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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · 2d

Australia has been no honest broker in the affairs of the Palestinian people www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/10/a...

Australia has been no honest broker in the affairs of the Palestinian people

Consternation over how Trump's 'deal' has been struck seems only to have permeated circles of Palestinian people and their allies who actually care about the meaning of equal rights for all.

www.crikey.com.au

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · 6d

Delicate, lovely.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Article here

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jul 6

They formed in 1987 but didn’t begin to govern
until 2007.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Jun 7

Israeli forces have been killing and wounding more Palestinian children this morning. At least 66 people have been killed across the Strip since dawn. Footage from hospitals shows children lying wounded on stretchers, their bodies bruised and bloodied.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · May 8

New name (old habits) =
The Grifters Party

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Apr 26

Came across this potentially useful election tool tonight:

myplan.buildaballot.org.au

Build a Ballot

A simple tool to help you build your ballot before election day

myplan.buildaballot.org.au

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Mar 18

It won’t happen. He can’t risk losing all those war criminals whose support he’s gone to great lengths to attract.

njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Mar 7

That’s a particularly gorgeous portrait of Wally.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Feb 25

Israel's hostage taking has reached new levels of inhumanity. And its Western backers (US. UK, Germany, France etc.) are increasingly complicit in this crime against humanity. Time to tell our leaders: You too are war criminals by association www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained

www.theguardian.com

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Feb 17

But Labor needs to pull its finger out, make some courageous decisions and address the problems instead of tinkering ineffectually around the edges.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Feb 13

invasives.org.au/how-to-help/...

Sign the petition to prevent the damage done by harmful invasive species

We will take your support to the Federal Environment Minister calling for increased funding and efforts to stop invasive species-led destruction, deaths and extinctions in Australia.

invasives.org.au

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Feb 5

www.smh.com.au/world/middle...

Nations such as Australia must push back against Trump’s illegal Gaza scheme

Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians, if it were without their consent, would constitute a war crime.

www.smh.com.au

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Feb 3

🚨 BREAKING: Oscar nominee Basel Adra is currently surrounded by dozens of masked Israeli settlers carrying out a terror attack on Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. They are throwing stones, smashing vehicles, and slashing tires with knives.

Video below

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Jan 1

Drop Site News is calling on the US State Dept. to demand immediate information about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s whereabouts and to take action for his release. Please sign the petition urging the U.S. government to secure Dr. Abu Safiya’s safe return.

actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-t...

Tell the State Department: Demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!

Throughout the assault on Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya refused to abandon his patients and remained at the hospital through relentless military assaults, including strikes tha...

actionnetwork.org

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Feb 2

HAPPENING NOW: The West Bank town of Tamon is under Israeli military assault, with homes forcibly evacuated, converted into military outposts, and a comprehensive curfew imposed. The IDF uses D10 bulldozers to destroy the infrastructure, taking hostages.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 31

HBD- have a wonderful day and year!

njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 26

I saw the film again yesterday- it’s dense and demanding viewing. So worth it- and I congratulate the directors and editors on their Academy Award nomination.

njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 26

Nice idea. Yet it’s hard to get even the basics attended to by many real estate agents and landlords - & tenants avoid asking for things to be fixed for fear of rent hikes. Our law is v vague re condition property may be let - & “reasonable” covers a very wide range of sins.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 26

Stunning photo!

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 26

Where’s God’s country?

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 24

What is needed is a comprehensive list of their policies & qualities - what are their leanings, who & what are they likely to support? (I notice there are a few Zionists on this list, just saying…)

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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · Jan 15

Feels impossible to celebrate a ceasefire given the scale of the massacre, the ongoing persecution of Palestinians, and what the war revealed about politicians and the media here.

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 16

www.propublica.org/article/bide...

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...

www.propublica.org

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njcoffey.bsky.social @njcoffey.bsky.social · Jan 4

There’s a tiny grain of truth there - funding & arming rather than founding - & USA governments in general, both Republican and Democrats, for their own nefarious purposes have backed various unsavoury militias/regimes in the Middle East for at least a century.