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Pearls and Irritations has, for more than two years, highlighted the apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza. It has also shone a light on hypocrisy – if Palestinians were white Christians the US would have brought an end to this tragedy long ago.

Our leaders in government, media, universities and churches dare not say the word “genocide” because they would then be asked to do something to stop the massacre.

By their silence they have normalised genocide.

What sort of people allow this to happen – and still speak of a “rules-based international order”? Our politicians hypocritically invoke such an order, yet ignore numerous UN resolutions and international laws that should stop the genocide.

Without fearless, independent reporting willing to name genocide, Australians would be left with silence and spin.

At P&I we will continue to raise the climate catastrophe that threatens our common home. David Attenborough........

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