Mona Lisa Melbourne
@monalisamelbourne.bsky.social
Against injustice and persecution. I stand with 🇵🇸 and against genocide.
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Essential viewing for everyone who wants to understand what is going on in Israel. The roots of the Israeli state and the brutal “most moral military in the world” are clearly laid out.
Mass murders, ethnic cleansing, terrorism against the indigenous Palestinian population & British forces…
Mass murders, ethnic cleansing, terrorism against the indigenous Palestinian population & British forces…
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Essential viewing for everyone who wants to understand what is going on in Israel. The roots of the Israeli state and the brutal “most moral military in the world” are clearly laid out.
Mass murders, ethnic cleansing, terrorism against the indigenous Palestinian population & British forces…
Mass murders, ethnic cleansing, terrorism against the indigenous Palestinian population & British forces…
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
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Francesca Albanese Says Gaza Is a “Crime Scene,” Accuses Europe of Failing Its Moral Test.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fB4...
Palestine History. Edward Said. Who is he?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fB4...
Palestine History. Edward Said. Who is he?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBj-...
Francesca Albanese Says Gaza Is a “Crime Scene,” Accuses Europe of Failing Its Moral Test
YouTube video by DawnNews English
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December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Francesca Albanese Says Gaza Is a “Crime Scene,” Accuses Europe of Failing Its Moral Test.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fB4...
Palestine History. Edward Said. Who is he?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBj-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fB4...
Palestine History. Edward Said. Who is he?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBj-...
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Maybe young people's views on Israel have also been "misinformed" by:
- the UN
- Amnesty International
- Israeli human rights agencies
- Gaza journalists
- the vast majority of genocide scholars.
Patronizing Clinton's support for an apartheid genocidal rogue state is 'informed' by AIPAC bribes.
- the UN
- Amnesty International
- Israeli human rights agencies
- Gaza journalists
- the vast majority of genocide scholars.
Patronizing Clinton's support for an apartheid genocidal rogue state is 'informed' by AIPAC bribes.
Ro Khanna to Hillary Clinton: Don't ‘Disparage the Intelligence of Young People’ on Israel
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Ro Khanna to Hillary Clinton: Don't ‘Disparage the Intelligence of Young People’ on Israel
Khanna pushed back on Clinton’s claims that Israel’s critics 'don’t know the history' while speaking with three American humanitarians abducted by Israel.
zeteo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Maybe young people's views on Israel have also been "misinformed" by:
- the UN
- Amnesty International
- Israeli human rights agencies
- Gaza journalists
- the vast majority of genocide scholars.
Patronizing Clinton's support for an apartheid genocidal rogue state is 'informed' by AIPAC bribes.
- the UN
- Amnesty International
- Israeli human rights agencies
- Gaza journalists
- the vast majority of genocide scholars.
Patronizing Clinton's support for an apartheid genocidal rogue state is 'informed' by AIPAC bribes.
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Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Marles: “what’s important is that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
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A child in Gaza sleeps on bare ground, covered only by a thin sheet of plastic. A haunting reminder of the relentless suffering women and children endure in the Strip.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A child in Gaza sleeps on bare ground, covered only by a thin sheet of plastic. A haunting reminder of the relentless suffering women and children endure in the Strip.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren
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Today Eurovision organisers may discuss excluding Israel from next years contest.
Yes Israel should be kicked out. As the head of Slovenias national broadcaster says in the report, "We need to follow our principles, we need to be on the right side of history"
Back BDS.
Yes Israel should be kicked out. As the head of Slovenias national broadcaster says in the report, "We need to follow our principles, we need to be on the right side of history"
Back BDS.
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Today Eurovision organisers may discuss excluding Israel from next years contest.
Yes Israel should be kicked out. As the head of Slovenias national broadcaster says in the report, "We need to follow our principles, we need to be on the right side of history"
Back BDS.
Yes Israel should be kicked out. As the head of Slovenias national broadcaster says in the report, "We need to follow our principles, we need to be on the right side of history"
Back BDS.
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At least five Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli airstrike struck the tents of displaced families in Khan Younis, which is yet another blatant breach of the so-called ceasefire.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #CeaseFireNow
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #CeaseFireNow
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
At least five Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli airstrike struck the tents of displaced families in Khan Younis, which is yet another blatant breach of the so-called ceasefire.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #CeaseFireNow
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #CeaseFireNow
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Israeli security forces raided and vandalised the offices of Palestinian NGO the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, amidst an escalating Israeli targeting of Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders, most recently in context of the olive harvest season reliefweb.int/report/occup...
Crackdown on Palestinian civil society: Union of Agricultural Work Committees raided [EN/AR] - occupied Palestinian territory
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 3 Dec 2025 by OHCHR
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December 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Israeli security forces raided and vandalised the offices of Palestinian NGO the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, amidst an escalating Israeli targeting of Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders, most recently in context of the olive harvest season reliefweb.int/report/occup...
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Adam Parsons frames the latest Israeli air strike on Gaza as retaliation for a Hamas attack on IDF soldiers
Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Why didn't Adam frame the Hamas attack as retaliation for what Israel has done?
Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Why didn't Adam frame the Hamas attack as retaliation for what Israel has done?
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Adam Parsons frames the latest Israeli air strike on Gaza as retaliation for a Hamas attack on IDF soldiers
Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Why didn't Adam frame the Hamas attack as retaliation for what Israel has done?
Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Why didn't Adam frame the Hamas attack as retaliation for what Israel has done?
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Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Palestine. How Israel's IDF was formed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGt...
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How three terrorist groups formed the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) | The Big Picture
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Palestine. How Israel's IDF was formed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGt...
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Remember this? You should never forget it.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Remember this? You should never forget it.
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jacobin.com/2025/03/aust...
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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UN: 16,500 Gaza patients still need urgent treatment abroad - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-16500-gaza-patients-still-need-urgent-treatment-abroad
UN: 16,500 Gaza patients still need urgent treatment abroad
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="440" data-start="218">United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said more than 16,500 Palestinian patients still require life-saving treatment outside the Gaza Strip, underscoring the scale of Israel’s ongoing blockade on medical movement.</p>
<p data-end="802" data-start="442">Despite the ceasefire announced on 10 October, Israeli forces continue military operations across Gaza, killing and injuring Palestinians on a near-daily basis. At the same time, Israeli authorities keep tight restrictions on the entry of food, medicine and essential medical supplies, deepening a humanitarian catastrophe for Gaza’s 2.4 million residents.</p>
<p data-end="958" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="804">Hospitals, already shattered by sustained Israeli attacks, remain overwhelmed and unable to cope, as preventable deaths mount under siege-like conditions.</p>
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December 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
UN: 16,500 Gaza patients still need urgent treatment abroad - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-16500-gaza-patients-still-need-urgent-treatment-abroad
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces kill 357 Palestinians in 50 days of ceasefire
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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This isn’t business as usual.
Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs.
Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs.
Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This isn’t business as usual.
Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs.
Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs.
Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
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Nothing says transparency like shutting down all dissenting voices so you can wreck FOI laws
Labor's stacked committee just recommended passing their FOI destruction bill - despite overwhelming evidence AGAINST it.
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Nothing says transparency like shutting down all dissenting voices so you can wreck FOI laws
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Israeli forces sweep Hebron with mass detentions - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-sweep-hebron-mass-detentions
Israeli forces sweep Hebron with mass detentions
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="100" data-start="0">Israeli occupation forces carried out a sweeping raid across Hebron in the occupied West Bank, arresting at least three Palestinians and detaining dozens more during aggressive door-to-door operations, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.</p>
<p data-end="641" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="457">The arrests form part of Israel’s ongoing campaign of mass detention, often carried out without warrants or due process, as the occupation tightens its grip on Palestinian communities</p>
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December 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Israeli forces sweep Hebron with mass detentions - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-sweep-hebron-mass-detentions
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‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from Batn al-Hawa, a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, which has long been the target of organisations working to consolidate Israeli control www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from Batn al-Hawa, a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, which has long been the target of organisations working to consolidate Israeli control www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”
200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”
The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of "The Handmaid's Tale" fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk
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December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”