The horrific murder of Australian Jews at Bondi by two Islamist fanatics is an obscenity.
All civilians deserve the protection of peace.
There can be no justification for the murder of civilians.
None.
Those murdered are not responsible for the war crimes in Gaza.
They were innocent people enjoying the majesty of Australia’s beach life.
Their murder is as unacceptable as actual anti-semitism.
While we stand in solidarity with our Australian neighbours at this atrocity, I find the conflation by some against the Australian Government for supposedly allowing an environment of anti-semitism to exist a difficult position to accept.
Criticising Israel for war crimes that technically breach war crimes and protesting against that is not anti-semitism.
These two killers inspired by ISIS are a contradiction.
One of the killers was investigated for ISIS connections in 2019, well before the Hamas attack on October 7th and ISIS as an organisation opposes Palestinian nationalism.
Twisting their brand of violence into a criticism of everyone supporting Palestine is as insane as blaming all white males in the wake of the Christchurch shootings.
If you find the murder of civilians in Bondi difficult to accept, wait until you check out what’s happening in Gaza.
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