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Onward Christian soldiers

Hymn # 7,000 – “Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching as to War” As Christmas approaches we envisage the serene nativity scene of baby Jesus in...

16.12.2023 20

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