In December 2024, Randa Abdel-Fattah, a lawyer, novelist, and Future Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University in Sydney, posted the following message on X-Twitter:
“May 2025 be the end of Israel. May it be the end of the US-Israel scourge on humanity. May we see the abolition of the death cult of Zionism and the end of the US empire and finally a world where the slaughter, annihilation and torture of Palestinians is no longer daily routine.”
She had previously accused Israel of “industrialized genocide, domicide, scholasticide, infanticide, femicide and ecocide” and described it as a “stolen land.” Every single one of these accusations stands proven from history and from facts on the ground during Israel’s onslaught on Gazan civilian life.
After December’s social media post, Dr. Abdel-Fattah was immediately set upon by Israel’s lobbyists and the Murdoch media, which includes Sky News television and accounts for most Australian national and capital city daily newspapers, as well as almost two-thirds of its regional and suburban newspapers. It also has a large social media and YouTube subscriber audience.
The head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), Alex Ryvchin, questioned Dr. Abdel-Fattah’s “fitness” as a public educator and called on the government to cut off all grants to her. “She has created an unacceptable risk for the welfare and health of Jews and Israelis at the university,” he said.
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA), accusing her of spreading hatred, called for the termination of her employment. (more...)
The ‘West’: Suppressing Dissent while Enabling Genocide: PART 1 PART 2
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