Stephen Bakopanos
@sbakopanos.bsky.social
Lover of nature, dogs, and pointless arguments on the internet. Simultaneously fascinated with politics and repulsed by its sheer stupidity. Leftie, but not tied to any party. Free Palestine.
Would we be calling it a "fragile" ceasefire if 104 Israelis were killed?
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 104 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Would we be calling it a "fragile" ceasefire if 104 Israelis were killed?
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I'm going to count to three... If you haven't stopped building settlements, I'm going to issue another stern warning. One... two... two and a half... two and three quarters... ahhh, fuck it, just build them - I don't actually give a shit.
Albanese warns Netanyahu expansion of settlements in West Bank risks putting two-state solution ‘out of reach’
Australian PM will tell major conference in US the trajectory of Gaza conflict is deeply worrying to the international community
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm going to count to three... If you haven't stopped building settlements, I'm going to issue another stern warning. One... two... two and a half... two and three quarters... ahhh, fuck it, just build them - I don't actually give a shit.
The world appears to be heading down the path to a dark, dystopian future... and we'll know we've arrived when Jimmy Fallon is the last late night show standing.
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The world appears to be heading down the path to a dark, dystopian future... and we'll know we've arrived when Jimmy Fallon is the last late night show standing.
It is absolutely beyond time that the Australian Government imposes the highest level of sanctions against Israel. Tepid words of condemnation amounts to little more than tacit support for this ongoing genocide. Decisive, concrete action is required.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, major UN report finds
Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza, according to the "most authoritative assessment" to date.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It is absolutely beyond time that the Australian Government imposes the highest level of sanctions against Israel. Tepid words of condemnation amounts to little more than tacit support for this ongoing genocide. Decisive, concrete action is required.
On the day that tens of thousands of people across the country march in protest against the genocides in Gaza, the SMH instead gives higher billing to the feelings of a ghoulish genocide denier. Interesting editorial decision...
August 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On the day that tens of thousands of people across the country march in protest against the genocides in Gaza, the SMH instead gives higher billing to the feelings of a ghoulish genocide denier. Interesting editorial decision...
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face", sobs Prime Minister who supported the right of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party to defend itself...
Netanyahu says Australian PM Albanese’s record ‘forever tarnished by weakness’ after Australian Jewish group urges calm
Speaking to Sky News, Israel’s prime minister ratchets up diplomatic row by saying Albanese has shown ‘weakness’ in the face of ‘Hamas terrorist monsters’
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face", sobs Prime Minister who supported the right of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party to defend itself...
'Weak' framing, by a 'weak' editor.
Try "Wanted war criminal launches undignified attack in support of hate speech"
Try "Wanted war criminal launches undignified attack in support of hate speech"
August 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
'Weak' framing, by a 'weak' editor.
Try "Wanted war criminal launches undignified attack in support of hate speech"
Try "Wanted war criminal launches undignified attack in support of hate speech"
Expel their ambassador now.
Breaking: Israel revokes visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority
Israel's Foreign Minister has revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority in response to the Albanese government's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood.
www.abc.net.au
August 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Expel their ambassador now.
If the Trump government is disgusted with you, then you know you've made the right call.
Albanese plays down US ‘disgust’ over Palestine recognition
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said there was disgust and disappointment in the Trump administration over the prime minister’s move on Palestine.
www.smh.com.au
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
If the Trump government is disgusted with you, then you know you've made the right call.
This genocidal cunt can fuck allllll the way right off, and then keep going.
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This genocidal cunt can fuck allllll the way right off, and then keep going.
We've been rewarding Israel for decades by turning a blind eye as it slowly erases Palestine with settlements and crippling blockades. If we don't act now as it literally wipes cities off the map, then it will be too late.
Recognising Palestine now only rewards Hamas, the side with clear genocidal intent
Condemnation of Israel’s actions – however justified – is no basis for reversing the long-held position that accepting Israel’s right to exist is a precondition of recognising a Palestinian state.
www.smh.com.au
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We've been rewarding Israel for decades by turning a blind eye as it slowly erases Palestine with settlements and crippling blockades. If we don't act now as it literally wipes cities off the map, then it will be too late.
The Australian Minister for Empty Words.
August 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Australian Minister for Empty Words.
Reposted by Stephen Bakopanos
This is not the behaviour of a moral country. This is cruel, unjust and evil. It is state sponsored terrorism. It is time we condemn this Israeli government like we condemn Hamas.
Israeli police release settler accused of killing Palestinian activist
Yinon Levi was placed under three days of house arrest, while police have refused to release the body of Awdah Hathaleen
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is not the behaviour of a moral country. This is cruel, unjust and evil. It is state sponsored terrorism. It is time we condemn this Israeli government like we condemn Hamas.
These are not the actions of a state Australia should be labelling a "friend".
July 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
These are not the actions of a state Australia should be labelling a "friend".
Stop calling them "settlers". They're state sponsored terrorists and state sponsored colonisers. Ditch the passive language. @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com
Wave of condemnation after killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank
Israeli soldiers raid mourning tent after death of Awdah Hathaleen, who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Stop calling them "settlers". They're state sponsored terrorists and state sponsored colonisers. Ditch the passive language. @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com
UK to recognise Palestine as a state unless Israel commits to ending the military offensive (i.e. the genocide) and commits to peace based on a two state solution.
Albo's dithering on the issue is becoming more and more untenable by the day.
Grow a spine PM. Action now.
Albo's dithering on the issue is becoming more and more untenable by the day.
Grow a spine PM. Action now.
July 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
UK to recognise Palestine as a state unless Israel commits to ending the military offensive (i.e. the genocide) and commits to peace based on a two state solution.
Albo's dithering on the issue is becoming more and more untenable by the day.
Grow a spine PM. Action now.
Albo's dithering on the issue is becoming more and more untenable by the day.
Grow a spine PM. Action now.
Quit it with the "settler" bullshit. He was killed by an Israeli colonial terrorist. Language matters.
Awdah Hathaleen, a well-known Palestinian activist whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot and killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank, according to witnesses.
Israeli Settler Kills Palestinian Activist Included in Oscar-Winning Documentary
Awdah Hathaleen, whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot dead. The suspect had been subject to U.S. sanctions, but President Trump lifted them.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Quit it with the "settler" bullshit. He was killed by an Israeli colonial terrorist. Language matters.
Farcical stuff. If a fog-of-war news story about Israel is the thing she chooses to lead with as an example of anti-semitism, then it seems clear to me there is no "crisis of anti-semitism". Disband these stupid envoys and bolster existing anti-discrimination protections that protect EVERYONE.
Antisemitism envoy singles out ABC reporting in stoush over ‘manipulated narratives’
The clash comes a day after Jillian Segal presented her blueprint to crack down on anti-Jewish hate, which she says is growing in part due to media reporting.
www.smh.com.au
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Farcical stuff. If a fog-of-war news story about Israel is the thing she chooses to lead with as an example of anti-semitism, then it seems clear to me there is no "crisis of anti-semitism". Disband these stupid envoys and bolster existing anti-discrimination protections that protect EVERYONE.
Yes, if we don't stop criticising Israel, women and people of colour might suffer tomorrow. Apparently the deaths of 78 women last year due to domestic violence doesn't quite cut it for today. Good grief.
July 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Yes, if we don't stop criticising Israel, women and people of colour might suffer tomorrow. Apparently the deaths of 78 women last year due to domestic violence doesn't quite cut it for today. Good grief.
"Such a man can no longer be allowed to exist" say Israel Katz, without a shred of irony, about those who bomb hospitals.
June 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Such a man can no longer be allowed to exist" say Israel Katz, without a shred of irony, about those who bomb hospitals.
I can finally agree with Israel on this one - those who bomb hospitals are war criminals and need to be removed from power and tried as such.
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I can finally agree with Israel on this one - those who bomb hospitals are war criminals and need to be removed from power and tried as such.
I'd be shocked if the findings weren't extremely similar for Australian media coverage of the conflict.
CfMM’s new report concludes that the BBC is biased against Palestinians in Gaza war coverage.
Analysis of 35,000+ pieces of BBC content shows Israeli deaths given 33 times more coverage and more emotive language.
Palestinian deaths were treated as less newsworthy.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
Analysis of 35,000+ pieces of BBC content shows Israeli deaths given 33 times more coverage and more emotive language.
Palestinian deaths were treated as less newsworthy.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
2024 All Rights Reserved - Muslim Council of Britain
cfmm.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'd be shocked if the findings weren't extremely similar for Australian media coverage of the conflict.
Amazing how easy it is to get immediate satellite imagery of these strikes, but it's still nigh on impossible to get satellite imagery of the genocide in Gaza after 20 months of bombardment.
June 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Amazing how easy it is to get immediate satellite imagery of these strikes, but it's still nigh on impossible to get satellite imagery of the genocide in Gaza after 20 months of bombardment.