Travelling through South Lebanon sometime in the mid-70s, we stopped at a corner cafe for breakfast. Our host, a very chirpy and friendly old lady, suggested we try ful medames (pronounced full), or foul medamas, or foul mudammes or 100 other variations - or just ful as we call it now.

It’s still early days, and no doubt the usual suspects will flood the airwaves and socials with their standard opinionated claptrap, but as hard as I try, I can’t seem to find any positives in Australia’s support for these attacks. Albo may be a cowardly little asshole, but he’s not stupid. He knows the risks but still chooses to put America and Israel first.

It’s always been about regime change; about Israeli hegemony in the region. Israel has admitted so repeatedly for decades. Anyone who thinks that either Netanyahu or Trump cares about the plight of ordinary Iranians is a fucking idiot. Anyone who thinks the strike on a girls' school in Minab, killing dozens, was a mistake, hasn’t been paying attention.

Yes, I used that naughty word, but I did so quite intentionally and in context, referring to individuals whose actions reflect the lowest performative xenophobia and moral cowardice, prioritising political gain over the welfare of innocent Australian children. Notably, some of these arseholes are themselves parents…

Imagine there’s a little lolly shop right on the corner of your street. It’s the best place in the world! Usually, everything stays the same. A bag of lollies costs one shiny coin, and you know exactly how many you can get with your pocket money. It’s easy-peasy! But every now and then, something strange happens…

As kids, we believed this Hasbara dogshit. It was just another story drummed into us to cement our perpetual victimhood, our lifelong sense of Jewish supremacy and our self-identifying as the ‘chosen people’. And we loved the festival for its delicious hamantash and the chance to annoy the fuck out of everyone with the grager.

The claim that Iran is “the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism” implies a measurable global comparison, but there is no publicly available dataset ranking states by funds transferred, operations supported, violence enabled or casualties attributed to their alleged sponsorship. It is just typical American…

While the exact number of participants is not officially tracked by the Australian government, estimates from groups like the Australian Centre for International Justice and various media reports suggest that up to 1,000 Australians, including dual citizens and reservists, have been active in the IDF genocide since late 2023…

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who reads my posts that I’m not a cheerleader for Australian politicians, our media, or loudmouthed public figures who make a decent living from hate, fearmongering and bigotry…

Her entire political career has been based on grievance politics and white victimhood. Her ”no good Muslims” comment sums it all up.  One of the most controversial figures in Australian public life, yet one of the least productive...

Had you asked me during my military years, 50 years ago, how far from the action I was stationed, I could have answered very precisely: 18 km southeast of the Lebanese border, 15 km west of the Syrian border, and 3 km north of a cafe at a new Israeli settlement still…

I came across a photo while going through Mum's paperwork. I can see I’m in it, but I have no idea when it was taken or where (likely in the Golan Heights because that's where I was in 75/76). I don't recognise any of the other…

Far from being just a policy debate, migration is the lifeblood of the Australian workforce. To understand why, look at the people serving your coffee, building our suburbs, and caring for our parents…

The orange-coated, kiddy-fiddling golf cheat has been relentless in his bang on about voter ID of late. He’s well aware that Australia runs one of the most secure and trusted voting systems in the world, and it does it without forcing people to show photo ID or special proof of citizenship…

History suggests these kinds of projects often function more as branding exercises than as credible pathways to lasting peace. When you look closely at how they’re structured, who benefits, and what peace processes actually require, the reasons for scepticism become fairly clear…