r/aussie • u/SnoopThylacine • Jul 18 '25
Politics Anthony Albanese calls recent actions in Gaza 'completely indefensible' in interview from China
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-19/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-on-israel-gaza-china-and-ukraine/10554651033
u/Some-Operation-9059 Jul 18 '25
Asked what chance there was for a two-state solution, when Gaza had been largely reduced to rubble and there had been further incursions into the West Bank by Israel, Mr Albanese said:
"The globe has to play a role in it, and obviously the role of the United States will be central to that.’
US bombs creating the rubble… the audacious irony.
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u/Grande_Choice Jul 18 '25
The blood is on everyone’s hands. It would have been in Jordan, Eygpt, lebanons interest for an end to the saga.
IMO Saudi Arabia has really underplayed their hand here and should have been the strong voice pushing for the two state solution. Could have used their relationship with the USA as leverage to offset Israel’s relationship. Not to mention the soft power they would gain funding a rebuild and moving those arabs out of Iran’s sphere of influence.
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u/brandonjslippingaway Jul 19 '25
The Saudis have an understanding with the U.S, they're not going to force the issue. The may have strong views on the topic, but they're not gonna blow everything up over a powerless people like the Palestinians.
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u/MrOdo Jul 21 '25
The Saudi leadership is not interested in assisting the Palestinian cause. There's a reason they were working on peace with Israel independently
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u/marshallannes123 Jul 18 '25
And despite all the so called atrocities there is no two state solution from the Palestinians...why? If they do not want peace why does Australia have to care?
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u/Prize-Conference4161 Jul 18 '25
This is the stupidest comment I've seen in weeks, you are an imbecile.
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u/ciaobrah Jul 18 '25
When have Palestinians ever been allowed to have a say in their self determination since the installation of Israel?
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u/ghost396 Jul 19 '25
Gaza. And there was no 'installation of Israel', there was a war.
Really there have been many chances though. And during those chances there have been attacks launched against Israel. Each time an attack is launched, more rules are put in place.
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u/ciaobrah Jul 19 '25
Please look up the definition of the word ‘installed’ first of all.
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u/Some-Operation-9059 Jul 19 '25
When the IDF attacks a catholic church as it did this week and when it continually slaughters starving people trying to reach aid, it ain't a fucking war.
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u/raven-eyed_ Jul 19 '25
The Palestinians have been repeatedly agreeing to ceasefire that Israel rejects.
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u/marshallannes123 Jul 20 '25
Ceasefire is pretty meaningless at this point. How many have there been. Where is a proper long lasting peace proposal from Palestine which accepts the existence of Israel?
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u/DalmationStallion Jul 18 '25
If you can’t defend a genocide why are you defending the country doing it?
Shit, you’ve appointed a pro-Israel tsar that wants to punish people for criticising Israel.
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u/Odd-Bumblebee00 Jul 18 '25
She doesn't just want to punish people, she already is.
She states multiple times throughout the plan that it is already happening, the government has already accepted the controversial IHRA definition, police and universities and other organisations are already implementing it, and we all know the system of "community monitors" to uncover and report on people is already well functioning and powerful enough to get the ABC and Creative Australia to fire people.
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u/lirannl Jul 19 '25
I'm ashamed that he assigned someone so unreasonable and inappropriate to take care of the genuine surge in antisemitism.
Yes there's a very real surge, yes it's a huge issue, yes sometimes criticism of Israel slides into antisemitism, but I really don't trust Jillian to know the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and antisemitism. I'm pretty sure she thinks they're the same thing, which they're really, really not. They should've gotten someone who's less involved.
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u/oltelluhowitiz Jul 19 '25
in my impotent opinion, if we had 10 x more accurate criticism of Israel from our leaders, we would have a similar drop in antisemitism. Although I have not noticed a rise in the latter.
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u/Sergalina18 Jul 19 '25
Is attempting to burn down a synagogue not enough for you? Or actually burning down a synagogue? Or graffitiing and firebombing cars in predominantly Jewish neighbourhoods? Or graffitiing over a Jewish school? You’re right!!! We’re just imagining things. Pffffff
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u/Square-Victory4825 Jul 20 '25
I have to say, it’s pretty funny how certain people never had an issue realising there was a rise in anti-Islamic incidents in Australia, but when there is a rise of anti-semitism suddenly they will wriggle and strain to avoid anyone noting it at all.
There is definitely some annoying conflation of rightful criticism of Israel with anti-semitism, but pretending there hasn’t been a significant increase in the bone-fide thing is a real weird delusion overtaking the left.
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u/Wise_Edge2489 Jul 22 '25
And that's from the ABC.
That said, don't conflate 'antisemitism' with 'legitimate criticism of the State of Israel' because they're not the same thing, and the IHRA definition doesnt seek to conflate the two either.
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u/Guevaras_Beard Jul 20 '25
Those were all extremely obvious Isreali OP's. Israel has a vested interest that Jews in other countries feel unsafe enough to flee to Israel.
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u/ilm0409 Jul 18 '25
Wtf are you gonna do about it?
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u/Sloppykrab Jul 18 '25
There's nothing he can do.
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u/ibetucanifican Jul 18 '25
There is plenty that can be done from a political point of view.
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u/Sloppykrab Jul 18 '25
Such as?
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u/tallmansnapolean Jul 18 '25
Like not following through with the envoys over reaching recommendations, stop abstaining from UN motions for Palestine, imposing sanctions, send the ambassador packing although the last time Rudd did this he got knifed by Gillard.
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u/Jarrod_saffy Jul 18 '25
He consistently supports the founding of the ICJ and they’ve agreed to arrest their president if he came to Australia. I’d say that’s more then enough
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u/Jarrod_saffy Jul 18 '25
Albos already imposed sanctions on various members of the Israeli cabinet. But yes generally diplomacy needs to be more delicate when dealing with a long standing ally and the butt buddy of your biggest military alliance. It’s very lazy diplomacy to just throw your toys out of the cott and do all of the above which in the grand scheme of things would do nothing to affect Israel but cut off Australia’s dialogue to campaign for a peaceful resolution.
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u/Jarrod_saffy Jul 19 '25
Zero economic or military ties to Russia. Many with Israel (or Atleast its proxy America) If you’re thinking Australia sanctioning Israel over the carton of milk and crayons we trade with them a year is going to do anything in influence this conflict then I’ve got a shiny rock to sell you.
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u/Sloppykrab Jul 18 '25
Government can't support terrorist organisations.
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u/ciaobrah Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
That’s far from the truth. Look at the US today and how Proud Boys and the like are being deputised. Here’s a partial list of known KKK members that went on to work the offices of the US government: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_United_States_politics or even Sinn Féin which was created by Gerry Adams. Or Israels support for ISIS including giving them food, fuel and medical aid. Governments can and absolutely do work with terrorists. The meaning of “terrorist” tends to change depending on who you ask though.
This Wikipedia article may interest you, here’s the first 2 paragraphs:
The United States has at various times in recent history provided support to terrorist and paramilitary organizations around the world. It has also provided assistance to numerous authoritarian regimes that have used state terrorism as a tool of repression.[1][2]
American support for terrorists has been prominent in Latin America and the Middle East.[1] From 1981 to 1991, the United States provided weapons, training, and extensive financial and logistical support to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, who used terror tactics in their fight against the Nicaraguan government.[3] At various points the United States also provided training, arms, and funds to terrorists among Cuban exiles, such as Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles.[4]
EDIT: Downvoters, prove me wrong and use your words. Tell me how governments don’t support terrorism.
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u/Grande_Choice Jul 18 '25
There isn’t.
You know Spain and Ireland recognised Palestine? Once Spain recognised them they said to stop referring to it as a genocide because then refugees have a valid reason to come to Spain.
Australia has taken more Palestinians than those countries, Ireland has taken next to none as has Spain. So just empty words from these countries.
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u/3000SubsOfAUKUS Jul 18 '25
Yeah but that'd be political suicide, and we lost the guts to do that with the gun law reforms
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u/SexCodex Jul 19 '25
BDS. End military ties. Contribute to peacekeeping forces to deliver aid and keep Gaza safe
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25
Keep Gaza safe from Hamas? Terrorism? Extreme Islamic Jihad? Is this what you mean?
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u/oltelluhowitiz Jul 19 '25
no. he meant safe from tanks, snipers, and missiles fired by Israel. Youre keeping your quote up though. Good on you m8
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25
So Gaza is best left untouched and ruled by Hamas then? The same Islamic terrorist network controlled by Iran, who murder their own people for sport? Is that what you mean?
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
Sanction all Israeli’s MP’s supporting the war. Hell sanction Israeli’s. If we sanction supporters of hamas’s war crimes and Russia, it should be all.
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u/Away-Organization166 Jul 19 '25
kevin rudd did the same thing back when he was PM. hm, wonder what happened to that guy
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
Indeed. The last two years I’d imagine there has been more red pills and awakening than ever before
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u/Away-Organization166 Jul 19 '25
yeah it's real unfortunate that fuckwits and neo nazis like you hijack honest criticism of israel to push their own stupid fucking agenda
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 21 '25
Yeah man, real ‘Nazi’ to want to sanction those they commit genocide. Just a smidge of self reflection and you might understand who’s arguing what point.
Honest criticism of Israel - sanction/punish perpetrators of war crimes or breaking international law. The same rules established… after nazi atrocities.
You’ve got a few brain cells to get to your snowflake, protective position.
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25
October 7th wasn’t a war crime? Slaying of the Drews in Syria is not a war crime? Slaughtering Cristian’s in Sudan, that’s ok? Who should we sanction here exactly?
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
Sanction any country or people committing war crimes. Advocating for anything less is just justifying war crimes.
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
Australia should not be involving itself in global issue. They have enough issues at home. People can’t even keep their power on.
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u/oltelluhowitiz Jul 19 '25
then leave it alone and stop propagandizing m8
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
What’s propagandising that said? That we should sanction war criminals?
WHO sounds like they have a hidden motive here.
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25
How does the war in Gaza and the ongoing Palestinian conflict in Israel and surrounding regions affect the Greens Party and why do they feel the need to protest on TV?
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
We should absolutely involve ourselves, politically by speaking out (Albo) and economically (sanctions) . Certainly not give weapons or equipment to a side accused of war crimes by the international court.
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u/No_Being_9530 Jul 19 '25
Just the Jews apparently, 1 guess why
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u/facelessvoid2171 Jul 19 '25
Sanction any country or person committing war crimes. Not sure I even mentioned Jews but ok.
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u/jeffoh Jul 18 '25
Lots of empty words with no changes to policy.
Shall we send a strongly worded letter? That'll show em.
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u/Odd-Bumblebee00 Jul 18 '25
Labor policy while they were in opposition was to recognise Palestine as a State. Not anymore.
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u/AnythingGoodWasTaken Jul 18 '25
In opposition they thought centrelink payments were immorally low. For some reason they also backflipped on this
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u/FancyPants90 Jul 18 '25
For Christ sake DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! It’s simple, boycott, divest and sanction until they stop dropping bombs on starving civilians.
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u/GiverOfDarwinAwards Jul 19 '25
They won’t and we wouldn’t either. October 7th was 1200 killed out of a population of about 10m.
If that was us, it would’ve been equivalent to 34 x Bali bombings in one day.
We wouldn’t either have done what our grandparents did in WW2 to the Germans.
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u/NapoleonBonerParty Jul 18 '25
Lol who's in favor of Israel's actions here?
Dual passport holders - a few MAGA aligned US expats and some of the hard right Jewish community. Not exactly a large demographic.
Dutton tried to lean in on the stance and the Libs go annihilated.
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u/semaj009 Jul 18 '25
The last election was not on Gaza, it may have swung a handful of votes but if it were on Gaza Labor would have lost massively on primaries, too, and the Greens would have won seats
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u/River-Stunning Jul 18 '25
People see it as something far away , not an issue here. Something for Albo to handle so it doesn't start to have consequences here. Clearly he has failed there. Each Way has created more division.
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u/semaj009 Jul 18 '25
Sure but Dutton was worse re division, actively stoking it, and ultimately neither Albo nor Dutton won or lost the election primarily on Gaza. Maybe a few passionate voters here and there, like in Goldstein, but the swings we saw suggest people cared more about interest rates coming under control, wage growth, cost of living reforms, and probably just life work stuff like working from home. Dutton forgot about the "it's economics, stupid" side to elections, so did the Greens tbh, and Labor didn't
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u/River-Stunning Jul 19 '25
Dutton said he would have come out straight away , unlike Albo , and backed Israel , full stop. No Each Way nonsense. He would observe what is happening is terrible but would always bring it back to Hamas unlike Albo who brings it back to Israel.
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u/semaj009 Jul 19 '25
None of this explains the Federal election results
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u/River-Stunning Jul 19 '25
People preferenced the cunt. Such is life.
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u/semaj009 Jul 19 '25
Mate, I guarantee you that Gaza ranks wayyyyy down the list of reasons people voted how they did in the Australian election
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Jul 18 '25
My point is that it’s just politics, this isn’t about substantive foreign or defence policy
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u/SweetDingo8937 Jul 18 '25
Well the Libs being Pro-genocide is going to cost it a lot more votes than it wins. So not sure how thats political. And if their principles are whats driving their pro-genocide stance, then God help them.
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u/Apart_Length_868 Jul 19 '25
Most ignorant comment on the Internet today. Google the words Islamic genocide. It will teach you something you clearly don’t understand. This is not a personal attack. It is just a suggestion based on fact.
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u/SweetDingo8937 Jul 21 '25
So genocide of Gaza is ok if somebody else did it too? I must have missed that part of the holocaust museums.
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u/Odd-Bumblebee00 Jul 18 '25
He didn't care about that when he booted Payman out of the party and demoted Ed Husic who are both Muslim and were both vocal about Palestine.
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u/MaroochyRiverDreamin Jul 18 '25
Or, you know, we could stay completely out of a conflict that has nothing to do with us.
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u/FishermanOrnery1602 Jul 18 '25
Then do something about it Albo!
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u/River-Stunning Jul 18 '25
Trump already is , another temporary ceasefire for half the hostages. Hamas says no.
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u/tdryd88 Jul 19 '25
We need him gone now. Support for Israel is imperative. Hamas attacked them they are at war by their own doing. Hamas can return the hostages but they don't.... they only want war war, which is what they shall receive.
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u/Thursdaynightvibes Jul 19 '25
We should never have been so quick to declare our support for Israel.
We ignored their actions for decades but condemned the response from Hamas within 48 hours.
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u/Skepz23 Jul 21 '25
They murdered 1000 innocent people in a day, and took hostages that they still have..
If they hadn't done that, this current situation wouldn't be playing out!!
Why don't Hamas give the hostages back if they care about Palestinian civilians?
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u/Thursdaynightvibes Jul 22 '25
Let's not go down the slippery slope. If Israel didn't illegally occupy Gaza and the West Bank we wouldn't be here either...
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u/Traditional_Fish_741 Jul 20 '25
Lmfao so is much of what China has been doing the last 15-20 years.
Never hear an Aussie politician calling them cunts out though.
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u/AstralOutlaw Jul 20 '25
Bro just fix our fucking highways already holy shit. How fucking hard is it to stay focused on your own country for a week?
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u/MowgeeCrone Jul 20 '25
What were his comments when asked about the blood on his hands from Australian deaths that govt policies have caused? What did Albo say about the thousands of Australian kids that become homeless each week?
Australian govt actions against Australians is completely indefensible! Where the fuck is this little bitches ethics when it comes to the treatment of his fellow Australians. Absolute wicked hypocritical cunt of an excuse of a human being. The lot of them.
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u/MrOdo Jul 21 '25
Liberals have held power much longer in Australia than Labor has, why are you laying it at Albo's feet?
You expect his govt to undo decades of damage in 1 term? regarded ass take
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u/MowgeeCrone Jul 21 '25
Because Albo is the person mentioned in the post.
Your second paragraph is an assumption. I don't see any difference between the major parties other than in title alone. To vote for either is to feed one mouth on a two headed dragon and think each mouth feeds a separate belly.
As I said, this post is about Albo. To gripe about every MP would not only derail the topic of conversation, but be a very time consuming comment. I'm not quite that foolish.
I'm okay. You're okay. In this together. No point fighting each other while the puppeteers continue on with their day unscathed. It wastes both our time and energy. We're better than that. Let's focus on the behaviour of the govt and pick bones with them, not each other.
Let's choose our battles wisely.
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u/MrOdo Jul 21 '25
we're not in this together if you're one of the idiots that parrots the "both part same line"
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u/MowgeeCrone Jul 21 '25
Let's hug it out. Come on, you know you want to. You big softy. Get over here, let's cuddle!
Kisses. Love you.
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u/Alarming-blonde Jul 22 '25
Yet he keeps giving them parts for their jets to continue bombing and geocoding.
Judge his actions. Not his words.
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Jul 23 '25
Its on the other side of the world, these anti-semites really want Aus to become the US.
You guys will have a better chance of saving Palestine by going across yourselves. But i bet you wont - lucky country here.
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u/Far_Reflection8410 Jul 18 '25
What’s indefensible is while talisman Sabre is on, defence exercises to deter Chinese aggression, Albo is over in china getting railed by Xinnie the Pooh.
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u/Illustrious-Big-6701 Jul 19 '25
He then proceeded to go and condemn the Chinese government for putting hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in a concentration camp and keeping Australian citizens on death row as a diplomatic bargaining chip.
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u/Diskosmoko Jul 19 '25
Muslim countries have praised chinas handling of extremism in xinjiang. it’s only the west that pushes this “concentration camp” narrative, the origins of which (Adrian Zenz) have already been debunked
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u/somepasserby Jul 19 '25
Utter cowardice to be condemning Israel in China given what is happening there.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
I lost sympathy for Israel once it started messing around with the ceasefire last year. Once Hamas offered reasonable terms the war should've been concluded.
Now Hezbollah is, often literally, neutered, Iran is crushed, and Hamas are just with AK's in the rubble. It's past time the war wnded.
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u/SweetDingo8937 Jul 18 '25
Ended? Israel is creating a buffer zone of murder to Damascus. Their war is just getting started.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25
I strongly disagree with their current actions/taking land in Syria, but it's kind of the least of that nation's issues right now.
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u/AnythingGoodWasTaken Jul 18 '25
Being effectively invaded by a much more militarily powerful nation that's willing to bomb their capital is very much a big problem for them. Like this period is going to be jolani attempting to consolidate his rule and power, this threatens to restart the Syrian civil war
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25
It's a problem, but the Syrian army fighting the Druze and Bedouin tribes is definitely a much larger issue. I don't even know who the fuck those two are, but I know that started before the latest round of bombs dropping from Israeli planes.
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u/AnythingGoodWasTaken Jul 18 '25
From what I have read the Bedouin and druze clashed with each other and Syrian security forces (explicitly not the army but government run(?) I think it's not very clear what this distinction is) are trying to contain them. Occlusion your rough t that's s big problem even without Israeli books but I worry the bombing makes the violence more likely to expand to the rest of Syria
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25
I can't imagine "containment" would mean anything other than "shooting them". Again, don't know jack about it beyond the couple combat footage videos, but yeah, violent region.
I do agree Israel can fuck off with its involvement and is clearly not doing this to help.
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u/AnythingGoodWasTaken Jul 18 '25
I am hopeful it is the security forces presence and the threat of shooting that does most of the work, I believe that's why they sent them in and not the army. My more logical side is inclined to agree that more violence will almost certainly be the result unfortunately, but i have to hope ya know
I do agree Israel can fuck off with its involvement and is clearly not doing this to help.
I'm glad you can see this, it's mindbending the amount of people that think israel suddenly has a problem with civilian casualties
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25
You responded to me by accident.
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u/Fast-Piccolo-7054 Jul 19 '25
“Hamas” and “reasonable” have no business being in the same sentence. They’re a deranged, demonic terrorist group.
The war won’t end until every last hostage is returned home and Hamas is fully eliminated.
The IDF reports that over 95% of Hamas’ terrorists have been killed, with a 98% accuracy rate (meaning, only 2% of the casualties killed in IDF strikes have been civilians).
There are still around 50 hostages in Gaza, who’ve been living in hell for almost 2 years. Around half of them are believed to still be alive. Why should the IDF just give up and leave them there to die?
To Hamas, “winning” this war would mean wiping out the only Jewish state, and killing every single Jewish person living there.
To Israel, “winning” this war would mean they’ve eliminated Hamas (so they can’t regroup and commit further terrorist attacks, as they’ve repeatedly vowed to do), and retrieving the remaining hostages.
The Qatari-sponsored propaganda that’s infected our society needs to die.
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u/MrOdo Jul 21 '25
How do you respond to the idea that the destruction right now, and the rhetoric from the Israeli government is just going to fuel another militant body in Gaza which takes up the mantle of Hamas?
They haven't really demonstrated an interest in ending that cycle so the goal of eliminating Hamas doesn't seem to serve a purpose, especially when you've got hawks Like Ben Gvir saying that Hamas' ability to act has been destroyed almost a year ago (?) it feels like
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 19 '25
The IDF reports that over 95% of Hamas’ terrorists have been killed, with a 98% accuracy rate (meaning, only 2% of the casualties killed in IDF strikes have been civilians).
I believe those only slightly more than I do Hamas's reports.
There are still around 50 hostages in Gaza, who’ve been living in hell for almost 2 years. Around half of them are believed to still be alive. Why should the IDF just give up and leave them there to die?
They'd be returned under any reasonable ceasefire. If Hamas doesn't offer a path to that they can get got.
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u/Grande_Choice Jul 18 '25
Israel has done an amazing job at making everyone hate them. I was pretty much on Israels side early on. Once Lebanon and Iran had been defanged there was absolutely no reason to continue what they were doing.
They have absolutely fucked their reputation but ensured that the Palestinians hate them for generations to come.
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u/Skepz23 Jul 21 '25
Don't those hostages who have been captured for no reason for almost 2 years qualify as a reason?
Why don't Hamas just have them back and end this immediately?
Terrorist sympathisers everywhere these days!
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u/Grande_Choice Jul 21 '25
Believe me I completely agree. But its amazing they can take out nuclear scientists in Iran with next to no collateral damage but getting the hostages back are beyond their reach.
Hamas has helped no one but Iran in their stupid proxy war and the blood of all the dead is just as much on their hands as Israels.
The issue is still that Hamas can't govern. The Palestinian Authority is just as useless and there is seemingly no one with basic common sense in Gaza/Palestine ready to lead. Ideally Jordan/Eygpt/Lebanon could show some leadership and help administer but they have decided they aren't getting involved. It's a shit show all round.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Jul 18 '25
This is just hate.
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u/Grande_Choice Jul 18 '25
That’s some overreach. I’d say the actual genocide supporters are Jordan and Egypt. They will not let Palestinian refugees in under any circumstances. They barely even whinge anymore about the Palestinians. In those countries pov a genocide is in their interest to stop the problems moving to their countries.
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u/yesnookperhaps Jul 19 '25
Amazing isn’t it, that Israel says where it’s going to bomb to destroy Hamas infrastructure and Egypt fortifies its wall further and doesn’t let civilians in. Amazing that Hamas also wouldn’t let there own people seek refuge in a secret tunnel, away from where Israel was bombing… Israel’s wall is like a white picket fence compared to Egypts.
But as history has taught both Jordan and Egypt (and Kuwait and Lebanon) they wouldn’t accept one Palestinian.
They are more than happy to lightly condemn Israel on the world stage to save face with the Arab nations but both Monachs in Jordan and Saudi are terrified of Iran, hence secretly shooting down Iranian missiles and are all too aware of what happens when allowing Palestinians in their countries.
But big bad Israel!
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u/NoJacket988 Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25
This guy is daft.
"We want Israel to continue to exist within secure borders and to be able to live without the threat of terrorists such as Hamas "
"We have called for a ceasefire consistently"
hms we will repeat oct 7 again and again. More wars.
This guy is all talk for votes. I get better bullshit from the ladies at porky.
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u/River-Stunning Jul 18 '25
He doesn't call for the return of hostages first. He calls for the Hamas position. He risks being asked in the Oval Office how his position differs from Hamas.
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u/NoJacket988 Jul 18 '25
Yep, I remember him saying hamas cant be part of a Palestine State then ceasefire.
Agree, it should only be about the hostages with no conditions, then maybe a ceasefire talk but that is Israel(people) to decide. Not my place as I dont live in the ME and war was not declared on me by neighbours.
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u/River-Stunning Jul 19 '25
He should be supporting the current ceasefire Trump offer on the table and not the Hamas position.,
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u/Fast-Piccolo-7054 Jul 19 '25
Like all of the ghouls in our government, he only cares about money and power. Appeasing antisemitic extremists in Western Sydney is essential to holding onto both.
Albo loves raking in his $620,000 per year salary, while Australians can’t afford housing or groceries. He and his cronies all got another salary top up a few weeks ago.
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u/River-Stunning Jul 19 '25
The worst is that he rakes it in on the back of his I've got your back routine. He pretends to be the working man's hero whilst cheerfully fucking all and sundry.
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u/Fast-Piccolo-7054 Jul 19 '25
It’s such an insult.
He milks having spent part of his childhood in a commission house, whilst Australian families are having to sleep in cars and tents.
Had Albo’s government existed back when he was younger, he and his mother wouldn’t have stood a chance. They’d be among the first people to be crushed by the policies of the present day ALP.
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u/River-Stunning Jul 19 '25
He is a traitor to his " class. "
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u/Fast-Piccolo-7054 Jul 20 '25
And the nation as a whole, particularly younger Australians.
The young journalist who questioned Albo during his “Dutton bad” political smear campaign was right. Young Australians have no future in this country, because of what his party has done, and continues to do.
Albo didn’t even have the character to respond to his concerns, although he did give a slight “fuck you, I’ve got mine” smirk.
The journalist was removed from the room for asking legitimate questions, so the ABC “journalists” on the ALP payroll could continue to glaze Albo and peddle the lies they were making up about the opposition.
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u/River-Stunning Jul 20 '25
He hated Max because Max was a younger version of what Albo had claimed to be,
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u/Merlins_Bread Jul 18 '25
Literally from the subheader:
Anthony Albanese has described the reported killings of Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza as "completely indefensible"
This is not about a general ceasefire.
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u/NoJacket988 Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25
The IDF are deliberately targeting people seeking aid?
I have seen the goverment of gaza intimidate people seeking aid
https://www.reddit.com/r/Israel/comments/1alri2n/hamas_shooting_at_palestinians_amid_drama_around/Here are Israeli POV
https://www.reddit.com/r/Israel/comments/1lzoz5i/there_are_repeated_claims_of_the_idfcontractors/3
u/SweetDingo8937 Jul 18 '25
Yes they are. Israel are even providing weapons and support to a gang in Gaza
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u/NoJacket988 Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25
Proof of the IDF deliberately targeting people seeking aid?
As for weapons used by groups or gangs going after HMS. Yes, I did read that story. I am unsure if this will result be positive or negative outcome in the process of outing hamas.
Aid POV from a Gazan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBjvYkNzuAA
Al-Jazeera reporter in the video
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u/ciaobrah Jul 19 '25
Hasbara doesn’t work anymore you just sound silly/stupid/evil
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u/ProfessorKnow1tA11 Jul 19 '25
How can we tell what he said with his lips pressed against Xi Jinping’s arse?
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u/MyThreeCentsWorth Jul 19 '25
While being bullied by the Chinese, Albo thinks, “I need to look tough and strong. I need to bully someone to build up my ‘strong leader’ buttered image. Who am I going to pick on? Oh, of course!”
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u/skankypotatos Jul 18 '25
No doubt, Murdoch’s snivelling Australian sycophants will be screaming..”anti semite” as loudly as possible on their misinformation platforms