Thank you for saying what most Australians see & agree with!
It has taken a while for us all to comprehend the full scale of the genocide, the horror show that is the state of Isr*el, & the state of complicity of our government to the 🎃 govt, who are supporting Isra’l to commit crimes against humanity, genocide, land theft, and apartheid.
Given that Australian politicians are democratically elected to protect & represent Australians, our environment & people - it is a serious problem that all political parties who become elected to government would be subjected to political & other forms of pressure from outside influences that run counter to our democratic values.
It is noteworthy that Australian politics has become increasingly right wing conservative, with only the 💚 & some Independent’s being the voice of reason. Our democracy is being undermined by billionaires & the alliances Australia has traditionally had…and violence may occur to us all if we try to break these alliances. However, we cannot remain being complicit. Isr^el is continuing to target children so 1 million children in Gaza are still at risk of being murdered or trafficked, as well as children in Lebanon, Syria, 🎃 own country & who knows where else next…
Apart from that horrific situation ahead, we also need to ask ourselves who do we want to be as a nation? We haven’t yet faced up properly to the genocide & land theft that is the horrific history of Australia…but we are seeing it & beginning to own it, and our own humanity will be properly restored when we make proper amends.
If we can see what is happening in Gaza, Australia & decent Australians can & should respond - this is part of the healing journey we are on to understand & speak up whenever we see suffering & the lack of humanity inflicted on other people that creates a genocide. We definitely shouldn’t be funding it either!
From the ICC: “With regard to the crimes, the [Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I] found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Netanyahu…and Mr. Gallant…bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts”. Arrest warrants have been issued. A trial at The Hague will occur once arrested…
And the Albanese govt are complicit is war crimes as they knowingly allow material and information support for this genocide. Albo is an absolute disgrace
Not only is it suspected Whitlam was toppled in a CIA coup in 75, it is alleged that Zelman Cowan was appointed Governor General in 77 by the CIA. This allegation has been made by Zelman Cowan's nephew, the journalist John Helmer. He told the story on a podcast called Dialogue Works on 3rd of April 2025. Approx 1 hour 7 minutes in if anyone would like to listen, available on YouTube.
Zelman Cowan had been the Dean of Melbourne Uni law school in the 1950s, during this time he helped a student he had become close to, Samuel Pisar, get a scholarship to Harvard. Pisar went on to act for, and become a close confidant of Robert Maxwell, and became the step father of former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Australia needs to wake up we have been occupied by the US for a very long time and have been very heavily influenced by the Epstein class.
Whitlam was amazing. Imagine if he had stayed in power? I watch all things NYC mayor Mamdani ATM. Gives me such hope. He is genuinely working for the workers of NY.
Thank you Anisha for this report making the evidence to court available. As Susan comments below, the 80% plus of us who oppose the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank must find ways to stop these atrocities. Your report is useful for this purpose.
The peace pilgrims had Richard Tanter and Scott Ludlam give expert evidence at their Pine Gap Trial in 2017. Richard gave similar evidence he would have given this time.
I think Nick Hanna's assertion is not correct. And an unfortunate erasure of our trial series in 2006 2007 and 2017 to have expert witness speak.
Read Peace Crimes! By Kieran Finance.
Richard and Helen Caldicott were refused giving evidence in the 2007 trial however they attended and gave evidence at a paralell trial public meeting.
I'm not a legal expert but my understanding is that Hanna was referring to a) evidence that had been deemed admissable in court and b) specifically Pine Gap's alleged assistance of the IDF as they commit a genocide in Gaza. As you can see in Finanne's reporting on the 2017 case, she acknowledges that the judge ruled that the "evidence did not meet the bar for establishing the defences and . . . instructed the jury to disregard it."
Here is some more reporting that does refer to the Peace Pilgrims and also the Robinson Walker matter where defence sought to tender Tanter's evidence:
This makes my day. I read a poll that said 80% of Australians are against the genocide in GAZA and wondered if it was true.
This article gives me hope that it is! I'm one of the 80%>. I do not believe my tax dollars should go toward supporting the murder of children!
Only 0.2% of the world's population is Jewish. Why do they have so much power over the rest of us?
Israeli is not a religion.
Jewish is not a nationality.
Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism.
And most importantly, all people with an ounce of morality despise the genocidal state of Israel.
IRONY: When Zionists who survived a genocide use it as an excuse to commit genocide.
“NAZIs made me afraid to be a Jew. Zionists made me ashamed to be a Jew.”
Dr. Shahak, Holocaust survivor
Thank you for saying what most Australians see & agree with!
It has taken a while for us all to comprehend the full scale of the genocide, the horror show that is the state of Isr*el, & the state of complicity of our government to the 🎃 govt, who are supporting Isra’l to commit crimes against humanity, genocide, land theft, and apartheid.
Given that Australian politicians are democratically elected to protect & represent Australians, our environment & people - it is a serious problem that all political parties who become elected to government would be subjected to political & other forms of pressure from outside influences that run counter to our democratic values.
It is noteworthy that Australian politics has become increasingly right wing conservative, with only the 💚 & some Independent’s being the voice of reason. Our democracy is being undermined by billionaires & the alliances Australia has traditionally had…and violence may occur to us all if we try to break these alliances. However, we cannot remain being complicit. Isr^el is continuing to target children so 1 million children in Gaza are still at risk of being murdered or trafficked, as well as children in Lebanon, Syria, 🎃 own country & who knows where else next…
Apart from that horrific situation ahead, we also need to ask ourselves who do we want to be as a nation? We haven’t yet faced up properly to the genocide & land theft that is the horrific history of Australia…but we are seeing it & beginning to own it, and our own humanity will be properly restored when we make proper amends.
If we can see what is happening in Gaza, Australia & decent Australians can & should respond - this is part of the healing journey we are on to understand & speak up whenever we see suffering & the lack of humanity inflicted on other people that creates a genocide. We definitely shouldn’t be funding it either!
I believe we can do this.
#always was always will be.
#free Palestine
#not in our name
What did the court say in sentencing the defendants?
From the ICC: “With regard to the crimes, the [Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I] found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Netanyahu…and Mr. Gallant…bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts”. Arrest warrants have been issued. A trial at The Hague will occur once arrested…
And the Albanese govt are complicit is war crimes as they knowingly allow material and information support for this genocide. Albo is an absolute disgrace
Plausible deniability is a construction applied over decades to obscure the true nature of the Pine Gap spy base.
It should be closed.
Australia's continuing reliance on the US for security no longer makes sense.
Not only is it suspected Whitlam was toppled in a CIA coup in 75, it is alleged that Zelman Cowan was appointed Governor General in 77 by the CIA. This allegation has been made by Zelman Cowan's nephew, the journalist John Helmer. He told the story on a podcast called Dialogue Works on 3rd of April 2025. Approx 1 hour 7 minutes in if anyone would like to listen, available on YouTube.
Zelman Cowan had been the Dean of Melbourne Uni law school in the 1950s, during this time he helped a student he had become close to, Samuel Pisar, get a scholarship to Harvard. Pisar went on to act for, and become a close confidant of Robert Maxwell, and became the step father of former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Australia needs to wake up we have been occupied by the US for a very long time and have been very heavily influenced by the Epstein class.
Whitlam was amazing. Imagine if he had stayed in power? I watch all things NYC mayor Mamdani ATM. Gives me such hope. He is genuinely working for the workers of NY.
The CIA and our entertainment/political class are deeply enmeshed
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MWnSKDsURg
Is the 34-page tendered report available to read anywhere? Fantastic reporting, thank you Anisha.
Thank you Anisha for this report making the evidence to court available. As Susan comments below, the 80% plus of us who oppose the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank must find ways to stop these atrocities. Your report is useful for this purpose.
The peace pilgrims had Richard Tanter and Scott Ludlam give expert evidence at their Pine Gap Trial in 2017. Richard gave similar evidence he would have given this time.
I think Nick Hanna's assertion is not correct. And an unfortunate erasure of our trial series in 2006 2007 and 2017 to have expert witness speak.
Read Peace Crimes! By Kieran Finance.
Richard and Helen Caldicott were refused giving evidence in the 2007 trial however they attended and gave evidence at a paralell trial public meeting.
I'm not a legal expert but my understanding is that Hanna was referring to a) evidence that had been deemed admissable in court and b) specifically Pine Gap's alleged assistance of the IDF as they commit a genocide in Gaza. As you can see in Finanne's reporting on the 2017 case, she acknowledges that the judge ruled that the "evidence did not meet the bar for establishing the defences and . . . instructed the jury to disregard it."
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2017/12/09/fines-pine-gap-peace-pilgrims/15127380005614
Here is some more reporting that does refer to the Peace Pilgrims and also the Robinson Walker matter where defence sought to tender Tanter's evidence:
https://declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/14/protest-and-power-on-the-road-to-pine-gap/
Guess what kids? You've been a Jewmerican Garrison state for generations.
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