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the president of a bunch of genocidal murderers is not welcome........

 

The Israel President cannot be welcomed in Australia. The government he represents has been found by the International Court of Justice to have breached international law: the Netanyahu regime has committed a range of international crimes against humanity including war crimes, apartheid, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing.

 

Margaret Reynolds,  Stuart Rees

‘Australians for Humanity’ demand the invitation to Israel’s President be withdrawn immediately

 

The invitation to the President of Israel as head of a state responsible for genocidal acts is immoral, cowardly, illegal and wrong.

How can the Australian Prime Minister fail to understand that he risks all his endeavours for social cohesion by associating our nation with a government that includes indicted war criminals?

The massacre at Bondi Beach merits a national coming together coupled to support for those who are grieving and fearful.

It does not need a visit from a President of a country judged to have committed genocide in Gaza, a man who oversees a government which uses famine as a weapon of war, has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children and has refused to end the illegal occupation.

Is the government blind? Is it sensitive only to grief and fear experienced by one community?

President Herzog has presided over brutality and has approved the destruction of a people whose rights he does not respect. In December 2023 he was pictured signing bombs due to be dropped on Gaza. At a news conference following the October 7 2023 attack, he commented, ‘It’s an entire nation that is out there that’s responsible’, words subsequently cited in the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Instead of Australian governments rushing to appease only one group by passing laws to erode free speech and the right to protest, obligations under the Genocide Convention and the rulings of the International Court of Justice should be implemented.

Such a change of attitude and policy will require courage and should encourage all politicians to realise fundamental truths, that state violence of all kinds can be ended by observing international law and by achieving justice for Palestine.

If the invitation to Herzog is not withdrawn, there should be massive protest against the prospect of a likely war criminal being welcomed in this country.

 

Signed and supported by:

  • Margaret Reynolds
  • John Menadue
  • Alison Broinowski
  • Paul Heywood-Smith
  • Stuart Rees
  • Paul Chambers
  • Helen McCue
  • Richard Broinowski
  • Richard Hil
  • Peter Slezak
  • Lama Qasem

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12/the-invitation-to-israels-president-should-be-withdrawn-immediately/

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

GUS ENDORSES THE LETTER........

 

OUR HEARTS BLEED FOR ALL THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGIC ACT OF TERRORISM AT BONDI.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA DESERVE AS MUCH PEACE AS ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WE MEAN IT. 

practical shit....

 

 

Israel 'will never leave' Gaza Strip, its war minister says


Press TV

 

Israeli minister of military affairs Israel Katz has reiterated that the Tel Aviv regime "will never leave" Gaza, pledging to construct settlements in the northern part of the strip, in contravention of the ceasefire agreement.

On Thursday, Katz stressed that Israel wouldn't withdraw from Gaza and would establish a wide buffer zone around the strip. That's while Israel is required to withdraw completely from Gaza under US President Donald Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan. Katz said it would be possible to establish Nahal outposts, youth-based settlement frameworks overseen by the Israeli military, in northern Gaza "in an organized manner when the time comes."

He made similar remarks on Tuesday, triggering, what Hebrew media said, the anger of the Trump administration, and prompted Katz to say later the regime was not seeking to establish settlements in Gaza.

Katz on Thursday rejected reports that he had retreated, saying Israel would exercise "de facto sovereignty" in Gaza, similar to what he described as Israel's policy in the occupied West Bank.

Israel launched a genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, killing more than 70,000 Palestinians before the war came to an end last October with a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir echoed Katz's remarks: 

"We have operated over the past two years across all arenas, and we are now in a vital transitional period and at a systemic turning point. The mission has not yet ended; all arenas remain active."

On the occupied West Bank, Katz said Israel is implementing a policy of "practical sovereignty," claiming that current circumstances do not allow for a formal declaration of annexation,including Palestinian displacement, troop deployment and settlement expansion.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and violence there has soared since the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza began in October 2023.

At least 1,102 Palestinians have since been killed in the West Bank, and nearly 11,000 others have been injured in attacks by the military and Israeli settlers in the occupied territory.

Around 21,000 people have also been abducted by the occupying regime's forces.

For months, rights organizations have been warning that Palestinians in the West Bank face a growing threat of ethnic cleansing amid the continuing violence.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel's prolonged occupation of historic Palestine was unlawful and called for the removal of all settlements currently in the West Bank and East al-Quds.

https://www.sott.net/article/503679-Israel-will-never-leave-Gaza-Strip-its-war-minister-says

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

 

 

arrest that man.....

 

Arrest Herzog for war crimes, says UN Commissioner Sidoti

by Michael West

 

“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival [to Australia] for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti told MWM.

Australia invites a president accused by the United Nations of inciting genocide. So what now?

When the Albanese Government quietly confirmed that Israel’s President Isaac Herzog would visit Australia from February 8-12, it framed the trip as routine diplomacy. A ceremonial head of state, a formal invitation, business as usual.

But according to one of Australia’s most senior international human rights lawyers, that framing collapses the moment Herzog steps off the plane.

“There is both a legal scope and a moral duty to arrest Isaac Herzog on arrival,” said Chris Sidoti in a live Youtube interview on The West Report. “The law is not beyond doubt [on immunity for ceremonial heads of state].”

Sidoti is no fringe activist. He is a former Australian Human Rights Commissioner and a current member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel. That Commission has found Herzog responsible for incitement to genocide, a crime under both international law and Australia’s Criminal Code.

The immunity argument is crumbling

The Government’s implied defence is familiar; Herzog is a head of state, and heads of state enjoy immunity.

Sidoti says that principle is no longer absolute.

“In the past it’s been traditional that heads of state have immunity when travelling,” he said. “But that old principle is being gradually broken down. It is now argued by many international lawyers that head-of-state immunity 

does not apply to atrocity crimes.

Those crimes include genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Incitement to genocide sits squarely within that category.

“Our commission of inquiry has found that Herzog, the President of Israel, is responsible for incitement to genocide”, Sidoti said. “That means head-of-state immunity does not apply to him when he is visiting Australia.”

That finding does not rest on Herzog’s role in military decision-making. Sidoti is clear that the Israeli presidency is largely ceremonial, comparable in some respects to Australia’s Governor General.

“For that reason, we have not found that he is responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity,” he said. “But that does not excuse him from actions he is personally responsible for. And that is where incitement to genocide arises.”

The entire nation is responsible.

The Commission’s finding turns on Herzog’s own words.

Following the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks, Herzog publicly blamed the entire civilian population of Gaza, saying, “It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible.”

“And in the context of the debates going on in Israel, that longer statement that he made, in our view, constituted incitement to genocide”, Sidoti said. 

“The fact that he is a ceremonial head of state does not absolve him of responsibility for words he personally has spoken.”

And the Australian Criminal Code

Under Australian law, incitement to genocide is not just an international crime. 

It is a domestic offence.

“We do have provisions in our Criminal Code covering the crime of incitement to genocide,” Sidoti said. “So this is an Australian crime, not just an international one.”

Arrest warrants and uncomfortable precedents

There is currently no public arrest warrant for Herzog from the International Criminal Court. That, too, has been used to wave away the controversy.

Sidoti says that is beside the point.

“So he may be subject to an arrest warrant from the ICC. And if that’s the case, the Australian Government has a legal obligation to arrest him as soon as he sets foot in this country. But if there is no arrest warrant, then it’s an obligation, in my view, under international law, customary international law nonetheless, and a requirement to enforce the Australian Crimes Act.”

He pointed to precedent. When Sudan’s former president travelled to South Africa while subject to an ICC warrant, South African courts ruled that his head of state status did not protect him from arrest.

“He escaped before being arrested,” Sidoti said. “But the legal principle was established very clearly.”

The Migration Act option 

Even short of arrest, the Australian Government has another lever it has not explained why it is not using.

“We now have very strong provisions in our migration law,” Sidoti said. “The Minister for Home Affairs can refuse entry or cancel visas on character grounds.”

“This guy does not meet the character test, no matter how you put it.”

Which raises a simple question the government has not answered: why is Herzog being allowed to come at all?

A genocide still ongoing

The legal debate is not occurring in a vacuum.

According to figures acknowledged by the Israeli military itself, at least 75,000 Palestinians have been killed and identified. Sidoti says that figure is a bare minimum.

“It’s estimated that there are at least 100,000 buried under the rubble. There are also bodies that have been buried that were not identified or were not taken to the hospital or the morgue for identification, but were simply buried by their families. We have no idea how many of those there are.

“There are also people buried by their families without identification, and large numbers of secondary deaths from starvation, disease, and lack of medical care.”

Despite claims of a ceasefire, Sidoti rejects the term.

“The most accurate description is reduce fire,” he said. “Some days it is lower, some days it is very high. Thirty people were killed on Friday alone.”

“That is about the same average daily civilian death toll as Ukraine, where there is no ceasefire at all.”

So what happens if he lands?

Innocent until proven guilty

Sidoti is careful not to declare guilt.

“I am not saying he is guilty,” he said. “That is for a court to decide. But there is sufficient evidence to warrant investigation and prosecution.”

In practical terms, that could mean refusal of entry, detention for questioning, or arrest by the Australian Federal Police.

“He should be met at the airport,” Sidoti said. “He should be taken into custody for interrogation. And if there is evidence sufficient for prosecution, he should be prosecuted.”

A political decision with legal consequences

Sidoti believes the invitation itself was a mistake, made in the aftermath of traumatic domestic events, but one that can still be reversed.

A crazy mistake

“This is a monumentally crazy mistake,” he said. “And the Prime Minister needs to change course. It is not too late to withdraw the invitation.”

Whether the Albanese Government faces future legal liability for inviting Herzog is an open question. Sidoti says he has not yet assessed that risk.

But the broader issue is already clear. Australia cannot claim commitment to international law while selectively suspending it for diplomatic convenience.

If incitement to genocide is a crime, the question is no longer theoretical.

To whom does the law actually apply?

You can watch the full video here.

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Australia, International Law and Armed Conflict – What are our obligations?

Thursday, 12 March 2026, commencing at 6:00 PM with light supper afterwards

Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium

 

https://michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzog-for-war-crimes-says-un-commissioner-sidoti/

 

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

SEE ALSO: https://michaelwest.com.au/exclusive-un-commissioner-president-herzog-should-be-arrested-the-west-report/

 

SEE ALSO: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/how-are-our-racial-hatred-laws-actually-applied/