Stephen Thompson

Dad (humans and dog). Lawyer in the transport sector. A little bit left of centre

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@LeiblerMark Anyone who “condemns Israel” is “a useful idiot” ? Seems to be a lot of us about.

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@PatMcGorry @MattDoran91 @TheLyonsDen Hear hear outstanding work

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

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'When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood at the UN this week and claimed that Palestinian children are taught to hate, I thought of my daughter Sarah. She was only four years old when I first took her to Palestine. By the time we left, she understood what occupation and injustice mean – not because I taught her, but because she lived it.'
'When we finally reached the Israeli side, the humiliation deepened. Soldiers shouted “Ishlaḥ” – take off your shoes. We were herded into lines. My two-year-old cried when her pink Sketchers were taken and thrown into a pile with dozens of others. Then came the strip searches. In the cold of late winter, exhausted and hungry, my daughters sobbed as we were forced to undress under the gaze of armed soldiers.And still Sarah asked, with a child’s insistence:“Mama, why are there so many soldiers pointing guns at us? Mama, are we in Palestine yet?”How do you explain systematic degradation to a child? There is no bedtime story version of occupation.'
'After more buses, more checkpoints, more shouting, we finally reached the West Bank. The drive from the border to Jenin should have taken 40 minutes. It took three hours. Each checkpoint meant another round of soldiers, questions and searches. Sarah noticed everything: the cars with Israeli yellow plates that passed freely while we waited; the walls cutting through the land; the settlements gleaming on hilltops while Palestinian villages crumbled below.'
Lama Qasem

https://t.co/2nNM6tF02Z

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@gantzbe @LeiblerMark

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@LeiblerMark Sincere question - what is offensive about wishing the defeat of an occupation army ? Isn’t that just part and parcel of war ?

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@Ostrov_A Hasbara lies.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

So extreme is Jillian Segal’s plan, even Amnesty International has condemned it.

Albanese commissioned it, then stood next to Segal as she launch it. How is he going to walk this back?

[Bob Carr @bobjcarr]

Good sense as always from Louise Adler https://t.co/pX6HMP9CyR

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

@TonyHWindsor @AlboMP and @SenatorWong - maybe don’t ever use the expression “international rules based order” again - you might choke.

[Adam Houda @LawyerAdamHouda]

Seven Lies about Israel’s Attack on Iran https://t.co/YwwlkgzC7o #FreePalestine #auspol

[WearThePeace @WearThePeaceCo]

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, breaks down in tears during his address at the UN Security Council as he recounts the tragic case of Dr Alaa al-Najjar, the doctor who lost 9 of her 10 child to the occupation’s indiscriminate airstrikes.

[Eddy Jokovich @EddyJokovich]

Here is the interview with Nasser Mashni that @ABCNews removed after pressure from the Z lobby and didn’t want to you to see. Share and promote widely. #AUSPOL F.U. ABC.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

How did we get here?
How did we let an army announce to the world the destruction of a people, and then level every home, seize every field, shatter every possession they had—even with laughter.
How did we let them kidnap, torture, and rape—even with dogs.
And now, starve them—even the children.
And what unshakable belief blinds us to what we—collectively—have done.
May they have mercy.

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

Thanks a lot @ABCTV I just watched The Piano and have spent my Sunday night crying like a baby. Nice one.

[SBS News @SBSNews]

Incoming Labor MP Ali France offered a heartfelt tribute to her late son, after winning the Queensland seat of Dickson from Opposition leader Peter Dutton.

France lost her eldest son Henry to leukaemia last year.

Read more: https://t.co/xsKatKaes8

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

Nearly 3,000 UNRWA trucks of lifesaving aid are ready to enter #Gaza. But the siege imposed by the Israeli authorities has been blocking the entry of supplies for over 50 days now.

The people in #Gaza are hungry and the situation is desperate.

Humanitarian aid is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war.

The siege must be lifted, supplies must flow in, the hostages must be released, the #CeasefireNow must resume.

[Adam Houda @LawyerAdamHouda]

Zionists don't even hide their evil anymore. IT'S ON FULL DISPLAY.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

#TimWilson @tw4goldstein:

“that is not MY choice that women have children.”

[Stephen Thompson @sjttwitt]

https://t.co/U6p99cIRnW