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Prof David Heilpern, Dean of Law, Southern Cross Uni: some of the uncontested falsehoods told at the Bondi Royal Commission michaelwest.com.au/the-bondi-roya…

Here is my BAFTA speech in full, with the important bit that hasn't been shown. Also, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported us, and to our colleagues who rallied around us. And thank you to @BAFTA and the judges for a great evening and a great honour.

WHERE have we seen this before? Hang your heads in shame you who supported this…

I have covered sexual violence in conflict for more than a decade. These are very difficult stories to report - not just emotionally, but in terms of corroboration and evidence-gathering. Given the evidence we have, though, it's impossible to deny that Palestinians are being sexually abused in Israeli prisons and by far-right settlers, and that soldiers, settlers, and guards are sexually violating Palestinians with impunity because the right-wing Israeli government has made clear that there will be no consequences for even horrific crimes and acts of abuse. Thanks to @NickKristof for writing about it. throughline.news/p/the-systemic…

I appreciate the intense interest in my column. For skeptics, why not agree on Red Cross and lawyer visits for the 9,000 Palestinian "security" prisoners? If you think these abuse allegations are false, such monitoring visits would be protective. So why not?

🚨Nicholas Kristof, grand reporter au New York Times, signe une enquête qui va faire mal. Très mal. Sa question finale, il l'emprunte à Netanyahu lui-même, celle que le Premier ministre israélien lançait au monde après le 7 octobre : « Where the hell are you ? » Aujourd'hui, Kristof la lui retourne. Et elle tombe comme un couperet. L'article est accablant. Des Palestiniens, hommes, femmes, enfants, sont violés systématiquement par des soldats, des colons, des gardiens de prison. Des viols avec des matraques, des carottes, des bâtons. Des chiens dressés pour pénétrer des détenus. Des hommes qui urinent du sang après qu'on leur ait ligoté les testicules. Des femmes dénudées, battues, giflées, présentées comme un trophée à chaque relève de garde. Des enfants menacés qu'on leur enfonce un bâton dans le cul s'ils ne coopèrent pas. Ce n'est pas une exception. C'est une politique. Un rapport de l'ONU parle de « procédure opérationnelle standard ». Une pratique généralisée, encouragée par l'impunité totale. Ben-Gvir traite les détenus de « raclures » et « nazis ». Netanyahu qualifie les poursuites contre des soldats violeurs de « blood libel » et les réhabilite. Et les États-Unis ? Ils appellent ça 'de simples allégations'. Allégations. Qu'ils aillent dire ça aux enfants qui ont vu des chiens les monter. La question de Netanyahu, « Where the hell are you ? », Kristof la retourne : où étiez-vous pour les Palestiniens ? Où sont les condamnations ? Où sont les sanctions ? Où sont les ambassadeurs qui se déplacent avec des caméras ? Où sont les suspensions d'aide militaire ? Nulle part. Parce que les victimes ne sont pas les bonnes. Parce qu'être Palestinien, c'est être une victime de seconde zone. Parce que l'Occident a choisi son camp, celui du violeur plutôt que du violé. Et bien sûr, la hasbara est aux abois. « l’article le plus antisémite des temps modernes ». Leur seul argument : crier au loup pour qu'on ne regarde pas leurs monstres. Mais les victimes, elles, ne crient pas. Elles saignent. Article du NYT en commentaire.

The documentary @BBCNews dropped, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, won a BAFTA award. Ramita Navai: “the BBC paid for and refused to show, but we refused to be silenced and censored.” Silence and censorship is not journalism, the BBC is engaging in genocide denial.

She was 12 years old. Yesterday, an Israeli drone targeted her and her father in south Lebanon. The first strike killed her father. She survived. Terrified, wounded, she ran for her life. Then another drone followed her. And killed her too. Damn the whole complicit world.

This is white phosphorus. Israel is raining white phosphorus bombs on civilian areas in South Lebanon. Call it what it is: A WAR CRIME.

They called the dog rape story a hoax and blood libel. It is now in the New York Times. Zionists your lies will never win. Everyone knows how depraved Israel is.

My report from the ground when this Christian school in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon was hit in an I$raeli strike with 7 people in a nearby building, including children, killed.

The men in masks here are Israeli soldiers who stand accused of torturing and raping Palestinian prisoners. This is how they were greeted as they entered the court room - as heroes. When will Western leaders address the illness that exists in large parts of Israeli society?

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

The 26 teachers massacred in Minab school with a Tomahawk missile along with 184 children by the US & the israelis | via @NajiMalik695708

"Soy judío y estuve en Gaza como médico humanitario, lo que hacía antes Israel era un genocidio lento, ahora es total. Los israelíes son excelentes torturando, lo hacen a todas horas y han matado a médicos violándolos hasta la muerte". Médicos humanitarios judíos denuncian el genocidio sionista en Gaza y las brutales torturas a las que someten a los médicos palestinos, como al doctor Adnan al-Bursh, jefe del departamento de ortopedia del Hospital Al Shifa, que fue violado hasta la muerte. Sin embargo, esto no es ningún escándalo en Occidente... ningún crimen, por horrendo que sea, importa si quién lo hace es EEUU e "Israel2.

I reported on the testimonies of Palestinians raped by dogs last month. Pro-Israel cheerleaders responded by claiming this was an outrageous lie - and that it was antisemitic. The New York Times has now published the testimony of a Palestinian detainee.

"Soy judío y estuve en Gaza como médico humanitario, lo que hacía antes Israel era un genocidio lento, ahora es total. Los israelíes son excelentes torturando, lo hacen a todas horas y han matado a médicos violándolos hasta la muerte". Médicos humanitarios judíos denuncian el genocidio sionista en Gaza y las brutales torturas a las que someten a los médicos palestinos, como al doctor Adnan al-Bursh, jefe del departamento de ortopedia del Hospital Al Shifa, que fue violado hasta la muerte... sin embargo, esto no es ningún escándalo en Occidente.

This is beyond horrifying. The rape, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Nicholas Kristof is a senior reporter for the New York Times. It is indeed worth a read.

Israel dropped bombs on a school run by nuns today in Nabatieh, South Lebanon. They obliterated it. Not a military site. A school run by religious sisters.

Curiously, this incident hasn’t made the mainstream media, as far as I can tell. Funny that.