the smh has depicted us as a virus today. This directly reflects the genocidal tradition of depicting target populations as a disease (or vermin).

We shouldn't have to think about who is monitoring and reporting on us to state actors when we are doing academic work, but this is the unacceptable reality. This behaviour needs to be called out whenever and wherever it's observed. 7/7

In the next session I presented a paper with 'Israel's weapons of genocide' in the title, so I had to then think about what might happen if this guy came to it and decided he needed to report me or yell at me or whatever. 6/7

I have no idea what the person was planning to do if ChatGPT told him that any of the speakers were 'anti-Israel' but this also points to the dangers of self-reinforcing AI tools when used as a means to label and harass people. 5/7

As someone who has been subject to harassment by Israeli propagandists, I find this behaviour to be offensive, inappropriate, and dangerous. It's also extremely clumsy to do this 'investigation' of colleagues in such a visible way. 4/7

Worst of all, the person seemed most obsessed with colleagues with Muslim names, going through the programme and entering them one by one. 3/7

The request was always 'who is x and are they anti-Israel?'. This was a panel on international criminal law in which there were some mentions of Gaza but it certainly wasn't central to the discussion. 2/7

I'm at an international law conference in Canberra at the moment and during one of the sessions I was sitting behind someone who spent most of the time putting names of presenters into an 'Anti-Israel Academics' folder (?) on ChatGPT. 1/7

Yes, having this opportunity taken away from me is a big hit. But I'll not be silenced. Genocide, apartheid, forced starvation, murdering children are horrific crimes against humanity. Shame on anyone who refuses to condemn such brutality towards Palestinian people. 10/

Last night, I secretly flew to Brisbane to attend the 2025 Black & Write Fellowship announcement. Which is supposed to be happening right now at SLQ. At this event, I was to be named one of the recipients. Woo hoo. This is a huge career milestone!! However.... 1/

re-upping this thread for no particular reason ✌🏼

University staff and NTEU branches can sign onto this call for a campus National Day of Action in solidarity with Palestine and opposing this repression on March 26 https://t.co/mWA8qkuK9O

We are silenced and punished because we speak up against this.

I actually can not think straight hearing about this. I know Randa will survive she is incredible and so accomplished. That her research is to be shut down - on behalf of a genocidal apartheid state and ideology - is unspeakable. There are no lines uncrossed this time.

top tweet was meant to be this link [paywalled] https://t.co/3iFoCO6zXb

supporters of Dr Randa Abdel Fattah are legion - here are some. We can not be silent. We do not hide our advocacy behind suppression orders and hastliy passed bad law. The attacks on Randa are attacks on us all. https://t.co/tQxGqn5Jkz

news of unforgivable political interference in Aust funded research. See next tweet for academics who signed the open letter on academic freedom in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel Fattah. Please reach out if you need. https://t.co/tQxGqn5bv1

1/ Good morning class. Today Australian universities adopted a policy that effectively outlaws criticism of Zionism. In today's class, and I do hope our Vice Chancellor's are listening and reading carefully, you will be introduced to Edward Said's 'Zionism from the Standpoint

The intellectually dishonest definition of antisemitism adopted by Australian universities has basically loaded a gun and pointed it at Palestinian and Arab academics first and foremost. The only way we are permitted to exist as Palestinian and Arab in the academy is if we

.@abcnews gonna report on ShirionOrg, the Israeli group who allegedly broke #BankstownHospital story? Last year they were seeking spies to infiltrate #FreePalestine rallies to collect information on Australians. Recently sent a death threat to an Australian Jew and her child.

So who is the criminal here? The person who has carried out crimes of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, who brushes off killing Palestinians and serves the occupation, or the victims and their families subjected to material, genocidal violence?