James Carleton

Presenter of ABC Radio National "God Forbid" Editor "Wit of Whitlam" DM or [email protected]

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

I'm chuffed to learn my book "The Wit of Whitlam" is @MUPublishing's 14th bestseller since 2012. https://t.co/5jkf0D5vk9 https://t.co/1U10g17ZRs

[Tony Lapidus @TonyLapidus]

George Galloway flips out over a question from an audience member on Last Orders

@spikedonline

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

Beware of “uncoordinated olive harvests”.

[Yaakov Katz @yaakovkatz]

Is @bradlander a provocateur? Absolutely. Did he come looking for a spectacle to burnish his far-left credentials? Without a doubt.

Was the IDF justified in removing him from an area where an uncoordinated olive harvest was taking place? Yes. But did doing so play directly into his hands? Also yes (just google his name and see the number of articles all over the world).

We can argue all day that Lander was wrong and Israel was right, but that misses the point. In his political circles, he is now the victim of Israeli aggression, which is exactly the image he came looking for. Israel should have known better than to give him what he wanted.

[Matthew Doran @MattDoran91]

How Israel has redrawn the map of one corner of the Middle East, since Hamas' deadly October 7 terrorist attack.

Take a deep dive into the results of our months of painstaking analysis and speaking to the communities on the ground.

https://t.co/4xuXAX86sb

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

President Trump again uses the antisemitic slur "shylock".

The Anti-Defamation League doesn't even name him in their criticism.

[ADL @ADL]

The term “Shylock” is rooted in a longstanding antisemitic stereotype. Regardless of intent, its use can reinforce harmful tropes about Jews and normalize language that has long been used to target the Jewish community.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack:

Very little antisemitism, even in the region. The Jews existed side by side forever.

Zionism in '48 became another issue.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

Anti-Israel bias from Chris Mitchell?!

He fails to disclose his death toll comes from Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

[Mark Leibler @LeiblerMark]

Must read from today’s Australian

[Aron Lund @aronlund]

A “senior Syrian official” tells @Jerusalem_Post’s @AmichaiStein1 that the Syrian government fears that an Israeli-backed Druze offensive in Sweida may be imminent. https://t.co/FVwur9hPdz

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

@NswPeter @timrobinson81 Most democracies have equality under the law.

Gazan and WB Palestinians would love to return to their homes and be citizens instead of stateless but Israel won’t let them. Not even if their spouse is a citizen.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

The idea that radicalisation in Palestine is primarily driven by school books over the experience of children having immediate family jailed/killed etc is so naïve.

The reason we now have peace in Nth Ireland/Sth Africa etc is not because they changed their syllabus.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

These books shown were seized from schools in Gaza during the war. The material raises a question every plan for Gaza’s future must confront: how do you undo years of indoctrination?

Hamas has worked to embed its ideology far beyond its armed ranks, reaching children who should have been protected from it. That influence will survive the destruction of tunnels and the confiscation of weapons unless there is a sustained effort to challenge what children are taught.

Gaza needs demilitarisation and deradicalisation. Rebuilding schools while leaving the teaching of hatred intact would help prepare the ground for another war. Palestinian children deserve the chance to grow up without being groomed to fight it.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

@timrobinson81 Well he’d hardly oppose it. It’s his biggest draw card.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

Israel’s opposition leader says Netanyahu is too pro-Palestine!

[Gadi Eisenkot - גדי איזנקוט @gadi_eisenkot]

בנימין זה פלסטין.
ב-27.10 זה או האיש שהתבטא בעד 2 מדינות עשרות פעמים ויקים ממשלת השתמטות, או ממשלת גיוס ציונית של ישר! עם איזנקוט.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

@timrobinson81 You are correct. His policy is to maintain the occupation with different legal status based on ethnicity.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

"These elections are fateful for our future: it's either right - or Palestine."

[Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu]

אזרחי ישראל האהובים,

בימים אלה אני חורש את הארץ, פוגש אתכם ומקשיב לכם. בכל מפגש אני מרגיש את האהבה הגדולה שלכם למדינה, את הדאגה לעתידה ואת הרצון לראות אותה חזקה, בטוחה ומשגשגת. אתם נותנים לי כוח, ואני נחוש להמשיך לפעול למענכם.

הבחירות האלה גורליות לעתידנו: זה או ימין - או פלסטין. 

זה או ממשלת ימין חזקה שלנו - או ממשלת שמאל של איזנקוט עם המפלגות הערביות, יאיר גולן, ליברמן ובנט. 

יש לנו עוד שנתיים לכהונתו של ידידי הנשיא טראמפ וזה בדיוק הזמן להשלים את המשימות הגדולות שלנו בכל החזיתות. 

אני אמשיך לחרוש את הארץ ולפגוש אתכם בימים הקרובים. אבל אנחנו בתיקו בין ימין לבין פלסטין. 

כדי לנצח, האהבה והתמיכה חייבות להפוך להצבעה בקלפי. 

דברו עם המשפחה, התקשרו לחברים. נצא להצביע ונוציא אחרים להצביע. כל קול קובע, וכל אחד ואחת מכם יכולים לעשות את ההבדל.

ביחד נביא ניצחון. למען הילדים שלנו. למען העתיד שלנו. למען מדינת ישראל. 🇮🇱

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

This is gold 🤣

[Khalil Sayegh @KhalilJeries]

Some people want me to believe that those looters, good guys, and people like this lady are the villains! I always believed that no matter what your cause once you start looting you already lost, period

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

"Each incident is being thoroughly investigated"

[יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog @Isaac_Herzog]

I just called Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was brutally attacked by violent rioters on Friday.

As President of the State of Israel, I strongly condemn this outrageous and shocking violence, both the terrible attack on Heidi and other grave incidents of violence, such as what took place today in Taybeh.

I expressed my deepest sorrow to Heidi and apologized for what she went through.

The despicable behavior of the perpetrators of this attack does not represent the citizens or the values of the State of Israel.

Israel is a democratic state governed by the rule of law, and it must act with full force against every form of violence. Each incident is being thoroughly investigated, and we await the findings.

All government, security, and law enforcement authorities must use every means at their disposal to investigate thoroughly, apprehend these lawbreakers, and bring them to justice with the fullest extent of the law.

On behalf of the entire nation, I wish Heidi good health and a speedy recovery.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

It reads like a quote from a pro-Palestine protester, but it's a quote from the Israeli Defence Minister.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Lebanon:

Look at what is happening in Lebanon.

Today, more than 60 villages in southern Lebanon, beginning with those adjacent to the border, and beyond that, throughout the entire security zone up to the Yellow Line, an area of 700 square kilometers, are destroyed.

All the villages have been wiped out. Twenty-three thousand houses, all destroyed, demolished.

I am not even talking about what is underground, about the tunnels. Everything has been destroyed.

There are no residents there. Two hundred thousand residents are outside.

This is the Gaza model. And this is the model we are implementing.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

@NswPeter @timrobinson81 No. I am saying all should be treated the same way by the law and receive equal protection without arbitrary discrimination. People can choose to - or not to - observe Halakhah/Sharia/Fiqh, but not in contradiction of this overriding principle.

[James Carleton @JamesACarleton]

@NswPeter And Mkonto, and IRA, and FLN, and Viet Minh/Cong......

[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

This has a name: state-sponsored terrorism and ethnic cleansing.

[Etan Nechin @Etanetan23]

All you need to know: 500 words. Zero arrests.