Mass shooting on Bondi Beach

Ah, the serious thinkers are here.

The Palestinian Authority are the internationally recognised representative of the Palestinian people and they support a two state resolution. 172 countries are in favour of a two state solution with 7 opposed, which really tells its own story. Israel, U.S.A, Micronesia, Argentina, Naura, Papa New Guinea and Paraguay.

It may or not just be sheer coincidence that this attack was in Australia, but I did mention earlier the Bush Jnr. "coalition of the willing" invasion of Iraq Australia supplied troops.

If you have a better solution I would like to hear it because, while it would not perhaps end these attacks, sorting out the Palestinian question would go a long way imo.

A bit of hyperbole that the solution is about getting rid of Jews. Body count would very much indicate the opposite.

I'm happy to guarantee that it's a man anyway.

It's pretty much always a man.

To be neutral on Israel is akin to being neutral on nazi Germany, you can't and shouldn't be neutral on something so obviously evil as the current Israeli regime.

Today was terrible and shouldn't of happened or be condoned, but its a drop in the ocean compared to what Israel have been left do in Gaza.

Independent research had the number much higher than what the authorities in Gaza were publishing earlier this year

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/10/gaza-death-toll-40-higher-than-official-number-lancet-study-finds

Many thousands of victims of Israeli bombings have yet to be discovered. It will probably end up being higher than 100,000.

An opinion seems to have emerged on the thread which insists that if only Isreal were to behave differently, or magically disappear, the unrelenting campaign of violence by Islamists on Jews and other Westerners in the West would stop.

This is a position rooted in tremendous naivety.

But when they did that, look at how the media in Ireland covered the pagers or the killing of two terrorists in a hospital. So there are a lot of people who don't actually think they shoudl be allowed do that either.

The other reason I think that's not a solution is that they'd been doing that for a decade when Oct 7th happened, so it clearly wasn't enough. "Keep on keeping on" wasn't no longer an option on Oct 8th, IMO.

And anyway, the Jews in Australia aren't responsible for Israel. By definition, since they live in Australia FFS.

That's what shows the real agenda here. The people linking the two and "explaining" that it's the fault of Israel if Jews are murdered elsewhere. As if Jews hadn't been murdered around the world for literally centuries.

You know the way you'd always know a RA head who'd always defend all that anti-British bullcrap and you'd know to avoid?

Well it seems Israelis are ten times worse, don't know anyone coming out condemning it

I suppose what I meant was that I wish Ireland didn't make life harder for Jews who do not support Netanyahu. Anti Israel sentiment does not acknowledge that cohort, which leads to hatred and attacks on all Jews.

I think you will find that the people spilling and peddling this dangerous narrative are people like yourself. I can understand if people have issues with the IDF or Israeli government, but it's spilt over into delegitimizing all facets of Israeli society, Jewish people and the country of Israel as an enitity in itself by our government and state broadcaster, who is failing in it's duties and obligation to remain impartial. Israel is the only actual free functioning and normal democracy in the Middle East, where Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze and LGBT people live life in a country free from discrimination. Criticise the likes of Iran and Saudi Arabia the real apartheid states in the Middle East instead of trying to take the Jewish peoples ancestral homeland away from them.

I bet if them lads were allowed to have a pint they wouldn't be so angry