I told you tonight we die as a family
we were supposed to die
as a family

Greatly enjoyed this conversation with Jonathan Lethem at Adelaide Writers' Week, moderated by the lovely Jo Case. Podcasts of this and other Adelaide Writers' Week events are now available here:

Apple:
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What if Australia recognises Palestinian statehood? And how will Australia review Israel’s investigation of the killing of aid workers in Gaza? UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul speaks to SBS TV youtu.be/2xLE08vDs5k?si…

Germany defends itself at the International Court of Justice by saying that its foreign policy after the Holocaust is built around defending Israel rather than preventing mass atrocities. That's the wrong lesson to draw. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Miriam Margolyes in Guardian Australia supporting our calls for a ceasefire and end to Israel’s violence and oppression of Palestinians.

theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Listen here to my ABC radio interview on the need for full accountability for Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza - and for the many other alleged Israeli & Hamas violations of international law over the past six months abc.net.au/listen/program…

.⁦Laura Tingle⁩ spot on yet again:“it has taken the killing of foreign nationals, including Australian Zomi Frankcom,rather than the killing of countless Palestinians, to apparently tip governments over into straight outrage.” abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

The formidable Miriam Margolyes OBE shows us moral clarity and courage when hypocrisy and geopolitical interests ensure too many western leaders turn a blind eye as 33,000+ innocent Gazans are killed .

The indomitable Miriam Margolyes OBE has a message in support of the Jewish Council! She calls for all of us Jews to “shout, beg, scream for a ceasefire”

9/ If you are one of the few people that think the most pressing concern in the middle of a genocide is to have my colleague sacked and erased from public life, then that says more about you than about her. I recommend you stop your racist tone policing. Stop trying to censor the…

New UN Human Rights Council resolution calls on all countries not to transfer weapons, ammunition and military equipment to Israel, to prevent further violations of international humanitarian law documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ltd/…

Latest reports:
Children killed in #Gaza ? 13,800
Say it slowly. Latest reports are that Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred CHILDREN have been killed.
Enough!
Ceasefire.

I wrote this in 2019. Glad it's becoming a mainstream Democratic view. 1) conditioning aid to Israel was normal practice during the cold war. 2) it's required by US law forward.com/opinion/424591…

The Jewish Council of Australia condemns attempts to target and silence Dr Randa Abel-Fattah, who is an important academic and literary voice in Australia.

Read our full statement jewishcouncil.com.au/media/attempt-…

Where is the ceasefire for children?? Enough, please, enough.

.Sarah Ferguson eloquent and fact based report from James Elder UNICEF spokesman on the entirely preventable devastation in Gaza and the death of 13000+ children .

'While it's important Israelis are recognising that Israel’s actions don’t keep them safe, it's disappointing the protests aren't equally focused on the Palestinian lives being taken' & now facing forced famine

Listen to Sarah Schwartz on RN Drive

abc.net.au/listen/program…

This, by Thea Lim, for all the writers and poets still silent on Gaza