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Reb Halabi

Pearls and Irritations

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We’ll reward you for genocide

Israel: Hey Joe, just letting you know Hamas has retaliated to our decades long Occupation and repression and have broken through the prison gates and...

01.05.2024 40

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The Wakeley church stabbing and the dreaded ‘other’

I remember watching a timid singer walk on stage and when he opened his mouth to introduce himself, out came a French accent. The audience mewed and...

30.04.2024 40

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The word retaliation needs to be broken open to see what’s hidden inside

Some time back I watched SBS’ ‘The Australian Wars’. It was, to many, a completely different viewpoint of settler colonialism, the impact of...

21.04.2024 10

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Witness to horror upon horror, I scream underwater

I recently heard the British-Palestinian Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah tell of the horrors of Israel’s total destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and...

07.04.2024 7

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For Albanese, one Australian life matters more than 32,000 dead Palestinians

How Albanese doesn’t swallow his tongue as he vociferously demands “full accountability” from Israel for the killing of Zomi Frankcom yet...

04.04.2024 8

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The pigeon and the socks

In February PETA sprang into action to rescue a pigeon held in India which had been accused of spying for China. They secured its release. In March...

31.03.2024 7

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The remnants of war – lessons unlearnt

I’m walking around the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. I’ve looked at the military aircraft in the front courtyard which looms...

16.03.2024 8

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In God we trust

The following words are from Canadian Dr. Yasser Khan (Eye-Facial Plastic Trauma Surgeon) who returned from a humanitarian surgical mission at the...

24.02.2024 9

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Don’t just mow the grass – burn down the entire forest

You know there is a shocking decimation taking place when news footage shows only two colours – grey and red. Images of the persecution and murder...

15.02.2024 10

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Deflect, distort, deny

In what world does a dominant state claim they have a right to defend themselves against those they have unethically, immorally and illegally...

11.02.2024 4

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A slow genocide and the joy of eradicating a people

Israel is relying on world sympathy fatigue and amnesia. They are biding their time for the world to look away so that they can finish the job they...

12.01.2024 6

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Gloves fall from the blood soaked hands

If the gloves are off from the blood-soaked hands of Israel and the United States, then the gloves should come off for the rest of the world to tell...

27.12.2023 10

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Onward Christian soldiers

Hymn # 7,000 – “Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching as to War” As Christmas approaches we envisage the serene nativity scene of baby Jesus in...

16.12.2023 20

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US and Israeli exceptionalism and the exception of humanity

Both The US and Israel have turned out to be exceptionally brutal, exceptionally authoritarian and exceptionally unjust. The zeitgeist is peace, and...

16.11.2023 8

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Scott Morrison’s heartless yearning for Armageddon

I was wondering what was taking prominent Christian Zionists so long to visit Israel. And then I saw him…Scott Morrison landing with the arrogance...

10.11.2023 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Scott Morrison’s heartless yearning for Armageddon

I was wondering what was taking prominent Christian Zionists so long to visit Israel. And then I saw him…Scott Morrison landing with the arrogance...

09.11.2023 9

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Palestinian genocide: History whispers until it shouts

There is a genocide happening on our watch. Can we rally from the brink of despair? I can usually rally myself back from the brink of despair at...

16.10.2023 5

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The one word Israel is desperate you not define – terrorism

Terrorism: “(adjective) unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in pursuit of political aims.” Has any term more...

14.10.2023 5

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Jailbreak from prison Gaza

Since when do we praise Occupiers for brutal oppression? Words are used to confuse, obfuscate and detract from the truth of Palestine-Israel. Words...

11.10.2023 4

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