David Caldicott

“Every region has a responsibility to be part of the international efforts to restrain any state, including Israel, from undermining international law.” On a visit to the Middle East, Hina Jilani, Mary Robinson, @HelenClarkNZ and Graça Machel witnessed how policies under the Israeli government are aimed at making Palestine disappear. Read the Elders’ statement in full here ➡️ theelders.org/news/palestine…

America, we are so incredibly embarrassed for you.

@JulianAndrew63 @SaraJade_13 So if evil -genocide, even- is being committed by allies far enough away, it doesn’t really count? (There is no disqualifying element of the Geneva or Genocide conventions based on ‘distance’…)

Anthony Albanese in #Insiders re Ed Husic's call for the Gaza genocide to be recognised: "This is a country, a conflict, a fair way away from us."

Uh huh.

A barrister quoted twelve words from a plaque at the Old Bailey. Seven months, three courts and four judges later, he faces two years in prison for it. Rajiv Menon KC told a jury about the Old Bailey plaque that says: "The Right of Juries to give their Verdict according to their Convictions." That's it. That's the crime. His client was on trial for activism. The judge blocked evidence about why she did it. So Menon reminded the jury of their historic right to follow their conscience. Now he's in court on Tuesday facing prison. Here's the twist: the plaque commemorates a 1670 ruling that said NO judge can punish a jury for its verdict. The man who won that case? William Penn - who later founded Pennsylvania and wrote that right into the US Constitution. Britain gave the world jury independence. Now it's prosecuting a lawyer for mentioning it. Barristers are already changing their closing speeches because they're scared. Three courts. Four judges. Seven months. All to silence a man who read twelve words off a wall. If juries can't follow their conscience, what's the point of having them at all? 🔗 Read the full piece 👉: labourheartlands.com/rajiv-menon-kc… What do you think? Is this justice? 👇 @DefendOurJuries @DefendourLawyer

In the West Bank, Jewish settler children are dressing up as Ben-Gvir with guns in their hands, treating him like a superhero. This is Israel’s next generation.

Ireland passes a law banning the import of goods from Israeli settlements. The US response is to threaten that Ireland may be subjected to a US boycott designed to protect Israel (& its illegal settlements). It’s all upside down insane. irishcentral.com/news/us-embass…

Even CNN is reporting it now: Public support for Israel is collapsing. New polling numbers show the vast majority of Americans are against funding Israel

‘Finkelstein writes that, “After 17 November 2025, the UN is a rotting corpse.” The force of his argument demonstrates that impunity is sustained not by military power alone but by the institutions that claim to uphold international law while failing to confront its most egregious violations. Gaza’s Gravediggers is, ultimately, an indictment of those institutions and of the language through which they transformed accountability into accommodation.’ open.substack.com/pub/normanfink…

‘"A commission that treats the discomfort of the powerful as equivalent to the annihilation of the powerless has already failed before its first hearing." Dr Keren Rubinstein, Anti-Zionism Australia’ youtube.com/watch?v=HHu50R…

ever since I was a little boy I always wanted to produce training data for large language models ❤️

History won't remember who toed the factional line; it will remember who refused to stay quiet while a genocide unfolded. Respect, Ed Husic.

Israel is in a full out war against international law. It is using every tool at its disposal to make it easier for anyone to commit war crimes. This will ultimately get people killed and ethnically cleansed around the world. It would rather do that than face any accountability for its many crimes.

Elsewhere people are taking. Further evidence accrued, of illegal behaviour by Israel.

What will not be seen on Australian TV anytime soon is how Israel is spraying a defoliation agent on land to which the have no ownership claims. Certainly, a violation of national sovereignty, and potentially, the CWC.

For no particular reason, here's Elon Musk confidently predicting fully self-driving Teslas by "next year' for 10 years straight:

Yes he did Steve. YES. HE. DID. Trump is the liar here and you are the moron.

I asked No.10 a simple question: who projected the Israeli flag onto Downing St Their answer: revealing the name of the lighting company would endanger national security, risk crime, and put lives at risk. Apparently questions about coloured light are now a threat to the state.

BREAKING: In an interview this morning Donald Trump was asked if his announcement that he intends to run for a third term means Barack Obama can run a third time too, and he got silent and frowned for several seconds, folded his arms across his chest, and said, “No.”