What if our government had stood firmly beside Israel? By Gemma Tognini.
Most, if not all, of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas are more than likely dead. There, I said the quiet part out loud. …
In the past weeks, various reports have started to emerge pointing to the awful truth that Hamas has fewer than 40 living “humanitarian” hostages left. No cattle to trade. No chips with which to bargain. … We all know what Hamas does to women. Why is anyone surprised that so few of this cohort are alive still? …
What if, six months ago, in the days and weeks following the October 7 massacres the international community had stood united and unequivocal in support of Israel, and demanded the safe return of every hostage? Every single one, immediately, alive and unharmed.
What if, after the broken, semi-naked body of Shani Louk was paraded like a trophy through streets lined with cheering Gazans, the international community had done something other than offering Hamas a level of appeasement that made British politician Neville Chamberlain look like a hawkish warmonger?
The war would have been over in weeks. Countless civilian lives saved in Gaza. But no, the West, including the Australian government, were friends in name only to Israel, the only functioning democracy in the region. …
Our Foreign Minister’s astonishing (not in a good way) suggestion that Palestinian statehood be on the table is breathtaking. Again, not in a good way. It’s like finding out your kid has been picked up for aggravated assault and buying them a car as punishment. …
If 253 Australians had been held captive for six months after being dragged from their homes, if our borders were under attack while suicide missions were being carried out every single week for half a year, what would we do? …
Then this week, after a stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church at Wakeley in western Sydney on Monday evening that has been declared a terrorist act, they spoke of hunting down members of the community who turned up at the church on that night. … This is a social cancer that has metastasised around the globe and we cannot deal with it with word cuddles. Obvious statements such as “there’s no place for extremism in Australia”, while of course true, will be politely ignored by said extremists, who are not inclined to play by the rules.
If a murderer turned up on your doorstep, would you invite them in? If a madman climbed through the kitchen window, would you pour them a drink? The weakness of the West, Australia included, has been costly.
Here in Australia, the ABC is teachings its adherents that the Israelis are bad by highlighting Palestinian suffering night after night. They never mention that the Palestinians could have ended the war instantly at any point by giving back the hostages and handing over the criminals who took the hostages. Nor do they mention that most of the Palestinians support Hamas and cheered on their crimes.
