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The NSW Supreme Court overturned the dismissal of school principal Sheikh Abdulghani Albaf over anti-Israel social media posts. It's the latest legal blow to the NSW government amid growing scrutiny of its handling of anti-Israel speech cases. www.deepcutnews.com/p/nsw-suprem...

NSW government suffered another legal blow over anti-Israel speech

NSW Supreme Court questions minister's interference in school principal dismissal over anti-Israel social media posts

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Queensland’s controversial ban on two pro-Palestine phrases – 'from the river to the sea' and 'globalise the intifada' – will be challenged in the High Court with seven plaintiffs lodging a writ of summons and statement of claim today. www.deepcutnews.com/p/queensland...

Queensland government faces High Court challenge over pro-Palestine speech ban

A constitutional challenge has been filed to strike down bans on ‘from the river to the sea’ and ‘globalise the intifada’

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🧐 ANALYSIS🧐 Labor’s response to Islamophobia was disappointingly predictable, writes former Age and ABC journalist Najma Sambul. The government acknowledged the problem while ignoring key recommendations to address it. www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-res...

Labor’s response to Islamophobia was disappointingly predictable – Najma Sambul

The government acknowledged the problem while ignoring key recommendations to address it

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"What is hard to ignore is the disparity between the government’s response to Islamophobia and its response to antisemitism." @deepcutnews.bsky.social What's also hard to ignore is how readily Albanese caves in to almost every demand of the Israel lobby. #auspol www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-res...

Labor’s response to Islamophobia was disappointingly predictable – Najma Sambul

The government acknowledged the problem while ignoring key recommendations to address it

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Jillian Segal, Australia’s antisemitism envoy - and previously president of pro-Israel lobby group ECAJ - claimed at the Royal Commission that the Gaza death toll was ‘grossly inflated'. When pressed to share ‘material’ to support her claim, she said it’s been 'well reported probably’.

Tareq Baconi is a renowned Palestinian-British scholar and author, and was recently interviewed by Deepcut's Antoun Issa at the Melbourne Writers Festival. The fascinating chat explored the queer role in the Palestinian struggle. Listen 👇🏽 www.deepcutnews.com/p/tareq-baco...

Tareq Baconi – the queer role in Palestinian advocacy

Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian-British scholar and author of a new memoir, Fire in Every Direction. He spoke with Antoun Issa at the Melbourne Writers Festival.

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Re the ABC being summoned to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, it might be worth revisiting this analysis we did a year ago showing ABC bias in favour of Israel throughout the coverage of a 'genocide' it still refuses to name. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: data reveals pro-Israel bias in ABC coverage since October 7

New analysis by Newscord and Deepcut finds ABC reporting repeatedly privileges Israeli perspectives over Palestinian voices

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"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism." @louiseadler1.bsky.social 💥🎯💯 www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-roy...

If the Royal Commission is serious about antisemitism, it should look at the Israel lobby – Louise Adler

Trivialisation of antisemitism at the Royal Commission will not make Jews, or anyone else, safer

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