Yesterday I saw that this schmuck spoke at the Royal Commission!!!!!

I just don't understand how he has ANYTHING to do with it.

I'm super keen to find out how much he was paid to fly from Canada to join us with his propaganda.

I spent my evening scrolling through my phone trying to find the photo of us taken almost exactly a year ago.

I shared the post for Father's Day.

Anyways…I hope you appreciate my efforts 🫠

It's actually so hard to find my “library” now that all my meta is deleted.

This is a conversation I had last year in the Gold Coast. Mubin Shaikh was one of the keynote speakers at the CAM (Combat Antisemitism Movement) gala and he stepped outside to have a chat with those of us protesting. There were five of us. And about fifty cops!

I got to have quite a long chat with him about how he gets paid to do Israeli propaganda.

We realised a few minutes into our chat that we have children who are the same age. He's the father of five kids and I'm a mother of four.

This is almost word for word what happened next:

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Me: So wait, you're a dad?

Him: Yes.

Me: Wow. And as a dad you're still able to come and speak at this Israeli propaganda orgy?

Him: Ha ha ha! That's funny.

Me: Tell me, do you see the footage out of G♡za?

Him: Yes, I do.

Me: And???

Him: It's tragic. Really terrible.

Me: You see them scraping children's body parts into plastic bags?

Him: Yes. It's awful.

Me: And you're still able to fly across the globe to speak to a crowd of people who think they are the real victims?

Him: Look, there are terrible things happening everywhere. What can I do about it? There's Sudan...Syria...

Me: No, let's stay on the topic of G♡za.

Him: Only Allah can stop what's happening.

Me: Allah????

Him: Yes. We have no power without Allah.

Me: Allah has given you a voice. You can use it to speak up against children being murdered.

Him: What can protesting do? Tell me. What has it solved. Nothing.

Me: So we should just wait on Allah to fix it?

Him: Yes.

Me: So you'd say the same to the people inside the auditorium?

Him: What do you mean?

Me: Would you tell them that we shouldn't have done anything to stop the Holocaust? Just waited for God to intervene?

Him: Well, it's a bit different. And really, the Germans had pretty much self sabotaged already. It was nearly over on its own.

Me: Okay. Let's make this more personal. You're a dad from Canada.

Him: Yeah.

Me: Okay. So let's say you're taking a boat trip on a lake with your five children.

Him: And a missile hits us?

Me: No. You're in Canada. There are no missiles.

Him: Sure.

Me: You're on the boat and it rolls over.

Him: Okay.

Me: Your five children are drowning around you.

Him: Yikes.

Me: So now you wait on Allah to save them?

Him: Of course not! They're within my reach. I do whatever I can to save them.

Me: What happened to leaving it up to Allah?

Him: It's different. I'm right there. If I can help them, of course I don't let them drown.

Me: The children in Gaza are right here.

Him: There's nothing I can do.

Me: You can refuse to come and speak to Zionists to reinforce that they are the victims.

Him: .......

Me: You have a responsibility and you're turning a blind eye. There's a special judgement from Allah for those who remain silent.

Him: Tawakkul.

Me: Huh?

Him: Tawakkul. The perfect trust in Allah.

Me: That's what you're saying to the children in G♡za who are having their limbs amputated and their siblings scraped off the ground????

Him: I've seen terrible things elsewhere. Children suffer in every country.

Me: You're being paid by the people who deny it's happening.

Him: .....

Me: Can I take a photo with you? I want to let the world know how wishy washy you are.

Him: Wishy washy?

Me: You're so full of bullshit. You claim to serve Allah and instead you're humouring Zionists while children are being murdered.

Him: There's nothing I can do.

Me: You keep repeating it as if somehow that makes it true.

Him: Tawakkul.

Me: Ugh.

If you're not familiar with it, it's worth looking into. But in a nutshell...there's a reason why the Zionist Lobby want this as the definition in every Australian institution. It not only silences any criticism of Israel..but it makes it impossible to speak up against genocide.

This is the short blurb I wrote for my new Instagram profile. You can find it if you look for Veronica Sherman Media:

🏥 Can you imagine being an Australian doctor or nurse (or any other healthcare worker) and spending your working hours saving lives...but risking losing your job if you speak out against a gen0cide???

And having to remain silent about healthcare workers in G♡za being held hostage & targeted.

And watching hospitals being b0mbed but forbidden to speak up...

This is what's happening RIGHT NOW.

STOP FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE!!!!

🙈🙉🙊 What do you think???

Is this something you'd be interested in??

(And why did I say bumble?? Isn't fumble the correct word?? This is why I should be writing and not doing videos)

Please help it get seen by as many people as possible. Especially any educators.

Australians need to understand that foreign interference is taking place in our schools.

Imagine if...

everyone who has thought of something they want to do for Palestine,
but then told themselves it's too small and won't make a difference,
woke up tomorrow morning and did that one little thing.

And please let me know if you'd like me to write something on the topic.

On Jewish Supremacy that is…not about dramatic music (and how terrible I am at all things tech)

And my brain was at full capacity so I couldn't engage and read the article.

But it just added to my sense of dread and “everything is terrible” heaviness.

Then another article popped up about it last night and I made the mistake of clicking on it.

Because as if it's not bad enough that the moon is being abused. (And of course it's Musk)

Buried in the article is this outrageous detail that Israel has sent an invasive species to the moon! Somehow I missed that whenever it happened 🤯🤯🤯🤯

I recall knowing the name ‘Beresheet’. Because I remember rolling my eyes. The correct pronunciation should be ‘bereshit’ but they obviously realised that will be asking for ridicule.

But you can look it up.

בראשית (bereshit) = In the beginning..

Which is a reference to the book of Genesis in the Bible.

“In the beginning God created heaven and earth…”

It's the first sentence of the Bible.

So it's a perfect way for this Zionist (Colonial) project to again link their identity with an ancient text as they send aliens to the moon.

Ugh..

In the past 30 months, whenever someone has asked me how I'm coping, I've said I'm doing okay because I'm speaking up and not remaining silent.

That's been really clear to me and I've tried to encourage others who are struggling to do the same.

I just don't think I realised just HOW much it has helped me…

until now that my social media platforms are gone.

It's actually so confronting to experience what it's like to not have a way to share the information coming in.

It's not just the posts I write a few times a day. But it's the endless videos that I watch and then share.

Not having Facebook & Instagram anymore is impacting me deeply and part of me just wants to curl up and cry while a wave of exhaustion rolls over me.

It's actually a really bizarre experience observing myself…

As I said to someone (while crying) today:

It's not like I had my house broken into or my bike stolen. The violation has happened but not in a realm that is within reach. It feels so strange to “grieve” something that doesn't really exist. Especially because most people in my immediate world don't use social media.

One of the biggest aha moments for me, when unravelling from my childhood brainwashing..

was when I finally understood who David & Goliath represented.

And just now, I watched a cringey AI video made by Zi0nists which once again uses the David & Goliath example as part of their narrative.

In the video, little David with his slingshot morphs into an IDF soldier.

So I want to take a moment to briefly shed some light on this topic.

I grew up being told that the Jews are little David. And the “Arabs” are the big bad giant Goliath.

Now, this narrative can be very convincing in the context of PALESTINIAN IDENTITY BEING COMPLETELY ERASED.

Yes, if it's about the number of Jews in Israel compared with the number of Arabs/Muslims in surrounding countries…then sure…Israel is David.

But that COMPLETELY distorts the truth of the situation.

Zionists have deliberately erased Palestinian identity/culture and instead lump them together with “Arabs”. As if it's just one group.

I was told that “Arabs” can have alllllll these places to live (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria etc etc) but instead they insist on living on OUR land that God promised us all those years ago.

Of course as a child I fully believed that narrative. And why wouldn't I?

We were the “good little guys” and we had to do everything we could to topple the “evil giant”.

In the past few years I've not just had to unravel from Zi0nism. But I've also had to immerse myself in the Palestinian narrative. Really seeing them as their own people. Not just generic “Arabs” that can be transplanted into any neighbouring country.

Palestinians (as their own distinct people group) have lived on the land continually for century after century.

I'm going to write more about it in a different post, but the other day I met a man who is the 37th generation of priests from Gaza.

His bedroom was built in 500AD (!!!)

I have a good friend who has at least nine generations of family buried in a cemetery outside Nazareth.

In the context of Palestinians and Israelis…the Israelis are the dominant big bad evil aggressor.(Not to mention supremacists and colonisers as well!)

And the Palestinians are the much smaller and vulnerable David that has to outsmart Goliath.

But this only makes sense if you can see Palestinians as their own people which of course is exactly what we've been deliberately kept away from.

I'm really keen to know if this is something you've had to learn as well or if you grew up understanding that Palestinians are their own people group.

Dear Australians.

Please tell me, what are your honest thoughts about the Royal Commission?

I'm so curious.

If you prefer to be anonymous please message me.

♡ Veronica

But I think it's about 15 years.

I've very deliberately been personal in what I share so that if I ever have grandchildren they can get to know me from my “digital quilt.”

So it's not just as simple as “just start again” or “don't let them get to you.”

But at the same time I'm also VERY aware that my loss is INSIGNIFICANT in the context of what's happening everywhere else.

And I want to be able to voice that without well-meaning people telling me I shouldn't compare and that my grief is valid.

Basically, just let me do my thing right now.

I don't want to be “corrected” or mansplained.

It's completely discombobulating to not have a “voice” in the two places (Facebook & Instagram) that I would normally communicate a few times a day.

Of course I'll find a solution, I always do.

And those that tried to silence me will regret it because I'll use their attack as fuel.

But yeah, for now, in these few days of me just absorbing the enormity of it all…please just tread really carefully. It's very very likely I don't want to hear what you think is “helpful”.

I'm feeling very fragile even if I don't look like it.

☔️☔️☔️ ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ☔️☔️☔️

Sydney Harbour Bridge was covered in a sea of colourful umbrellas as we collectively sent a message to the families in G♡za:

☔️ WE SEE YOU ☔️

☔️ WE LOVE YOU ☔️

☔️ WE WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT DURING A GEN0CIDE!! ☔️

I remember so clearly catching the train into Sydney to get there early and the city was sooooo quiet. My heart sank as I looked at the heavy clouds rolling in and realised that most people would probably stay home with such a grim forecast.

I took photos of empty trains and train stations. When I first moved to Australia I lived in Sydney for a year and I had never seen the city so bizarrely quiet. It felt eerie.

I just hoped there would be enough people showing up so we could still attempt to walk across the bridge together.

BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!!!

Just like a beach is empty before a tsunami...THE MASSES SHOWED UP!!!

I've never experienced anything like it.

✨️ Thousands and thousands of every day Australians flooded the stations and the streets ✨️

And the sky opened up with torrential rain.

After attempting to meet with a group of Jews so we could march together, I gave up. I quickly realised I wouldn't be able to "honour the experience" while attempting to remain with the group.

And it was extremely difficult manoeuvring my banner in the wind & rain.

Instead of marching across the bridge I decided I'd just remain in one spot.
I was having so many people wanting to shake my hand, hug me and take photos...so standing still felt much more doable.

That turned out to be the best decision ever.

Because I ended up having one of the most profound experiences of my life.

I was completely SHOWERED with soooooo much love & gratitude from absolute strangers. 

A Jewish woman who was also there by herself had asked if she could join me and I remember looking over at her and she had tears pouring down her face.

She told me later that she wished her friends could experience this. They had all warned her to not come along, that she wouldn't be safe.

And instead she got to receive a complete outpouring of love.

It's hard to find words to describe what took place but it was by far one of the most intimate and humbling experiences of our lives.

Sydney Harbour Bridge deeply shifted something inside me.

And I believe that it deeply shifted something inside the Australian communal consciousness.

And I also believe it absolutely TERRIFIED the Zi0nists.

About six months later I attended a "Combat Antisemitism" event here in Melbourne. And Jillian Segal had the audacity to refer to the March For Humanity on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as antisemitic.

We know she has absolutely no issues with distorting the truth to fit her fear mongering & racist narrative. But this was next level. Even the two cops sitting next to me acknowledged that Segal twisted the truth.

I don't know how, but I want us to create another opportunity to gather like we did a year ago today.

The mass slaughter in G♡za hasn't stopped and we have seen the death cult spread further and further into other parts of Pa|estine as well as over the northern border into Lebanon.

*We need another reminder that there are more of us than them*

Humanity will win 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

Thanks to you four mothers have already collected their bags of rice to help feed their families despite so few tourists in Siem Reap ✨️

I'm continually amazed at the generosity that's so freely given when I put these calls for help out.

I have been working and at the rally today so will do the numbers tomorrow…but I know there will be some extra money going into the EMERGENCY FUND for next month.

I hope you know how deeply grateful I am.

I've been trying to cover expenses and avoiding asking…I'm so glad I did. You guys are wonderful.

Also…don't you just love how quickly that happened????

These photos are from today 😅

As you probably know, all my Facebook & Instagram accounts are gone.

Well, my business one is still up but I don't have access to it 🤦🏼‍♀️

The timing is of course 💩 for many reasons.

But today I got asked to pay for bags of rice for the female tuk tuk drivers I support in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

So the timing feels particularly bad.

Unfortunately my Cambodian emergency fund is empty, after helping pay for medical expenses that are now monthly (and still no answers after numerous tests).

So I'm making the uncomfortable decision to ask you guys for help.

Normally I have 21 thousand supporters on Insta and 13 thousand supporters on Facebook to ask for help.

Instead I have 600 supporters here on Substack 🙈

But please know even a tiny amount helps if enough of us jump in.

In Cambodia I used to love how the monks would go door to door asking for donations. People gave what they could. There were zero expectations of the amount.

But they did have a communal approach which meant lots & lots of tiny contributions that collectively made a big difference 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜

Just in case you're wondering, when I ask for help in situations like this, 100% of what's given is passed on to the person in need. One of my pet peeves with donating to organisations is that such a huge percentage is removed for "expenses".

I understand why, I just don't want to participate in that. Which is why I'm super careful to make sure 100% goes to Cambodia (of course I do the same for call outs to help in Palestine).

Rice costs about $1 per kilo in Cambodia.

Ideally we'd like to buy 10kg of rice for each tuk tuk driver this month. Business is particularly bad with a combination of very few tours being booked and on going tensions with Thailand.

Any extra donations will remain in the Cambodian Emergency fund and it really really helps having a buffer in there since there are now regular medical costs.

If you'd like to help these are the options:

Easiest for me because it goes straight into the correct account:

Happily Made

633000

194726691

PayID 0401755061

(Please write "rice" as reference)

PayPal veronicahappilymade@gmail.com

(Please write "rice" as reference)

If you already have my other bank account details and you feel it's easier, just make sure you write "rice" as reference and I'll transfer your donation into the emergency account. It's just more time consuming for me and my book keeper gets grumpy 😄

Hopefully you don't mind me asking...

Veronica

(I just realised that many of you wouldn't be aware that I used to live in Cambodia and my business www.happilymade.com.au is all about supporting marginalised women in Cambodia. So these are women I've personally met.)

Bearing Witness: Palestinian Christians (Collins St Baptist) - Palestinian Christians in Australia https://share.google/O3SLFDsFQzPHsmHQ7

SUNDAY 10:30 am (and then an evening session somewhere else you'll need to google)

Do yourself a favour and go along to listen to Dr Yousef…he's brilliant.

Trust me.