cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30678096

Josh Butler
Sun 25 May 2025 21.56 EDT

"In a press conference on Monday morning, Albanese said: “#Israel’s actions are completely unacceptable.”

“It is outrageous that there be a blockade of food and supplies to people who are in need in #Gaza … People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage.”"

  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    No shit sherlock. I do feel that this empty rhetoric is psychological comfort to convince Western elites who are complicit in the genocide, as well as their voters, that they are civilized and moral.

  • eurekaBanned from community
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    20 days ago

    For those unfamiliar with Prime Minister Albanese:

    • Founding member and secretary of Parliamentary Friends of Palestine around 2000[1]
    • Complicit in the zionist regime’s recent invasions and ongoing genocide in Gaza
    • Australia trades with the regime, and arrested port protesters and members of the Maritime Union of Australia, including the leader of the Sydney branch
    • Australia is the sole exporter of the F-35 bomber fuselage
    • Australia repeatedly supported the invasion through UN voting

    1. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/29/protester-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-israel-palestine/ ↩︎

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        19 days ago

        Though to be fair, Dutton was never going to be a better option.

        Luckily we’re not trapped in a two-party dichotomy, Liberal’s opinions are slowly mattering less and less and minor candidates are getting more of the pie.

      • eurekaBanned from community
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        19 days ago

        Lemmy’s web UI formats it as a footnote[1], I didn’t realise other apps might not read that formatting:

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          16 days ago

          That’s interesting, didn’t know that. I don’t think it’s part of the standart markdown format, so a lot of clients will probably not render it.

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      19 days ago

      Polls must have shown it’s popular to stand with Palestine.

      I like the Albanese government but it is very quiet when there is an issue that conflicts with the parties values or donors.

    • Peter Link@lemmy.mlOP
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      16 days ago

      The hashtags were added in Mastodon and I forgot to remove them in Lemmy, sorry.