Rosemary Keogh

Politics tragic

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Press Council gets scores of anonymous complaints about Cathy Wilcox astroturf cartoon. Caves. She was not allowed to know who her (Israel lobby) accusers were
#auspol @AusPressCouncil @cathywilcox1
https://t.co/OCPJpkSGmy

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

[Joe Black 🇿🇼 @joeblackzw]

Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.

Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.

THEN they branded him a terrorist.

A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.

[Hala Jaber @HalaJaber]

Netanyahu asks Lebanese if they remember the days when Lebanon was called the “Pearl of the Middle East.”

We do.

We also remember who invaded Lebanon in 1982, besieged Beirut, occupied the south for nearly two decades, bombed our cities, carried out massacres, assassinations & repeated wars.

Interesting how Hezbollah is blamed for everything, including Lebanon’s decline, while the Israeli invasion, occupation & destruction that predated Hezbollah’s very existence are simply erased from the story.

Hezbollah did not invade Lebanon. Israel did.

Hezbollah did not create the occupation. Hezbollah emerged because of it.

You also speak as though Hezbollah is not Lebanese. Whether one supports it or opposes it, Hezbollah represents a significant segment of Lebanese society. It has MPs in parliament, ministers in government, & a constituency that cannot simply be wished out of existence. Millions of Lebanese cannot be erased because that makes for a more convenient Israeli political narrative.

The arrogance of telling Lebanese to “free themselves” from other Lebanese while Israeli forces occupy Lebanese territory & Israeli aircraft violate Lebanese airspace daily is difficult to miss.

You speak as though Lebanon’s problems began with Hezbollah & Iran. That is historically illiterate at best & deliberately dishonest at worst.

Lebanon has suffered from corruption, sectarianism, foreign intervention & political failure. But it has also endured repeated Israeli invasions, occupations, bombardments, assassinations & wars long before Hezbollah became a major force.

And now the man whose military has spent months bombing Lebanese towns, flattening homes, killing civilians, displacing entire communities & threatening the country with “another Gaza” wants to present himself as a concerned friend of the Lebanese people.

The audacity is staggering. It would be impressive were it not so grotesque. The historical revisionism is even worse.

You must be getting desperate if this is the story you are trying to sell.

[MO @Abu_Salah9]

بتهمة جمع الخضار والزهور البرية.

لحظة قيام الجيش الاسرائيلي بترويع واختطاف أطفال فلسطينيين لمكان مجهول

لولا وجود منصات مثل X لما وصلت هذه المشاهد للعالم

فضحهم واجب على كل حُر حول العالم.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

"They're not hostages. They're in prison for crimes."

the crimes

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Epic response by Cathy Wilcox to Murdoch grubs after their Israel lobby smear campaign

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Let’s stop calling it settler violence. It is settler TERROR. These criminals roam the West Bank with impunity, and the world stays silent.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

This should be a career-ending scandal. But life under Trump is so hellish, it's not even front-page news.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel just executed Ali in South Lebanon.

He wasn’t a fighter.

He was a paramedic.

Israel killed him while he was on the frontlines saving lives.

Israel has now murdered over 135 medics in Lebanon in just 3 months.

And not a peep from the complicit international community.

[Rupert's Conscience @RupertsConscie1]

Jillian Segal...your job is now done.

Marvellous effort. Congratulations. 👏👏👏

@SenatorWong @AlboMP well done & thank you.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Destroying confidence in the electoral system and other pillars of democracy (media, courts) is their goal, it’s not just pathetic whining. Then they use that lack of confidence to push strongman powers, restrictive voter suppression laws, and other crackdowns.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

They really gonna let them burn Bethlehem too?

[Robert Barwick @RobbieBarwick]

Why did every Australian government from Chifley to Rudd, 1945-2010, not allow permanent US military bases in Australia?

Because when you allow bases you give up sovereignty.

Gillard changed it, and now, as a US diplomat told me, Australia is effectively under US occupation.

[Micky Jnr @MickyJnr__]

🚨🇨🇦 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆:

Canada has confirmed that referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied entry to the United States, is welcome to officiate matches in Vancouver. 😳

#AfricanFootball
#WorldCupwithMicky

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

Another reminder that there are hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unaccounted for, presumed dead, under rubble in the Gaza Strip. Gaza is an open-air extermination camp and Israel is attempting to kill those remaining via starvation, disease, airstrikes, and/or lack of care.

[Dr Josie McSkimming @JosieMcskimming]

‘congratulations to Chalmers & Albanese. After 30 yrs, we have 2 leaders, supported by cabinet, with the courage, determination & commitment to serve the public interest by resisting the self-serving calls of private vested interests..’

- Graeme Samuel.

https://t.co/ioKtauj574

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Esta es la aldea de Maroun al-Ras, en el sur del Líbano, con más de 400 años de historia, está siendo borrada de la faz de la tierra por "Israel", que llenó de explosivos las casas y luego las voló por los aires.

Este terrorismo de tierra quemada al estilo nazi en la WW2, sigue siendo ignorado por los medios occidentales, a pesar de que borrar pueblos enteros es un crimen de lesa humanidad.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING: "Greater Israel" is now marketed in London. Like in Montreal and in New York.
Apartheid without borders.

P.S. This explains why criticism of Israel is being restricted (and "anti-antisemitism" laws keep appearing). Apartheid is not only a crime. It is a business model.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Esta noche, la última aldea totalmente cristiana de Palestina, Taybeh, que ha estado habitada por más de 5.000 años, ha sido prendida fuego por los colonos sionistas, que incendiaron los campos y lanzaron cocteles molotovs contra las casas.

Mientras intentan hacer pasar al sionismo como amigo de los cristianos, la realidad es que son supremacistas que odian a todos los que no sean ellos y prenden fuego a sus casas cada día en Cisjordania.