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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago

Zomi Frankcom: Penny Wong condemns ‘insulting’ decision to clear IDF over Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker

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Zomi Frankcom: Penny Wong condemns ‘insulting’ decision to clear IDF over Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker

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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago
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Israeli government decides not to pursue criminal proceedings over 2024 triple drone strike that killed Australian aid worker and six others
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    @zero_gravitas
    It’s time our politicians grew a backbone. Break all ties with Israel. Recall our ambassador. Expel theirs.
    #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
    Attributed to smh.com.au

    Israeli ambassador breaks silence as IDF review clears soldiers over Zomi Frankcom death By Matthew Knott, Sarah McPhee and David Crowe Updated August 20, 2026 - 11:49am, first published August 20, 2026 - 12:43am Israel's ambassador to Australia has defended the Israeli investigation that cleared its military of any criminal wrongdoing over an attack in Gaza that killed seven aid workers, including Australian Zomi Frankcom, after Foreign Minister Penny Wong summoned him to Parliament House for a rebuke. Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi said she was "apalled" by the ambassador's comments, arguing he should have been expelled from the country. "There is no doubt that this is a war crime," she said as she called for the International Criminal Court to investigate Frankcom's killing.

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      “Israel investigated itself over the killing of an Australian citizen and concluded nobody is criminally responsible. This absolute impunity is an insult to the memory of incredible aid workers like Zomi Frankcom,” said Sarah Schwartz, Executive Director of the Jewish Council of Australia.
      https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/08/complete-injustice-for-zomi-hind-and-countless-other-victims-jewish-council-says-australia-must-expel-israeli-ambassador
      #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

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        David Pope
        21 August 2026
        After Mearns
        #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #terrorism

        YESTERDAY UPON DFAT'S STAIR I SAW AN AID WORKER WHO WASN'T THERE SHE WASN'T THERE AGAIN TODAY! OH HOW I WISH SHE'D GO AWAY Foreground: A partially-obscured sign on a roundabout reads "Department of Foreign Affairs an" Behind the sign, a smiling, ghostly Zomi Frankcom stirs a steaming pot labelled "WAR". Two other pots behind the sign are labelled "CRIMES and "JUSTICE" In the background, Israeli ambassador Hillel Newman struts, carrying a briefcase with the Israeli flag covering the entire lid.

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          Condemnation without consequences is not accountability.

          Sanction Israel.
          End military ties.
          Expel the Ambassador.

          Words are not enough.
          https://www.instagram.com/p/DcQSryemXpB/
          #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #terrorism

          IF AUSTRALIA IS 'OUTRAGED', PROVE IT. . Formally reject Israel's decision . Refer the matter to the AFP · Pursue avenues for independent investigation and accountability . Coordinate with the governments of the other World Central Kitchen workers killed . Demand the release of all evidence relating to the attack . Publish the Government's assessment of Israel's final decision . Implement targeted sanctions . Apply the same standard of accountability to the killing of Palestinian humanitarian workers, health workers, journalists and civilians in Gaza APAN Australia Palestine Advocacy Network

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            What say you?

            Is any amount of blood money enough?
            Should the Zionist ethno-colony be dismantled?
            https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/israel-reparations-zomi-frankcom-gaza-idf-strike-death/107065204
            #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #terrorism #ZomiFrankcom

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            “Sources suggest Wong didn’t stop there, with the coffee she offered him being packet coffee this time instead of sending out a staffer to do a coffee run.”
            https://chaser.com.au/national/wong-declares-israeli-ambassador-gets-no-extra-cake/
            That’ll show 'im!
            #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes #terrorism

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        Remember Hind Rajab. Justice for all victims of Israel.
        #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
        https://www.instagram.com/p/DcSq7UyuBjs/

        Statement by Kaouther Ben Hania Following the Israeli military's announcement that it is opening a criminal investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab, many journalists have reached out to me. I do not wish to give interviews, but I want to say this. This announcement is a smokescreen. For more than two years, the evidence has been there: independent investigations, satellite imagery, ballistic analysis. And there was the most devastating evidence of all: Hind's own voice, describing the Israeli tanks circling around her. What more did we need? Did we really have to wait for the accused to decide to investigate itself (yes, itself!) before these facts could finally be taken seriously? Look at the cases the Israeli military is choosing to speak about today: they are precisely the ones that international public opinion has made impossible to ignore. And what about all the others? Those whose names we will never know because their deaths never broke through the wall of international indifference? Meanwhile, the Israeli military continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza, while the occupation intensifies in the West Bank. What is needed now is not a public relations operation. What is needed is justice (delivered by an independent authority) for Hind and for all the victims of the genocide in Gaza. THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

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