Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Australia’s state broadcaster the ABC gave extensive airtime to Israeli deputy foreign affairs minister Sharren Haskel on Friday, allowing her to voice her objections to Australian demonstrations against the very genocide that she and her government are presently committing in Gaza. Haskel’s statements were then picked up and printed in outlets like The Guardian …. In an effort to give equal weight to both sides of the issue, The Guardian also quotes a response from a spokesperson for the Palestine Action Group, which helped coordinate the massive march over the Sydney Harbour Bridge earlier this month. ‘The only useful idiots here are those in the media who continue to print Israeli propaganda despite two years of being consistently lied to,’ the spokesperson said. I don’t know how anyone could possibly disagree with this.” (08/16/25)