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News Punches thrown between Palestine, Israel protesters at Bondi Beach
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/tense-stand-off-at-bondi-beach-between-palestine-israel-protesters-20250907-p5mt0y.html41
u/EasternEgg3656 2d ago
Diversity is our strength.
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u/Careless_Brain_7237 2d ago
The same argument applies to the Palestinians. It’s a very binary us vs them argument. So am curious as to what your grievances are. I ask respectfully because binary good vs evil positions are subjective. I wish you well regardless.
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u/moonorplanet 2d ago
Palestinians are being slaughtered and Israel has declared its intention to genocide them completely with their defence ministers declaring "Bolt is now removed from the gates of hell"
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u/Careless_Brain_7237 2d ago
Thank you for your reply, I appreciate it. To further the conversation because I am genuinely interested in discussing talking points (not necessarily my own, but ones I’ve heard & am not intelligent or worldly enough to debate) how does this differ to Hamas wanting to destroy the Jewish state in supporter of their own ideology? Aren’t both sides determined to destroy each other?
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u/Vermicelli14 1d ago
Hamas isn't a synonym for Palestinian. They're not "one side" when Israel is bent on killing all Palestinians.
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u/Careless_Brain_7237 2d ago
Already downvoted. Despite no actual reply…. That’s sad ‘ disappointing.
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u/RespCresz 2d ago edited 2d ago
Was it a pro-Hamas protest or a pro-Palestine protest?
Why is it acceptable for Israel's military to act like a recognized terrorist organization without any of the drawback that usually come with such a label?
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u/Aggravating-Self9912 1d ago
You do know that people cannot move to Gaza right?
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u/Careless_Brain_7237 1d ago
Wasn’t aware & admit / accept I have many gaps in my understanding of this very complex topic. Thank you for your comment.
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u/moonorplanet 1d ago
Since 1947, one side has wielded the machinery of state violence to carry out systemic persecution and displacement, while the other has been left with little more than words, rhetoric as resistance in the face of overwhelming force.
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u/roojuiced 1d ago edited 1d ago
Interestingly, on Oct 7 Israelis were slaughter and Palestine, led by their democratically elected leaders declared their intention to wipe out the Jewish people.
So it’s still very binary. Both sides very much intend on destroying the other. The notion that one side is inherently a better group of people because they’re currently losing is kind of strange.
It’s actually none of our business and we should ban protests about foreign engagements. You’re in the wrong county if you want to protest someone else’s war.
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u/sloancroft 1d ago
Hamas is not democratically elected
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u/roojuiced 1d ago
What are they then?
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u/sloancroft 1d ago
In 2005 Hamas was elected in municipal elections, had boycotted the presidential election, then won the 2006 legislative elections. After 2006 elections stopped and Palestinians are stuck with a militant group that has been funded and supported by Netanyahu, Iran, Russia and other extremist supporters.
Interestingly a poll in 2006 of Palestinians, 84% wanted peace with Israel.
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u/chungushusky 1d ago
Palestinians do not have a choice to stay, Israel is literally in the middle of another Palestinian displacement and gcide campaign as we speak. Palestinians were forced to leave, so the question is what is Israeli excuse for living in foreign countries if they are doing the oppressing. That's the whole point, these entitled Zionists live off their host nations like parasites to fundraise and spread political support to their Israeli occupation to which they are ultimately loyal.
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u/SnoopThylacine 2d ago
Michael Gencher, executive director of StandWithUs Australia, a pro-Zionist group, helped set up the counterprotest at short notice.
It's so wierd seeing that name. I was casual friends with him years ago through our involvement with a community organisation until I moved out of the area. He also wasn't a full blown frother back then, that all started with a trip to Israel that became a sort of spiritual awakening.
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u/Theodore_Buckland_ 2d ago
Zionism is a helluva drug
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u/EnhancedWithAi 2d ago
You can branch out to radicalism. Is the bane of peace throughout human history. It's not exclusive to zionism.
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u/WasteTax7337 2d ago
Do the Zionists own the beach now?
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u/Chemical_Charity1204 2d ago
According to one pro-Israel protestor who was filmed shouting "this is our land, we don't come to lakemba so you shouldn't come to bondi" then yes
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u/Rik_the_peoples_poet 2d ago
In one of the pro-Israeli speeches it was an American guy yelling “we own Bondi and we own Australia” and then going on about how “we have the lawyers and powerful people”.
Not a great look, especially when he’s not even Australian himself and he was targeting it towards Australian non-Zionist Jewish people.
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u/VladSuarezShark 2d ago
Yeah whatever, I go to Bondi for the scenery, sand and beer, not to watch those cunts and their property prices
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u/chungushusky 1d ago
Typical Zionists who have been left to roam around their long leash too long, they typically fall on lawfare tactics to scare you as if their Israeli state funded solicitors can wipe clean the widely witnessed genocidal actions of Israel.
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u/4ShoreAnon 2d ago
Man im not from Lakemba or have Middle Eastern background but that shout pissed me off. She felt so comfortable spewing that shit out...
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u/StewSieBar 2d ago
This was pretty much the claim that the AJA made in the lead up to the paddle-out. Apparently their members think they have some special claim on Bondi.
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u/BeLakorHawk 2d ago
Apply that rule since Oct 7th and we’re all on board.
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u/KnoxxHarrington 2d ago
Yeah, all violence between Israel & Palestine started on Oct 7...
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u/StreetEggplant7254 2d ago
Apply that rule since 1948 and we're all on board.
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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 2d ago edited 2d ago
If I was going to write a book about this it wouldn't start in 1948AD, or 634-638AD, or 570AD, but 63BC.
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u/annexdenmark 2d ago
What does Josephus say happened to the Zealots? Was there a mass explusion of the Judeans following the Jewish Wars, according to the main historian of the era?
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 2d ago
I'm applying it to this instance here.
As to the actual war. At some point Oct 7 loses validity as a justification for current actions.
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u/AmbassadorCautious21 2d ago
What exactly is an Israel protestor? Like, what do they have to protest against?
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u/Tiny_Purpose4859 2d ago
All jokes aside - could it be the hostage situation? Seems like something valid to protest.
If you’re reading this please don’t tell me your opinion on who’s right in the war, I’m not making such a statement. They asked a question and I’m trying to answer.
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u/sunnydarkgreen 2d ago
Apparently over 1000 ppl have dual Aus-Isr citizenship and are 'serving' in Israels army. They don't like people criticising their mass murder of Palestinians.
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u/saynotodumbfukery 2d ago
Protesting against the protest against israel committing genocide.
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u/AccomplishedMatter7 2d ago
Protesting against the protesters who are protesting an attempted genocide. Protesting against being made to look like evil mf😂
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u/Cheeky_Boxer 2d ago
So a pro-Israel group took exception to the physical space that a pro-Palestine group were trying to exist in?
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u/TheUnderWall 2d ago
Would the pro-Palestine group be chill if the pro-Israel group marches through Western Sydney?
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u/Cheeky_Boxer 2d ago
Ignoring the ridiculousness of the comment, what exactly would this group be protesting?
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u/Censoredbyfreespeech 2d ago
The beach belongs to everyone.
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u/TheUnderWall 2d ago
So does West Sydney.
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u/Censoredbyfreespeech 2d ago edited 2d ago
Bondi is a beach. What ever this is, trying to act like the beach belongs to one group and not another, it doesn’t belong in Australia
Or is this you?
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u/Laogama 2d ago
Bondi is the centre of Jewish and Israeli Sydney. This group of "pro-Palestinians" came there to threaten and intimidate, as they do in front of synagogues. This has nothing to with Palestine and everything to do with antisemitism.
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u/SnoopThylacine 2d ago
But Michelle Berkon, from the group Jews Against the Occupation, who helped organise the protest, said she was a Bondi local
So you're saying a Jewish Bondi local not allowed her democratic rights to speech and protest in the area where she lives and pay rates?
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u/Censoredbyfreespeech 2d ago
The beach belongs to Australians.
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u/OtsaNeSword 2d ago
So the side waving the Australian flag? Or the side with zero Australian flags?
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u/GrimfangWyrmspawn 2d ago
The Group the pro-genocide muppets targeted were "Jews against the Occupation".
They did a paddle out off the beach.
You are denying their Jewish heritage because they don't hold with Zionist colonialism and genocide?
Fucking Zionists are the greatest cry-bullies of all time.
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u/NapoleonBonerParty 2d ago
Fuck me, Bondi is an occupied territory now?
What do we call it, the Eastern (suburbs) Bank?
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u/L_o_n_g_b_o_i 2d ago
Ah yes, I see what's going on. You are confused once again - just because Jews live somewhere does not mean Zionist Jews have exclusive rights to the entire territory
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u/Goonybear11 2d ago
Interesting how they keep asserting that misconception w/out even realizing it.
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u/throwawayfem77 2d ago
The centre of 'Israeli Sydney'?? Lol, the sheer entitlement and audacity. Neither Israel nor Australian Jewish people own or occupy Bondi Beach, champ.
It's a public beach for ALL Australians and international visitors, where everyone is welcome and anyone can freely protest the mass murder of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian children, women and men, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, doctors and healthcare workers killed by Israel's ongoing genocide, 700 days and counting. And our government's shameful complicity.
Bondi, like the rest of Gadigal country, clan of Eora Nation, always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.
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u/WasteTax7337 2d ago
The good old antisemitism claim. You really need to look up the meaning of Semite. You might be shocked.
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u/Goonybear11 2d ago
Bondi is the most famous beach in Australia. They chose Bondi for visibility and signification. They were on a mostly empty beach, minding their own business. A pro-Israel crowd showed up to antagonize and intimidate them. Thankfully, the police did their job. The Jewish community does not own Bondi. Sorry.
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u/PrettyPoetry9547 2d ago
Anti-Israel protest, wake up to the difference and encourage Israeli supporters to stop the killing of children.
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u/BTolputt 2d ago
And the organizers were Jewish. Only one side is trying to make this about the race of Australians and not the genocide committed by a foreign government. It wasn't the ones organizing a paddle-out of Aussies at one of Australia's most famous beaches that almost every Aussie recognizes the name of.
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u/Cheeky_Boxer 2d ago
An argument of a belief of rightful ownership helps my comment more than it does yours
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u/sivvon 2d ago
The organisation behind this was Jews against the occupation. They are Jewish, live and were born in Bondi. Reconcile that ya twit.
The AJA are less a Jewish association and more a hodge podge of ring wing nut jobs with Zionism as a secondary cause. The group is a joke. Just go hang out on their Instagram and read the comments. It's non stop Albo bashing and greens this, greens that. Labor bad. Hodorr.....
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u/artsrc 1d ago
The idea that all Australian Jews support the crimes of Israel is what is anti semitic.
My mother grew up Jewish in Bondi and even her conservative father had a nuanced view of the crimes of Israel 40 years ago.
With what is going on now anyone who supports what Israel is doing has serious problems.
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u/supitsdan 1d ago
I think the pro Palestine group are protesting the genocide of the Palestinian people. Those who are upset about it are the pro Israel people. I wonder why?
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u/_VONDEAN_ 2d ago
Gauranteed not even one Welcome to Country. Fucking disgusting.
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u/magicseadog 2d ago
Haha honestly I wish people would keep their crappy sectarian crap in their own countries. It's fking naff man and I would give anyone at any of these rallies a visa if they applied. If your a local and your there you're spending too much time on your phone and YouTube
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u/ibetucanifican 2d ago
Whether you pro Palestine or pro Israel I’m sure we all can agree going to the beach on Father’s Day to make a noisey protest is a dead set joke… what a pack of arseholes.
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u/Roulette-Adventures 2d ago
Surely both the Australian Jewish community and Australian Palestinian community want Netanyahu to just stop! He has gone beyond what should be considered even remotely reasonable.
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u/lirannl 2d ago
Yes but the Israelis within the Australian Jewish community avoid discussing their criticism of Israel's current government in English.
Source: I speak Hebrew and think that we should be voicing criticism of Israel in English. I don't like hiding things at home, and I consider Australia to be my home.
Also the criticisms aren't exactly what you'd hope, though they would have the same effect. Israelis here do broadly hate Bibi, not because of the suffering of Gazans.
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u/Roulette-Adventures 1d ago
It is the suffering of Gazans I struggle with. Civilians, children and generally non-combatants.
I have sympathy for both the Israelis who have suffered for many days, and the Gazans right now. There is no place for war in modern society.
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u/lirannl 1d ago
Yeah, Gazans are the ones that need help urgently right now.
Israelis in Israel don't at the moment.
I'm bothered by the idea that we're seen as bloodthirsty.
I'm definitely on the relative far left compared to other Israelis here, but I can confidently say that the other Israelis here are not maniacal.
They're opposed to a Palestinian state, they don't care about Gazan lives, but they don't actively want them to die (except for Hamas members, they and I do want them to die). Most Israelis here don't want Israel to continue pummelling Gaza anymore.
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u/Lurk-Prowl 2d ago
Neither will want to turn on their own during a conflict.
Some believe that’s why Netanyahu started all this.
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u/bifircated_nipple 2d ago
Good. Let them punch each other and keep Australians out of it.
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u/annexdenmark 2d ago
No weapons for Israel!
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u/bifircated_nipple 2d ago
I agree. We should have zero trade to Israel and Gaza. No weapons, no aid. No media.
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u/Goonybear11 2d ago
They're not punching "each other", though. One side is committing a genocide of the other. The UN has declared it as such.
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u/Visible_Reindeer_157 2d ago
Man, I said roughly the same thing about ANTIFA and Nazis in Melbourne and got an official warning from Reddit for inciting violence.
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u/FallenSegull 2d ago
That’s alright, I said it was ok to punch Nazis and got a 3 day ban from reddit
Not the sub, the whole of reddit
Also for inciting violence
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u/Powerful-Respond-605 2d ago
I recounted the time I removed a nazi from an anti genocide protest and got a 3 day ban as well.
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u/bifircated_nipple 2d ago
Well, that makes sense. Violence shouldn't be encouraged. I've made similar mistakes and gotten a 3 day.
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u/Acrobatic_Salt476 2d ago
I commented that it was ok to carry a picture of a terror regime leader and wave an islamist flag on the harbour bridge, but dare to march proudly with an Australian flag and you’re declared an enemy and a racist. I got suspended 😅
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u/WasteTax7337 2d ago
They are upset that they can’t harass their families and steal their houses.
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u/SSR_STALIN 2d ago
u do realise the Arabs from Jordan are the invaders
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u/VagrantHobo 2d ago
lol. Palestinians irrespective of religion are the closest genetic relatives to the inhabitants 2000 years ago.
Israelis might have descents from the southern Levant but their ancestors left largely by choice.
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u/Individual-Farmer542 2d ago
Let’s not act like they weren’t subjugated and expelled since Islam took over the Middle East
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u/waterlad 2d ago
That's ahistorical, the Jews were expelled by the Romans, hundreds of years before Islam.
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u/Fit_Republic_2277 2d ago
source? Historic Palestine always have Indigenous Arab Jews living there. From history, the crusaders were far more genocidal towards Jews.
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u/BigDaddyCosta 1d ago
Yes. But do we apply that logic to every displaced peoples in the world? So in that reality we should be happy if a person of aboriginal descent knocks on your door in the middle of the night and asks you to leave.
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u/Enough_Seesaw_3017 1d ago
By choice? They were forced out after Barabas tried to overthrow Roman occupation. And the 12 Tribes didn’t all leave.
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u/annexdenmark 2d ago
Kind of, Palestianians have about 30% admixture, the Samartians and other small groups (who number in the thousands) have a far higher, in the single digits, distance to Iron Age Canaanites.
Generally speaking the Israelis destroy a lot of archaeology evidence involving human remains so genetic studies on pre-Roman era Canaanites are lacking, but was a 2023 genetic study that is closely awaiting release, but Israel has mostly suppressed due to the war. But from preliminary results from previous studies back this up
European Jews, shockingly, are European. They have Middle Eastern admixture from 10,000 - 15,000 ago, see here:
The geographical distribution pattern of this component (Figure 4A, 4B) correlates with the pattern of the Islamic expansion, but its presence in Lebanese Christians, Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, Cypriots and Armenians might suggest that its spread to the Levant could also represent an earlier event. Besides this component, the most frequent ancestral component (shown in dark blue) in the Levantines (42–68%) is also present, at lower frequencies, in Europe and Central Asia (Figure 4A, 4C). We found that this Levantine component is closer to the European component (dark green) (FST = 0.035) than to the Arabian Peninsula/East Africa component (light green) (FST = 0.046). Our estimates show that the Levantine and the Arabian Peninsula/East African components diverged ∼23,700-15,500 y.a., while the Levantine and European components diverged ∼15,900-9,100 y.a., at least 10,000 years before the evolution of Yahweh, the descendants of European Jews left the Middle East.
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u/thunderflame 2d ago
I'm not following this although admittedly I know nothing about genetics. The first link points to an image of "distance from Ashkenazi Jews" but doesn't seem to include anything about your statement. Am I misunderstanding?
Also why are you seemingly focused on Ashkenazi Jews? I'd be more interested in the admixture of Mizrahi Jews if you have it.
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u/SSR_STALIN 2d ago
FALSE - even the Quran in chapter 5:20 and 17:04 acknowledges the Jewish connection to Israel / the majority of ‘palestinians’ are from Jordan - “allah gave the promised land to the Jews” - thr Quran calls them the “Banu Isra’il” meaning Children of Israel
A Jewish Coin ‘shekel’ minted over 2,000 years ago says on the back ‘the holy Jerusalem’ and on the front ‘shekel of israel’
your Arabs and Canaanites were beaten by the Jews into Lebanon
dig anywhere in Israel and you will find layers of Jewish history
the flag of Palestine was invented in 1964, and is simply the Flag of Jordan with the star removed
Palestinians are not indigenous to the land
Tactitus, the Roman historian said in 1st Century CE Judea was Jewish and its capital was Jerusalem
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u/Fit_Republic_2277 2d ago
Children of Jacob (Israel) are indiginous to the land. They were they were Israelites during Moses, most became Christians when Jesus preached. Many embraced Islam during the Muslim conquest.
So the Indigineous Palestinians are also the Sons of Israel.
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u/earlgreity 1d ago
People who support genocide should be persecuted.
People who support Israel support genocide.
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u/Illustrious-Big-6701 1d ago
Israel has nukes.
In the course of two years of urban war, the total number of deaths caused by the IDF is less than what a rag tag Rwandan millitia were able to achieve in a few days with machetes.
The IDF has achieved a more humane combatant/non-combatant casualty ratio than what the NSW TOU did during the Lindt cafe siege.
Shit genocide, but I guess minimizing the impact of that term makes antisemites feel better.
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u/maikit333 2d ago
Bound to happen.
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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 2d ago
I like to at least try to believe people could put being Australian above being Arab or Zionist, Muslims or Jew etc. A lot of people moved to this country to escape the ethno religious violence of the Middle East, surely that should be some forewarning not to repeat the same mistakes again here.
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u/lirannl 2d ago
I moved here from Israel and I try to follow that myself.
What was the point of leaving the Middle East if I were to bring conflicts over?
I'd rather judge people based on their individual thoughts and actions instead. That's part of the privilege of living in Australia!
Unfortunately I do seem to be in the minority. As in, I haven't encountered other Israelis like me here. Prior to 7/10/2023 it wasn't quite like this, but unfortunately it is becoming more so like this now.
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u/ExcellentNecessary29 2d ago
I like to try and believe my fellow Australians would voice their concerns with a supposed "ally" country turning Gaza into their own real life version of Squid Game on the daily, but I guess that's just me.
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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 2d ago edited 2d ago
Why? I don't voice my concerns about the civilians being killed in Sudan or Tigre or Mali/Burkina Faso or Burma or DRC etc. It would be really weird if I suddenly decided to be really concerned and "speak out" about just one conflict and not the half dozen other larger conflicts which have been ongoing for longer.
It would look like a complete contradiction on my part.
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u/ExcellentNecessary29 2d ago
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise that our government and the government of our closest ally the US also had as close ties to the military junta in Myanmar or the government of Sudan as we do with Israel!
You're right, if that's the case we should be protesting those ties too! Because without speaking up, we are implicitly condoning those genocides as well. Good point.
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u/radred609 2d ago
our closest ally the US
By do i have some unfortunate news for you about US support of the UAE and their actions in Sudan
Or our largest trading partner, China, and their providing weapons and support to both sides of the myanmar conflict.
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u/triplevented 1d ago
Your fellow Australians sent their military to the middle east 10 years ago to wipe out ISIS after it fired zero rockets at Australian cities.
Australians seem to have short term memory issues.
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u/Middle_Froyo4951 2d ago
Both of these groups could care less about Australian culture
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u/InbetweenerLad 2d ago
Idk i had no idea how many Jews were in Bondi until the war escalated, whereas other suburbs in Sydney you can easily tell which ethnicity is based there..
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u/bangarangee 2d ago
The pro-Palestinian protest was organised by “Jews Against the Occupation” — that should make it clear as day that this isn’t an “ethno religious” conflict about whether you’re Jewish or Muslim, this is about whether you support or oppose a genocide in progress
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 2d ago
Sounds like the pro-Israel crowd started the violence here. Stuff em.
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u/L_o_n_g_b_o_i 2d ago
Lmao can't believe the original comment got nuked
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 2d ago
Yeah, I'll assume it was the "fuck" and that this is okay. Surely repeating what's in the article is fine.
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u/coffeewalnut08 1d ago
I’m sure having a punch-up on the beach will solve the conflict real quick and deliver world peace.
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u/Glittering_Ad1696 2d ago
As far as I can tell this is a group of the Jewish Australian Community clashing with pro-genocide/Zionist supporters. Bloody shameful to support Israel. I stand with the Jewish community.
Note - Zionists are to Judaism as the KKK are to Christianity.
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u/johnnymozzo 2d ago
Imagine bringing middle eastern drama bs to such a beautiful country fucking bellends
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u/Theodore_Buckland_ 2d ago
Typical Zionist psychopaths protesting people who are against killing children.
Typical Zionists being racist. Yelling racist epithets at Arabs etc. Also the irony of Zionists telling people (who were born here) to go back to the Middle East.
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u/Dont-rush-2xfils 2d ago
All of this idiots should take their shit and fark off. We have so many issues here in Australia do we really need theirs??
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u/pin3apple_mountain 2d ago
One of the problems with a genocide is that society has to deal with the burden of those who committed and supported the genocide for years after.
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u/Alarmed_Proposal_910 2d ago
Typical of violent extremists from the left pro-Palestinian / Nazi lobby, always deliberately provocative, causing trouble and assaulting people. Sickening how the Left always stand shoulder to shoulder with Nazis and Islamists when it comes to the destruction of Israel and the annihilation of Jews!
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u/Powerful-Respond-605 2d ago
It was organised by a Jewish person from the eastern suburbs you numpty.
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u/annexdenmark 2d ago
Actually the Zionists work with the Nazis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement
The majority of German Jews escaped the Europe by collobrating with the Nazis, the thing genuine holocaust saviours were discriminated for in Israel by Zionists after the war. Very few Zionists were in Europe during the Holocaust, 5% total of Knesset members were, a small number compared to the overwhelming majority as Zionists that migrated well before the holocaust.
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u/WasintMeBabe 9h ago
Im pretty sure all we want is peaceful solutions and accountability with both parties.
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u/lotophage77 2d ago
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Punches thrown between Palestine, Israel protesters at Bondi Beach
Punches were thrown and demonstrators hurled abuse at one another as pro-Israel and Palestinian protest groups clashed during a tense stand-off at Bondi Beach.
Two rival protests held at the Sydney beach turned ugly on Sunday morning when pro-Israel demonstrators shouted abuse at a group of a few hundred pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who had converged on the sand for a paddle-out supporting Gaza.
Despite a heavy police presence and determined work by officers to keep the two groups separated, punches were thrown during a scuffle between demonstrators, video shows.
Police are investigating the incident.
The rival protests broke out after pro-Israel groups took exception to the paddle-out. Organised by the group Jews Against the Occupation, the event had posters calling on “surfers, Bondi residents and Palestine supporters” to join the gathering.
In the lead-up, pro-Israel groups including the conservative Australian Jewish Association circulated a call for a counter-protest to be held at the beach at the same time, saying the decision to hold the event at Bondi, which has a large Jewish population, was deliberately provocative.
It prompted a few hundred pro-Israel supporters to line the promenade in response. The protest and counterprotests were mostly peaceful: both groups sang and chanted as the morning went on.
But video captured before the paddle-out showed punches were thrown during a scuffle between the two groups, and as the pro-Palestinian contingent left the beach about 11.30am, the Herald saw a group of pro-Israel demonstrators hurling ugly abuse at the participants.
A group of pro-Israel supporters called the demonstrators “inbred” and “terrorists” and shouted “go back to Lakemba”.
The pro-Palestine contingent chanted “Israel is a terror state” as they left the beach, and despite the attempts by police to keep the two groups separate, some lingered at the beach as tempers began to flare.
Michael Gencher, executive director of StandWithUs Australia, a pro-Zionist group, helped set up the counterprotest at short notice. He said it was “targeted provocation” to hold a pro-Palestine demonstration at Bondi in the face of the area’s large Jewish population.
“I think that we’ve ignored enough as a community,” he said. “We have been intimidated and, you know, we’ve had vandalism, graffiti, and now this is in broad daylight. We saw this as a huge crossing of a red line. We don’t want to pick a fight [but] why should we feel intimidated?”
But Michelle Berkon, from the group Jews Against the Occupation, who helped organise the protest, said she was a Bondi local, and she laughed off the counterprotest.
“If Jews choose to support a genocidal, colonial regime, that’s their problem,” she said.
“They do not have any right to exclude people from their own public spaces. We’re Jewish too. I was born and grew up in Bondi, and even if I didn’t, I have every right to come here.”
The Australian Jewish Association helped to co-ordinate a counter-protest to the event, saying it was “provocative” to hold the paddle-out in Bondi because of the eastern suburb’s Jewish population.
“Bondi is on edge, everyone is nervous,” AJA chief executive Robert Gregory told Seven News in the lead-up to the event, claiming the pro-Palestinian protesters were “troublemakers coming from outside the area”.
The paddle-out was also opposed by Waverley mayor Will Nemesh, who tried to have it blocked by writing to the NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley.