Mass shooting on Bondi Beach

See this is the reason Ireland is being accused of a bizarre obsession with Israel: there is stronger evidence of Russian genocidal actions in Ukraine than anything Israel has done yet people in Ireland can come out with this shite because going by the Irish media’s obsession you can actually believe that!

Who did Australian Jews kill?

Assuming you agree that Hamas are a terrorist organisation, how would you eradicate Hamas? What would the military strategy be to eradicate a group of Islamic fundamentalists who have large scale support from Palestinian civilians? Who have mothers who are shouting their approval for their sons to die in the pursuit of killing Israelis? Who use civilians as human shields?

What would be acceptable if similar happened to Oct 7th here in Ireland? If over 1000 people were killed by terrorists intent on the eradication of the Irish nation? If they built tunnels under hospitals schools etc to hide and use the civilian population as human shields.

How Many Hamas operatives would you willingly leave behind knowing that they have repeatedly said they will do what they did on Oct 7th again and again.

Have you seen the 40 plus min video of Hamas terrorists with go pros from Oct 7th released by Israel? The war crimes committed the rape the murder the indiscriminate targeting of civilians? The father who jumped on a grenade to protect his 2 sons after terrorists knowingly threw a grenade into their small room? Over 40 mins of Hamas killing and celebrating the killing, driving the dead bodies and hostages back through Crowds of civilians who were celebrating the murder and capture like winning the world Cup. How do you defeat terrorists who employ these tactics so that your very survival is ensured? Do you just say no we can't go after the terrorists because there will be too many civilian casualties?

The history of war suggests that's a very naive approach to take when a group are out to murder indiscriminately based on religion. No one wants to see innocents killed on either side, how do you manage to avoid innocents dying when tactically Hamas have decided they will use human shields?

Israel also do the double tap in Gaza, Sean. However, i 'd agree with a lot of what you say here about Russia. It's just a pity about your craven double standards in condemning Russian war crimes while continuing to run cover for Israeli war crimes.

Both sides of this argument have some merit. Sure, it's an act of antisemitism as they specifically targeted Jews on a Jewish holiday. However would the gunmen have done it without Israel's wanton slaughter in Palestine? And nobody can answer that for sure. But on the phone of one of the killers, he is recorded as saying the motive is due to "the acts of 'Zionists".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce86l95gx5po

When Naveed Akram goes to trial for his crime we'll know more about the whys of this matter. Anything else is just pure speculation at this point.

There have been a considerable number of school shootings, mass shootings etc in the last ten years (including in Europe) usually carried out by disturbed individuals, lone wolfs, incels etc. Referring back to what ISIS were doing in western countries a decade ago is hardly relevant to any discussion in 2025/26.

Not that that has any relevance on here, but I have frequently said that any and all war crimes by Israel - of which I am sure there are many - should be punished at all levels of responsibility. Are you unable to read my posts or something?

No I can read them perfectly and you've consistently provided explanations as to why civilians in Gaza have been murdered by the IDF, no assertive condemnation at all.

You also throw around the term antisemitic at will, which downplays the actual meaning of the word.

This attack was antisemitic, no doubt about it at all. Being opposed to the Israeli government's and the IDF's actions in the genocide they have inflicted is not.

They just killed 15 people and in 2024 they were planning a concert bombing. They are still very much relevant. Don't underestimate them or assume they went soft. It's not as bad as it used to be simply because intelligence and law enforcement got better at handling islamic terrorism.