Sydney police unleashed a torrent of violence against citizens who were protesting the presence in their city of a man who leads a nation condemned for ongoing genocide.
UPDATED: After protesters stopped trying to march, police horses charged the crowd to clear the front of Sydney Town Hall on Monday. CN was caught in the mayhem.
After the Bondi massacre and new hate laws, a visit to Australia beginning Monday by the Israeli president — named in the ICJ genocide case — is raising tensions, as Herzog seals Israel’s victory in Oz, writes Joe Lauria.
Hiding Epstein’s ties to Israel; new nuclear danger as New START ends; Palestine Action acquitted in London, poised to protest Herzog in Sydney, The World This Week. Watch the replay.
The Grayzone investigated the suspicious PayPal ban by interviewing the small donor flagged by Paypal. What Grayzone Editor Max Blumenthal learned “confirms that our account was blocked on political grounds,” he says in the following video.
It is yet to be seen if Australia’s policy on weaponising AI will enshrine the moral red line of delegating life and death decisions to machines, writes Matilda Byrne.
We break down Davos after Trump’s Greenland retreat, Mark Carney’s speech, Zelenksy berating the Europeans and Sy Hersh channeling Ukraine War myths. Meanwhile, Australia outlaws criticism of Israel. 8 pm EST tonight, Saturday.
The Israel lobby can cry about Jewish Australians feeling threatened by every pro-Palestine group and then ASIO will ban the group and cage anyone associating with it for up to 15 years.
What is the impact that the Albanese government’s Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Act 2026 will have on the ability of ordinary Australians to protest? Anne Twomey examines the provisions.