Israel Is Running Australia and No One Is Talking About It

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Nick Hanna is a Sydney-based criminal defence lawyer, investigative journalist, and director of The Last Sky, a documentary on Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon. He has acted in some of Australia's most significant civil liberties cases and is currently representing protesters and activists caught up in the legal crackdown that followed the Bondi terror attack. In this conversation, Nick breaks down the New South Wales law that gave police the power to ban all protests across greater Sydney and explains how a successful constitutional challenge overturned it. He details what legal options are now available to the dozens of people who were beaten and pepper-sprayed at the Isaac Herzog protest, and why the Major Events Act may complicate their claims. Nick explains the Queensland government's criminalisation of phrases like "from the river to the sea," the constitutional challenge currently underway, and what it means for activists and ordinary people across the country. He also reveals why the Australian Federal Police has conducted raids over tweets and memes while making zero arrests of the 600-plus Australian dual nationals documented as having served in the IDF during the Gaza genocide. The conversation turns to Ben Roberts-Smith, who was recently criminally charged with five counts of war crime murder following his failed defamation case. Nick argues his prosecution exposes a glaring double standard: an Australian soldier sent to Afghanistan by his own government is facing trial, while Australians who voluntarily joined a foreign military conducting a genocide face no investigation whatsoever. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:39 The NSW Anti-Protest Law Explained 4:25 The Court Victory That Overturned It 6:39 Legal Options for Herzog Protest Victims 10:11 Criminalising "From the River to the Sea" 12:25 Australians Fighting in the IDF: Zero Prosecutions 17:14 Why the AFP Raids Tweets but Not War Crimes 18:14 Ben Roberts-Smith: War Crimes and Double Standards 21:03 The Afghan War Nobody Talks About 24:35 One Standard f