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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Two years into a genocide, Israel has sown the seeds of its own demise.

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When genocide fails – Israel’s strategic folly in Gaza

Genocide is history’s darkest act, meant to erase a people and claim a future. For Israel, this logic has unravelled – not on the battlefield, but in the eyes of an awakened world.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Australians overwhelmingly recognise and oppose the genocide in Gaza and want the government to do more to stop it, according to a new poll released today.

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Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds

'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Adopting controversial antisemitism action plans encouraged by pro-Israel lobbyists could cost local councils at least $730,000, according to a new estimate.

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Ratepayers could fork out $700k for controversial council antisemitism plans

Pro-Israel lobby wants councils to adopt antisemitism plans critics say threaten free speech and fairness

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: The office of the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism has refused to answer questions about conflicts of interest she declared when she took on the government-appointed role.

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Exclusive – Jillian Segal declared conflicts for Envoy role. Why won’t the government reveal them?

Declaration comes amid growing criticism of Segal’s affiliations with pro-Israel organisations

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: A new report on anti-Palestinian racism details shocking stories of abuse, harassment, vilification and violence against students, teaching staff and parents in Australian schools.

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Gazans ‘deserved what they got’: Shocking stories of anti-Palestinian racism in schools revealed

New report says education departments enable 'silencing of Palestinian perspectives in schools'

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 14d

EXCLUSIVE: Federal MP Monique Ryan is among hundreds of doctors calling on the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne to reinstate a cancelled panel event focused on the Gaza genocide's impact on children.

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Exclusive – Royal Children's Hospital faces health sector backlash after cancelling Gaza event

Monique Ryan along with hundreds of health professionals call for the hospital to reschedule panel discussion

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: The escalating crackdown on dissenting thought and opinion is taking Australia down a dark road, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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From Charlie Kirk to Gaza, disagreement is treason

The escalating crackdown on dissenting thought and opinion is taking Australia down a dark road

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Police failed to monitor neo-Nazi groups or investigate abuse at recent right-wing rallies, legal observer groups have found

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Police failed to monitor neo-Nazis at March for Australia protests: legal observers

Reviews of police conduct during right-wing rallies found "serious" failings

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 21d

NEW: A Wollongong man recounts his return to Al-Khiam, his ancestral village in south Lebanon, shattered by war and struggling to heal.

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I returned to south Lebanon for my grandfather's funeral – and found my village in ruins

A Wollongong man recounts his return to Al-Khiam, his ancestral village in south Lebanon, shattered by war and struggling to heal.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: Australia’s state institutions weren’t designed to protect us – they were built to protect capital, writes Max Chandler-Mather

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The system isn't broken – it's working against you

Australia’s state institutions weren’t designed to protect you – they were built to protect capital.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: Eastern Suburbs business owners say they've been subjected to months of vandalism, intimidation and abuse for supporting Palestine

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'Bondi's for the Jews': Sydney businesses targeted for supporting Palestine

Eastern suburbs business owners claim they face intimidation and harassment for opposing Israeli genocide

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEW: Governments, media outlets and creative institutions are silencing Palestinian voices in service of an extremist Israeli agenda, warns awqrd-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein

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Antisemitism has been weaponised by the Israeli supremacist agenda

Journalist Antony Loewenstein on the campaign to silence Palestinian resistance

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excited to announce the debut of our new guest contributor Max Chandler-Mather this week!

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW: Displaying a watermelon in solidarity with Palestinians has been flagged as an antisemitic visual symbol at a pro-Israel summit on the Gold Coast.

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Watermelons deemed an antisemitic symbol at pro-Israel mayoral summit

A leaflet shared at Gold Coast summit includes a bizarre list of 'antisemitic' items

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW: Camp Sovereignty and anti-Zionist Jewish organisations have hit out at politicians, the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism and Zionist groups for failing to adequately respond to white supremacist extremism after the March for Australia rallies.

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Neo-Nazis led the March for Australia. Where's the Antisemitism Envoy?

Activists attacked during Sunday's marches say political leaders and Zionist bodies aren't taking white supremacist threat seriously

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 2

NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou.

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Today's 'Antisemitism Summit' is a Zionist lobby bid to sway local councils

The Summit is part of a wider effort to silence pro-Palestine solidarity at local level

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Sep 1

In December 2023, the Future Fund's investments in Elbit Systems totalled nearly $550,000.

A year later, the Fund's Elbit investments had ballooned to $3,114,783.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 31

NEW: Australia's Future Fund increased its holdings in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems by 469% in 2024, deepening Australia's financial ties with companies profiting from the Gaza genocide.

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Exclusive – Future Fund’s investment in Israeli arms firm skyrockets

Calls grow for Australia's sovereign wealth fund to divest from companies linked to Israeli atrocities

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 27

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social: Allegations that Iran is behind antisemitic attacks in Australia demand further scrutiny – but our media is already treating them as gospel.

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ASIO’s sensational Iran claims raise plenty of questions. Why isn’t the media asking them?

Allegations that Iran is behind antisemitic attacks in Australia demand further scrutiny – but our media is already treating them as gospel

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 27

Update August 27, 2025, 10.30am: The Australian Human Rights Commission provided comment post-publication, saying Finlay’s attendance was “not an endorsement of any particular political position, individual or group”. We have updated the article accordingly.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: Australian Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is facing a chorus of criticism over her decision to participate in an upcoming 'antisemitism summit' organised by pro-Israel groups.

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Australian Human Rights Commissioner to speak at 'antisemitism summit' featuring former neo-Nazi

Lorraine Finlay's attendance "raises doubts about her suitability for the role", critics say

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 25

EXCLUSIVE: A Sydney factory manufacturing parts of Israeli war planes has been damaged by pro-Palestine activists, potentially putting the facility out of commission.

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Sydney manufacturer of Israeli F-35 parts damaged in pro-Palestine action

SEC Plating's Belmore factory manufactures components of war planes used in Gaza genocide

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 24

NEW: The newly formed Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas says Australia is "witnessing the quiet erasure of an entire community’s right to speak, imagine and belong".

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New Arab Australian body says Arab 'voices are being edited out of public life'

The Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas declares ‘the time for symbolic inclusion is over’.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW: A Palestinian journalist weighs up her two duties – a mother striving to keep her children alive, and a journalist determined to tell the truth

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Dispatch from Gaza: after Anas al-Sharif’s assassination, am I next?

A Palestinian journalist weighs up her two duties – a mother striving to keep her children alive, and a journalist determined to tell the truth

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: The federal government has refused to release details of billions in payments it is sending to the Trump administration to help the US boost its own naval shipyards.

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Australia is sending billions to the Trump administration – and wants to keep it secret

The Albanese government is wiring public money to the US military while refusing to release payment details or guarantees.

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