Lady Celestina

Passionate about the environment & social justice. Love dogs.

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

One of the best books I’ve read. Did so before the IDF genocide. Fabulous background to the current horror. John Lyons needs a metal for The Book.

[Dr Dee Michell #cep @DrDeeMichell]

There’s rightly much talk about Jillian Segal’s criticisms of the ABC & SBS & their coverage of the ‘conflict’ in the Middle East.

Segal told the inquiry that

“… the Jewish community had told her the nature and volume of the coverage of the Israel-Gaza war had contributed to "an impression of great negativity about Israel" (Phoebe Pin, ABC).

About the same time as Segal was complaining about the ‘one sided’ coverage, I was reading John Lyons’ memoir, Balcony Over Jerusalem (2017/2024).

In Chapter 12, “Coffee with the Israel Army 9 December 2011” Lyons recounts a story of being requested to meet with Captain Arye Shalicar of the IDF.

During the conversation, Shalicar said he wasn’t challenging the accuracy of an article Lyons had had published a week or so earlier in the Weekend Australian Magazine but rather that:

“…it’s been published outside of Israel…in Australia”.

Shalicar went on to explain that had the article about the way the IDF treated Palestinian children been published by an Israeli outlet, they would have read it in the context of their ongoing commitment to Israel.

But, Shalicar went on,

“’A story like this may damage the view that Australians have of Israel and they don’t have the commitment to Israel to go along with that.’

Lyons then says that this is not an unusual perspective in Israel:

“… they don’t mind if something is printed in Israel, but when it is published more widely they react badly” (185).

The concern with publishing outside of Israel seems to be about Israel “formalising the occupation into official annexation and achieving Greater Israel” (191).

To do this, “the Israeli public have had to convince themselves that ‘the world hates us anyway’ and would criticise anything Israel did. That is, the world is becoming increasingly anti-Semitic” (191).

John Lyons goes on:

“As long as the media is seen as biased, anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, then Israel is not at fault” (for the occupation).

Hence why Segal is at pains to say the ABC & SBC are biased in their reporting.

Lyons wasn’t being singled out; he knew from speaking with colleagues that “the Israeli Government, Army and lobby groups did not want the reality of the occupation reported” because Israel is losing “the battle for international public opinion.”

And I guess Segal & others don’t want the reality of the genocide being reported because Israel’s brutality is now resulting in a significant decline in international public opinion, with many countries holding negative views of Israel.

[Dr Dee Michell #cep @DrDeeMichell]

There’s rightly much talk about Jillian Segal’s criticisms of the ABC & SBS & their coverage of the ‘conflict’ in the Middle East.

Segal told the inquiry that

“… the Jewish community had told her the nature and volume of the coverage of the Israel-Gaza war had contributed to "an impression of great negativity about Israel" (Phoebe Pin, ABC).

About the same time as Segal was complaining about the ‘one sided’ coverage, I was reading John Lyons’ memoir, Balcony Over Jerusalem (2017/2024).

In Chapter 12, “Coffee with the Israel Army 9 December 2011” Lyons recounts a story of being requested to meet with Captain Arye Shalicar of the IDF.

During the conversation, Shalicar said he wasn’t challenging the accuracy of an article Lyons had had published a week or so earlier in the Weekend Australian Magazine but rather that:

“…it’s been published outside of Israel…in Australia”.

Shalicar went on to explain that had the article about the way the IDF treated Palestinian children been published by an Israeli outlet, they would have read it in the context of their ongoing commitment to Israel.

But, Shalicar went on,

“’A story like this may damage the view that Australians have of Israel and they don’t have the commitment to Israel to go along with that.’

Lyons then says that this is not an unusual perspective in Israel:

“… they don’t mind if something is printed in Israel, but when it is published more widely they react badly” (185).

The concern with publishing outside of Israel seems to be about Israel “formalising the occupation into official annexation and achieving Greater Israel” (191).

To do this, “the Israeli public have had to convince themselves that ‘the world hates us anyway’ and would criticise anything Israel did. That is, the world is becoming increasingly anti-Semitic” (191).

John Lyons goes on:

“As long as the media is seen as biased, anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, then Israel is not at fault” (for the occupation).

Hence why Segal is at pains to say the ABC & SBC are biased in their reporting.

Lyons wasn’t being singled out; he knew from speaking with colleagues that “the Israeli Government, Army and lobby groups did not want the reality of the occupation reported” because Israel is losing “the battle for international public opinion.”

And I guess Segal & others don’t want the reality of the genocide being reported because Israel’s brutality is now resulting in a significant decline in international public opinion, with many countries holding negative views of Israel.

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

The ABC’s independence is now at stake with Segal’s recommendation for a government-appointed censor with coercive take down/penalty powers. This will institutionalise what’s known as the “pre-emptive buckle”. >> ABC Royal Commission Submission https://t.co/BfGV4f1sb6

[Terry Sweetman @Terrytoo69]

I think it's time Albo conceded that the Jillian Segal appointment was a bad call and dismissed her.

[Anne Okeefe#freePalestine,votedYES @Anneeokeefe]

@MikeCarlton01 This has to be stopped. She wants control over our universities, our schools, our National broadcaster, the SBS, what our artists paint, our journalists write, our authors speak about. Enough is enough. Get this woman gone.

[Eddy Jokovich @EddyJokovich]

No, this cannot be allowed to happen - She. Can. Go. Time for this position to end, it’s not needed and every request she wants is an overreach.

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@PrimeVideo I paid $17.99 to buy All Her Fault on Prime Video Australia, only to discover there are no English subtitles. Can understand barely 1/2 the dialogue.

Why is a major streaming service selling content in Australia without basic accessibility features in 2026?

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@senatorpennyqld @mbarnes49021432 @mndaustralia @MNDQueensland That’s so unfair. 😡

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@MFWitches @ShiannonC So bloody true!

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How the fuck do we live in a country where everyone knows “monoculture” is just Nazi code for “white australia” but the media keep on refusing to call it out?

#NewsCorpse

[Heather Bilson. @BilsonhBilson]

I’d like to nominate Sarah Martin a sen /correspondent for The Guardian as
Journalist of the Year!
Sarah showed ultimate bravery in an out of control & hostile situation by being the only one to step up to the microphone to ask a highly appropriate question to well known thug!

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@senatorpennyqld @ElaineM11584892 Well said Penny!

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

"I say to you again, this disregard for international law will not stop in Palestine. It is already unfolding from Lebanon to Iran, ... And if left unchecked, it will spread far beyond. What is lost in Palestine will be lost to us all."
— Francesca Albanese
#FreePalestine

[Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @JonesHowDareYou]

Nice acting, @SenatorWong. You've got that furrowed brow down pat.

It may interest you to know that most Aussies don't only care about the Aussies that Israel has murdered, tortured, raped.

We care about Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, Iranians and Yemenis too. Deeply. #auspol

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@JonesHowDareYou @KleinRevd @SenatorWong Well said!

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

It’s time for the Federal Police to investigate Australians who are returned Israeli Defense Force soldiers.

“Any Australian who has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide must be held to account and face justice.

“The international rules-based order must be respected and upheld, and the Australian Government must honour its obligations to bring accountability for perpetrators of these grave crimes.

“The impunity must come to an end.”

AFP urged to investigate Australians allegedly involved in Gaza genocide https://t.co/yNbOXPOiE0

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV enrages MAGA by warning against "propaganda" being spread in the midst of the war and demands that the "suffering" of the victims be shown to the world.

Trump has well and truly met his match...

"In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda," Leo wrote on X. "It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims."

The remarks come in the wake of Pope Leo's call for a ceasefire in the Middle East because, as he said, "violence can never lead to the justice, the stability and the peace that peoples are awaiting." He has also referred to Trump's illegal Iran War as "atrocious violence."

The pope's condemnation of war propaganda comes amidst a growing effort by the Trump administration to tamp down on unflattering coverage of the conflict. MAGA FCC Chair Brenda Carr has even floated the possibility of going after the broadcast licenses of networks that run "fake news," which translates to any news that Trump doesn't like. The White House wants no coverage of the death that they're inflicting on innocent men, women, and children in Iran and they want no mention of the military bases that Iran is destroying in return. The pope rejects that idea.

Under Leo's leadership, the Catholic Church has become one of the most stalwart bulwarks against MAGA fascism, with a particular focus on the treatment of migrants and the need for peace. The world is lucky to have him during these dark times.

Please ❤️ and share to thank Pope Leo!

[Politic@l Spinner. @lesstenny]

I'm so disappointed with the ALP for supporting the USA in almost everything that they do.. Such an awful government running that country now .. Just a disgusting disgraceful unhinged mess

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Penny Wong was asked if the Australian Government believes that Trump's war on Iran - which Labor supports - was illegal. She couldn't answer.

This is Australia under the ALP: providing political cover for a rogue state while it wreaks chaos and death across the world.

[Lady Celestina @lainegaga]

@JonesHowDareYou Old Yella