Os and Scott kick off by analysing the latest incendiary statements by Israeli politicians and their threat to execute Palestinian political prisoners if the world moves ahead with Palestinian statehood.
They also discuss why the Australian media is so uninterested in covering the story, even as Israel continues to breach its ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, and look at the decision by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia to boycott Eurovision of Israel's participation.
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Later in the show, they discuss the trip Penny Wong and Richard Marles made to the US to re-pledge fealty to Donald Trump's regime and the likelihood of Australia spending even more money propping up the US military and weapons companies. Os analyses the latest national security statement from The White House and how it embraces white supremacist rhetoric and demonstrates US support for far-right parties across Europe.
In Keeping Tabs, a look at the Prime Minister who launched a Substack, the latest on the teen social media ban, a conversation about the entitlements scandal engulfing parliament and an update on the Warner Bros merger.
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