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This interview was conducted in June 2010.It originally took place shortly after Kenneth O'Keefe's involvement in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a civilian aid mission to the Gaza Strip that was intercepted by the Israeli military. During the broadcast, O'Keefe famously stated that he supports the right of self-defense and resistance for Palestinians
There was a major Gaza Freedom Flotilla in May 2010.The operation consisted of a six-ship fleet carrying around 700 civilians and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. Organized by coalitions like the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish charity İHH, its primary objective was to break the naval blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.The Interception and RaidDate and Location: On May 31, 2010, Israeli naval commandos intercepted and boarded the ships in international waters.The Escalation: While most of the vessels were boarded peacefully, physical confrontations broke out on the flagship vessel, the Mavi Marmara.Casualties: The raid resulted in the deaths of nine activists (with a tenth dying later from injuries) and wounded dozens of others. Several Israeli soldiers were also injured during the clash.Aftermath and BacklashInternational Outrage: The deadly assault drew widespread global condemnation and severely damaged diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel.Policy Shifts: Due to intense international pressure following the raid, Israel partially eased its land blockade restrictions shortly after the incident.Legal Probes: The incident led to multiple independent United Nations inquiries and discussions regarding international maritime law violations.
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The NSW-Qld border reimagined. Photo Peter Ellis, altered by Jeff ‘Does This Mean I Can No Longer Go to Qld’ Dawson
The words ‘courageous’ and ‘Minns Labor government’ are not commonly used in the same breath. But with drug driving laws for medicinal cannabis users they have stared down the opposition, and are close to legislating the most sensible, safe, and progressive regime in the country. Prescribed patients must register, and do a course. Then they can drive with up to 50ng in their saliva, and if they exceed that level, the first three times there will be no penalty. Its far from a perfect solution – the registration carries fear of targeting, the course is superfluous, there is still a 24-hour suspension and the level is probably too low for some. But in the face of vociferous but ill-informed opposition from the shock jocks, conservatives, many medicos, and the NRMA the Bill will likely pass with support of the Greens and of course the Legalise Cannabis party. If you really want a good laugh listen to Rachel Merton (Lib) speaking against the Bill in the Legislative Council on 6 August 2026. It’s like the 1950’s on steroids.
Of course, if you are driving under the influence (meaning adversely affected), whatever the reading you will rightly still commit an offence.
The NRMA is perhaps the most surprising opposer – many of their members (like me) must have supported the Bill, and they have touted the most outrageous and inaccurate statements conflating causation and correlation like some illiterate conspiracy theorist.
But the real guts of this story is Queensland, where the reaction to proposed reforms around Australia has been reminiscent of oppositional defiance disorder. Despite having almost half of all prescriptions for cannabis in Australia, the Queensland government is going zero tolerance, imposing doubled minimum fines of around $5,000, mandatory prison terms, longer disqualification periods, even more testing, and a fast track detection system. The RACQ, just like their NSW cousins, are leading the charge for tougher penalties quoting the same tired old false figures, and strawman arguments.
The roads minister Brent Mickelberg gets the dumbest comment of the year award when he said that ‘60% of drug driving fatalities had THC in their system’ and that this proves ‘it is not safe to drive under the influence of THC’. What in heavens is a ‘drug driving fatality’?
I guess it is a fatality where there is any presence of a drug, and that more than half had THC in it. But you can see the sleight of hand. The impression he wants to give is that 60% of all fatalities are caused by THC which is absolute garbage. In fact, there has not been a single coronial finding, anywhere in Australia or the whole wide world which has concluded that compliant prescription cannabis use has caused a death.
The truth is that these provisions will cost lives in Queensland. We know that those who use barbiturates and benzodiazepines and many other prescription medicines are far more dangerously affected by these drugs than prescribed medicinal cannabis
People will return to driving with those drugs, or just tired or sick or distracted by pain. There has been no increase in road toll as a result of medical exemptions in any of the many countries which have them. Tasmania has had a defence for a decade with no resultant rise in road trauma.
Australia devotes more police time to random THC tests than the rest of the world combined, and all those hundreds of thousands of tests impact on the ability to investigate real crime and proven road safety measures like hanging outside pubs and catching staggering drivers. The only people cheering on the Queensland provisions are big pharma, anti-drug zealots, the alcohol industry, misguided doctors, and the law enforcement establishment.
For those in NSW who get a prescription and live in our area things are going to get weird. It will likely soon be legal to drive to Tweed Valley Hospital but not to John Flynn, or the university or the airport. In fact, you may well end up in prison or fined to the poorhouse if you cross the border at all. Surely that’s not great for the Queensland economy and it is hard to think of any other turf (apart from daylight savings) where states have such divergent laws. Maybe we should put up warning signs at Tweed Heads? There’s a prize for the best design.
Known more for running than swimming, this group of emus have been caught on camera swimming and bobbing across a river with just their heads poking above the water.
The birds move in a neat line before safely reaching the other side — proving these big birds can do more than just emu-se us on land.
Doesn't the little ones look so cute
The 2nd half i sore on the news today so tracked down the video of it.
Zionist occupiers have continued to besiege three Palestinian homes in the area for almost 10 days.
This is what it said on the description.
-A helicopter tips on landing. Once a skid catches the ground, the machine pivots around it and the cyclic goes sluggish. Past five to eight degrees the stick cannot save it. Only lowering the collective can: kill the lift instead of fighting the roll. Under a second to decide.
Journalist Ana Kasparian reaches a breaking point that millions are feeling globally.
When the justifications for suffering become "unbearable," the script of the elite officially fails. This isn't just a news clip-it's a record of the moment where professional neutrality was replaced by a shock to the human conscience.
The system can survive a protest, but it cannot survive the truth.
Ana Kasparian stance on Israel and Palestine is respectable imo. And this was recorded in March 2025
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These two photos of Palestinian journalist Mohammed arab were taken nearly two years apart.
According to reports, the Israeli military detained him after the raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The difference between these two images is difficult to look at.
In the more recent image, he appears drastically thinner and physically changed compared with the person in the earlier photograph.
This is not just about one journalist. His case reflects the fear surrounding Palestinian detainees and the questions that continue to be raised about their treatment in detention.
These are people with families, lives and stories. They should not disappear from the world's attention simply because they are behind bars.
West Bank | Shlomo, the brother of slain Israeli settler Benyahu, has publicly called on the Israeli military to carry out collective punishment against Palestinians in the West Bank.
In a video and statement circulating online, he warned that if the military does not demolish Palestinian homes, "the Jews will go and demolish them themselves."
The remarks follow the killing of Benyahu and come amid rising tensions in Israeli-controlled areas of the West Bank.
Collective punishment refers to penalizing an entire group for the actions of individuals. It is prohibited under international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention.
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