Government funded pile on

From the latest edition of the Media Watchdog blog. The current situation in the Middle East is not helped by biased, partisan journalism. 

https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/issue-703/

A potted history of the Middle East

This tweet (I still use this term) is irreverent in tone, but nonetheless makes some valid observations on the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

You gotta laugh.

Some of the most ironically laughable things about this war and the hypocrisy surrounding it.

Gaza pre October 7th:
“Gaza is an open air prison! We must resist Israel’s occupation!”

Gaza post October 7th:
“Before October 7th, Gaza was paradise. We had an… pic.twitter.com/UMEwGjfZtv

— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) May 26, 2024

Flashpoint Melbourne

This is how mainstream media reported on the Sunday, May 19, Never Again is Now, a combined Christian and Jewish rally against antisemitism, held on the steps of Victoria's State Parliament House. Rally organisers made every attempt to keep it peaceful, and attendees safe. The actions of some demonstrators on the other side, who thought it was appropriate to physically attack and verbally abuse their opponents, shows why antisemitism needs to be strongly opposed in the first place. Attacking defenceless people is no way to help the Palestinian cause. It's also hypocritical to claim the moral high ground, while bashing up old age pensioners. 

Perpetually aggrieved

Hello, reader. I was in central Melbourne today attending a meeting, and briefly watched the weekly Free Palestine protest march as it worked its way down one of its major thoroughfares. The radical left can be relied upon to attend any demonstration. These people always seem to be protesting for or against something. Next Sunday, please leave the red flags at home. It gives the appearance of gate crashing, or jumping on a bandwagon to advance your own cause, because you people are attendees, and not the main organisers. Put another way, to my eyes, it looked like an unwelcome distraction.