My Word

My Word: Persian protests and Western perversity - opinion

Iran’s streets run with blood, yet the West looks away, too consumed by pro-Palestinian ideology to defend real victims.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025
An illustrative image of a Somaliland flag being held.

My Word: Recognition vs rejection of Somaliland - opinion

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland exposes global hypocrisy, rejecting a stable ally at a strategic chokepoint while rewarding terror and dysfunction elsewhere.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
AI education illustrative

My Word: 2025, in its own words - opinion

From AI slop to rage bait, 2025’s words reveal a world shaped by tech, outrage, and the human need to connect.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
People gather at the floral tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

My Word: The forces of light and darkness - opinion

A Hanukkah candlelighting in Australia became the scene of a terror attack, showing how appeasement of global antisemitism now spills into deadly violence.

|ByLIAT COLLINS

My Word: UNRWA’s ‘Un’-doing

The whole concept of “human rights” has been hijacked by terrorist organizations. This is the pervasion of justice that should be on trial in an international court.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
PALESTINIANS RECEIVE flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip last November.

My Word: Unsocial media and the Gaza war

You can believe in the free market and you can believe in freedom of expression, but Facebook’s refusal to remove the ad belies a very deep problem – one that challenges the entire free world.

JANUARY 26, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators protest in New York City, on January 20.

My Word: South Africa's hypocrisy was loud at ICJ Gaza genocide hearing

South Africa is trying to boost its own international standing and deflect attention from its failed state condition at home.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
SUPPORTERS IN Johannesburg await the arrival home of South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola and other members of the South African legal team representing South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on Sunday.

My Word: Security and solidarity

I’d rather belong to a nation willing to wage war and pay a price to bring home a collective child than to identify with a would-be country that teaches its children to worship the cult of martyrdom.

JANUARY 12, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
A BILLBOARD in Tel Aviv displays the photos of the hostages currently being held by Hamas in Gaza.