“#NathanielBuzz, *one of the people in the crowd who booed Albanese*, said he had done so because *he thinks* #Albanese “cares more about #Islamophobia than #Antisemitism”. He also said Albanese “allowed” the weekly pro-Palestine rally to go ahead. … He said he cheered on Howard because he believed he would have shown “stronger leadership”.

All I see here is contempt. cont…

A photograph at the Bondi beach vigil today.

“#Political #LobbyGroup #Advance has been back in the headlines this week. It was revealed an organisation headed by the husband of the Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, donated A$50,000 to the group.”

When is this going to be addressed?

#RWE / #extremism / #funding <https://theconversation.com/right-wing-political-group-advance-is-in-the-headlines-what-is-it-and-what-does-it-stand-for-261164>

A postcard I received on day 31 of the election from #Advance.

The public denigration of Australia’s first nations people by the LNP (their lobby groups, funders and followers) make me physically sick.

#contempt / #division <https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/114426314103524826>

“The 7.30 host asked Frydenberg about his speech at the Bondi Pavilion that day, in which he accused Anthony Albanese of allowing Australia “to be
radicalised on his watch” and told him to “accept personal responsibility for the death of 15 innocent people, including a 10-year-old child”.

Ferguson asked whether the comments amounted to a “*personal case against the prime minister*” before Frydenberg’s “inevitable” return to politics.”

#AbcNews / #LNP <https://theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/23/laura-tingle-sarah-ferguson-abc-defends-bondi-shooting-coverage-criticism-ntwnfb>

“A #NewSouthWales #MP has asked the federal minister for home affairs to investigate whether Israel has breached Australia’s #ForeignInfluence laws by authoring a #dossier naming him and other politicians as promoting antisemitic and anti #Zionist content.

Anthony D’Adam, a convener of Labor Friends of Palestine, wrote to #TonyBurke on Monday, asking him to investigate after the document written by the Israeli Government’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs was referenced in the Australian #newspaper.”

…

“The Israeli government, through the publication of this dossier, is seeking to interfere in Australian political discourse by attempting to intimidate and discredit critics of the Israeli Government.”

#Intelligence / #ForeignInfluenceOperation / #Australia <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/07/nsw-mp-asks-home-affairs-minister-to-investigate-potential-foreign-interference-after-israel-targets-him-in-dossier>

“Herzog is Israel’s head of state, as opposed to #BenjaminNetanyahu, who wields executive power as the nation’s prime minister. Albanese said at the time it was “entirely appropriate for the head of state to visit”, indicating he had not invited Netanyahu. Herzog, writing on social media, accepted the government’s invitation, and said he had also been invited by the Zionist Federation of Australia to join the Jewish community on his visit.

Labor Friends of Palestine claimed Herzog had “actively supported and enabled a long list of the gravest violations of international law” during the Gaza bombardment, claiming he “works hand-in-hand” with #Netanyahu, who is subject to #InternationalCriminalCourt arrest warrants for #WarCrimes and crimes against humanity. The #ICC has not issued an arrest warrant for Herzog.”

The Haig.

#Intelligence / #ForeignInfluenceOperation / #Australia <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/07/labor-group-urges-albanese-to-rescind-invitation-to-israeli-president-isaac-herzog>

See the foreign flag being flown in Australia?

#Australia Day honouring victims: "Light will win, a gathering of unity and remembrance." (#abcnews)

VS

Yatziv ceremony: “inauguration ceremony of a newly-legalized Jewish settlement, #Yatziv, adjacent to the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the #WestBank, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.” (#apnews)

“Prominent justice advocates have formally requested that federal police (#AFP) investigate Israel's president for alleged incitement to #genocide ahead of his expected visit to #Australia.

President #IsaacHerzog was invited to Australia by #PrimeMinister Anthony Albanese following the Bondi terror attack, which the Executive Council of Australian Jewry said would bring "tremendous comfort" to the families of the victims.

But Australian Centre for International Justice (#ACIJ) executive director Rawan Arraf says it would be unacceptable for Mr Herzog, who is accused of *inciting genocide*, to enter Australia without consequence.”

#WarCrimes / #ICC / #InternationalCriminalCourt <https://abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/calls-to-probe-israeli-president-isaac-herzog-australia-visit/106263374>

“The government has cancelled the visa of a Jewish influencer, who has previously called for the ban of Islam and was booked to speak at several events in Australia. The right-leaning Australian Jewish Association (AJA) said Sammy Yahood’s visa was cancelled three hours before his flight was due to depart. The #HomeAffairs minister, #TonyBurke, confirmed he had cancelled the visa on Monday evening, and said “spreading hatred is not a good reason to come”. “If someone wants to come to Australia they should apply for the right visa and come for the right reason,”

Burke told Guardian Australia in a statement. Yahood has made multiple posts on X, formerly Twitter, calling Islam a “murderous ideology”, a “disgusting ideology”, and claiming Islam “cannot be trusted to simply ‘co-exist’”. On 6 November, he wrote on X: “It’s time to ban Islam. It’s time to stop being tolerant of those that are not tolerant of us.” Yahood, who grew up in the United Kingdom and recently moved to Israel, was due to run a series of “self defence workshops” and launch his “peace through strength” campaign.

The AJA has criticised the cancellation of Yahood’s visa, and said he was scheduled to speak to the AJA in major synagogues and to other organisations across Australia.

“Sammy is the latest Jew to have his visa cancelled by this government. As in other cases, they wait until the last minute,” the organisation wrote on X. “Parliament just voted to increase the powers of Toby [sic] Burke to cancel visas as an apparent response to support the Jewish community following the Bondi massacre.”

Another Foreign RWE blocked trying to destabilise Australian Society.

#Extremism / #AJA / #ForeignInfluenceOperation / #Australia <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/australia-cancels-visa-jewish-influencer-sammy-yahood-islam-banned-ntwnfb>

“The settlers are the IDF, the IDF are settlers, there’s no pretence of a buffer,” he said. “It is not any more about a situation where the IDF are standing idly by while settlers attack, it’s not even just one or two soldiers joining settler #attacks.

“It’s a level of #complicity
that goes beyond anything we have seen before. You can see the impact if you look at how many Palestinian communities were forcibly transferred by settler violence before 7 October, and how many after.”

Settler attacks have completely displaced 29 Palestinian communities since October 2023, more than one a month on average, UN data shows. In 2022 and the first nine months of 2023, four communities were displaced, or one every five months.

The #UN warned this month that the “growing phenomenon of ‘settler-soldiers’ … is further blurring the line between state and settler #violence”. Settlers had killed, destroyed property and livelihoods, forced Palestinians from their homes and ripped communities apart, a report from the office of the high commissioner for human rights found.”

“Vigilante militias”

#Extremism / #vigilante / #militias <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/settler-only-idf-units-functioning-as-vigilante-militias-in-west-bank>

“More than 250 #Australian soldiers are buried at the Gaza War Cemetery, administered by the #Commonwealth, most of them #LightHorsemen who served in the first world war. The majority of graves in the cemetery are #British, but the worst damage has been sustained to a corner of the cemetery that houses the graves of Australians who died during the second world war.

The #Tuffah area of Gaza City, in which the cemetery sits, has been shelled throughout the current conflict. But more systematic and extensive damage caused by military earthmoving has occurred within the last year to the southern corner of the #cemetery.

…

A spokesperson for Australia’s Department of #VeteransAffairs told the Guardian there had been “significant damage” to the #Gaza #WarCemetery “and this includes the graves of Australians”.

“The Office of #AustralianWarGraves is very concerned by the damage to the cemetery and Australian war graves. We remain committed to ensuring the restoration of all affected graves as soon as feasible.”

<https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/05/gaza-war-cemetery-damage-australia-first-and-second-world-war-soldiers-graves>