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December 14, 2025
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Posted by: The Busker | Dec 14 2025 13:48 utc | 1
Mass casualty shooting this Sunday evening at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
within hours, we’d been given our orders:
Every decent Australian must tonight and tomorrow night and for the next 8 nights light a Menorah candle, or any candle, in their window. EVERY Australian. In EVERY window. DO IT and prove we are better than these cowardly vile repulsive scumbags.
https://nitter.net/rowandean/status/2000153590913229240
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 13:58 utc | 2
Orders from afar:……
Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט
@naftalibennett
Statement of Fmr Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre and the wave of Antisemitism in Australia:
*The writing was on the wall. The Australian government bears responsibility.*
Tonight Jews were attacked in Australia in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre.
A Jewish holiday gathering turned into a scene of terror.
This is a moment of grief, and time for accountability.
I have just spoken with several Jewish community leaders in Sydney.
They are fearful and outraged.
For months they warned of rising antisemitism.
The writing was on the wall. It was ignored.
This violence did not come out of nowhere.
When antisemitic hatred is tolerated and threats are downplayed, attacks become inevitable.
I demand that the Australian government take immediate, decisive action to protect Jewish communities and confront antisemitism as the serious threat it is.
Statements of sympathy are no longer enough.
Jews should not have to fear for their lives anywhere, including Australia.
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Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 14:02 utc | 3
One of the Israeli government policy goals is to increase worldwide antisemitism.
Posted by: Polli | Dec 14 2025 14:02 utc | 4
“One of the Israeli government policy goals is to increase worldwide antisemitism.”
Right, because the Zionists needs more Jewish citizens for their Greater Israel project.
Another goal is to increase worldwide islamophobia, so that nobody cares and calls for sanctions when the Zionists slaughter Muslims by the thousands.
Posted by: Apollyon | Dec 14 2025 14:09 utc | 6
Israelis are killing innocents in the west bank everyday including children
What is this called
Do they expect to kill people for free for 80 years and never get attacked
Their disgusting criminal policy is leading them there and claiming innocent lives
Posted by: Death2idf | Dec 14 2025 14:11 utc | 7
The Zionists reap what they sow. A Zionist meeting gets shot up is like a Hamas meeting getting bombed. Who cares.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/14/bondi-beach-shooting-live-two-in-custody-sydney-police-operation-ongoing
“Rabbi Eli Schlanger is confirmed to be among the dead by Israeli sources. He belongs to the Chabad ultra-Orthodox group, which is known to be very involved in the illegal settlements in cooperation with the Israeli army.”
Posted by: Poul | Dec 14 2025 14:20 utc | 9
@BNODesk
What are the odds? Some might say, 6million to one?
A man who survived the October 7 terror attack is among those injured in Sydney, according to 9NEWS.
“We came here only two weeks ago, to work with the Jewish community to fight anti-Semitism. I never thought I would see this in Australia.”
https://nitter.net/BNODesk/status/2000167373534617703
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 14:26 utc | 10
Poul | Dec 14 2025 14:20 utc | 9
“The Zionists reap what they sow.”
Given the record, it’s likely to be a false flag.
Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Dec 14 2025 14:33 utc | 11
I curb my Sadness. Hope no One got injured by a Used Needle on Bondi Beach….🙄
Posted by: Nobody | Dec 14 2025 14:36 utc | 12
Melaleuca@3……not having to live in fear…….yep, bet the Palestinians feel the same way……
……these types of attacks are usually insider coordinated, likely they are not getting enough public attention, being upstaged globally by the utter destruction and genocide currently taking place in Occupied Palestine……they are playing the dead Palestinian Terrorist Sympathy Card…..oh, poor us……
Cheers M
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Dec 14 2025 14:36 utc | 13
The Italians have fallen into line with the US Terrorist State and the Zio-Monsters plan for Gaza.
“Haaretz: “Italy has pledged to the US to send troops to Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force, and so far, it is the only country to have agreed.””
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 14:41 utc | 14
Supposed footage of the guy disarming one of the attackers at Bondi Beach – the Zio-Monsters won’t like it that he’s a Muslim called Ahmed al Ahmed.
Watch the footage.
Jacaranda (@Randall87454048): “Sadly an entire religion and people from Arabic countries will be blamed – the fact that an Arab and Muslim showed extraordinary courage and saved many lives will be overlooked.” | nitter.poast.org
Some Zio-Monster supporters already saying Iran was behind the Bondi Beach “attack”
Sonic Lunchbox (@soniclunchbox): “Also used for justifying an attack on Iran too” | nitter.poast.org
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 14:51 utc | 15
Muslim called Ahmed al Ahmed.nah. That’s the internet doing internet shit.
The guy who disarms one of the gunmen.
An IT guy
https://www.thedailyaus.world/edward-crabtree-bondi-hero
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 15:01 utc | 16
Already much of what was posted to xwitter in the immediate aftermath has been purged.
Here’s some video
https://files.catbox.moe/n5dlx6.mp4
Fascinating that there happened to be a drone in the right place at the right time…..
https://files.catbox.moe/dh6jvw.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/8fn0yg.mp4
Both are slow to load. ^
Eventually police shooters take out the gunman on the bridge.
A bystander runs up the steps to kick the (now dead) shooter.
Police shoot at this dunderhead. Almost take him out.
Police then swarm guy and attempt (do) arrest him. It’s confusing. Cops swarm like ants when you kick their nest… they have no clue who’s a Bad Guy or who’s a Good Guy / Random Guy.
Also.
A guy in a white shirt ambushed and disarmed one of the shooters, but was scared to shoot the shooter, so the shooter just scuttled back to his buddy and got another gun and shot the white shirt bystander.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 15:05 utc | 17
sean the leprechaun | Dec 14 2025 14:36 utc | 13
the Australian government has been rather ballsy (for an Australian government) chastising Israel re Gaza.
Australians have been participating in rather frequent marches and “protests” opposing the genocide in Gaza.
israel and Jewish leaders have been “warning” Australia about it’s unacceptable anti-semiticism.
——
—- people are actually dead, so it’s a real event… but ….it’s not some random guys randomly shooting jews on Bondi Beach…
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 15:11 utc | 18
Idle thought…
the Hanukkah event was scheduled for 5pm Sunday evening.
I thought Jews favoured Saturdays?is it odd to hold a Hanukkah event Sunday evening?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 15:41 utc | 19
Lets all take the time to thank Russia and China from graciously abstaining at the UNSC to protect Palestinian lives and land. Their act of love will never be forgotten.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 16:20 utc | 21
@SZade15
“In the 1950s, hundreds of thousands of Jews lived in Iraq. Mossad-linked bombings targeted Jewish neighborhoods and were blamed on Arabs to create fear and push migration to Israel. This is documented by Jewish historian Prof. Avi Shlaim” (~2m vid)
https://x.com/SZade15/status/2000169630699331985
@RyanRozbiani
“See, Israel does not want the west to know there are Christians in Palestine
The Bethlehem tree lighting went viral online so they censored and forced the them to cancel the Nazareth tree lighting ceremony.”
https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/1999956590133407781
@RyanRozbiani
“Western Media is Hiding This
For the first time in two years, Christmas will be celebrated inside Gaza’s only Catholic church.
Yes, there are Catholics in Gaza who practice their religion freely.” (~1m vid)
https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/1999892699336585361
Posted by: GreatLakesObserver | Dec 14 2025 16:28 utc | 22
@ The Painter | Dec 14 2025 16:20 utc | 21
Beats me why people keep projecting a “saviour complex” onto Russia and China. Those two nations act in what they perceive to be their national interests, something European nations should learn to do.
Personally I interpreted the two abstentions as an unspoken vote of no confidence in the credibility of the UNSC being able to do anything meaningful for Gaza. And they are correct.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 16:37 utc | 23
Al Qassam brigades have confirmed that he Zionists have killed one of their most senior commanders, Raed Saad, and his companions. Saad was a member of the core Hamas leadership at the time the movement was formed.
Comment: The Resistance front has still not developed a security system and strategy that can counter the US/Israel surveillance and intelligence capabilities. Members of the Resistance front have lost most of their top leaders, and there seems to be no end in sight. That points to weaknesses that the Resistance must urgently overcome because it bears responsibility for the loss of so many of its top leaders. Something is seriously wrong when US/Israel can still eliminate highest leadership figures after Resistance members have acknowledged flaws in security and have claimed to have fixed them.
About Raed Saad from
🔹@enemywatch :
MARTYRDOM OF TOP COMMANDER OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE RAED SAAD (R):
The IOF martyred senior commander and leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Raed Saad, in a cowardly assassination carried out by occupation warplanes, [while official confirmation from the resistance side is still awaited].
Martyr Raed Saad was assassinated alongside his companions Yahya Kayali, Riyad al-Laban, who also served as personal security to Martyr Yahya Sinwar, and Abu Yahya Zaquot. Carrying a massive bounty placed by the enemy and pursued relentlessly for more than two decades, he ultimately rose as a martyr after dedicating his entire life to Quranic resistance, armed struggle, and the liberation of occupied land.
As one of the most senior figures in Hamas’ military wing, he was regarded as the second-in-command of the resistance’s military structure, directly following its chief commander.
His history with the resistance dates back to the early years, having been arrested by the occupation in 1990 due to his involvement in armed activities. He was closely associated with Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (r), as well as legendary commanders Mohammed al-Deif (r) and Marwan Issa (r), forming part of the movement’s core leadership circle from its formative stages. By the beginning of the new millennium, he assumed the role of Commander of the Gaza Brigade, and in the early 2000s he established and led Hamas’ naval force in Gaza, laying the foundations for one of the resistance’s most complex operational domains.
Following the 2014 war, Martyr Raed Saad joined the General Staff of the Al-Qassam Brigades and became a member of the movement’s inner military council, later taking over as Chief of Operations, where he held responsibility for war planning and battlefield execution. In this capacity, he oversaw two decisive strategic transformations that shaped the resistance’s readiness for October 7: the formation of elite battalions and the development of the “Ariha Wall” plan, designed to decisively confront and overwhelm the Gaza Division of the Israeli army. Throughout his career, he held multiple central positions, including Commander of the Operations Department, Commander of the Military Manufacturing Department, and Deputy Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades General Staff, while remaining one of the primary architects of rebuilding resistance capabilities. He was responsible for the manufacturing and development of combat means before and after October 7, played a key role in the engineering of the historic operation, and remained on the top assassination list of the Shin Bet’s Nili unit.
Known for his discipline, humility, and unbroken resolve, Martyr Raed Saad devoted his life to defending the Palestinian people and safeguarding the region from occupation aggression. His assassination marks a dangerous escalation, signaling an attempt to normalize systematic assassinations as a permanent instrument of war. The occupation seeks to provoke a calculated reaction, manipulate it politically and in the media, and reset the rules of engagement without formally announcing the collapse of agreements, while using escalation to restore internal credibility, impose new battlefield realities, and secure external cover for continued aggression.
What is unfolding confirms that the occupation treats agreements as temporary tactical pauses, and the next phase is likely to witness heightened pressure, further violations, and intensified attempts to test and break the resistance’s strategic balance.
Posted by: JB | Dec 14 2025 16:41 utc | 24
@The Painter
“Lets all take the time to thank Russia and China from graciously abstaining at the UNSC to protect Palestinian lives and land. Their act of love will never be forgotten.”
Russia, China made Jared Kushner’s Gaza “Master Plan” a Reality
https://thepostil.com/russia-china-made-jared-kushners-gaza-master-plan-reality/
@Jeremy Rhymings-Lang
“Beats me why people keep projecting a “saviour complex” onto Russia and China. Those two nations act in what they perceive to be their national interests, something European nations should learn to do.”
Fighting the Zionist scum in every way possible should be every nations top priority.
Posted by: Apollyon | Dec 14 2025 16:45 utc | 25
The Painter 21
When some twit like Blair or Trump have been bribed or blackmailed to take full responsibility for a heinous crime against humanity, is it better to stop them or encourage them?
The outcome for Blair was to become the trusted closest companion of the Ukrainian Jewish Nazi Neocons , pickled in Sulphur from the mines of Jahannam. Better to have a proper job in Hell than end up unemployed and be unable to commit suicide when the Dept for Hell Work and Pensions, Atos, says you’re fit for work stoking the pit of Fire.
A man of distinction, real big spender, 007
Da da da dumb.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 16:45 utc | 26
Fighting the Zionist scum in every way possible should be every nations top priority.
Posted by: Apollyon | Dec 14 2025 16:45 utc | 25
Lots of way of skinning that cat, fighting head-on is one approach, stepping back and letting the Zionists destroy themselves is another, or how about wrenching the weight of the world’s productive economy away from Zionist influence and finance?
But every nations top priority should be its own citizens well-being and prosperity, Zionist influence opposes this.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 17:00 utc | 27
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:04 utc | 28
Apollyon 25
Terence O. Rowe, The Postil.
The ravings of a right wing Evangelist on a Forum for pseudo intellectual fusion of Biblical prophecy and US Global Hegemony, would definitely be a trusted source for Aldehyde-filled, cold-turkeying, pain- racked barflies to wallow in.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 17:05 utc | 29
Melaleuca (16).
What do you make of this.
Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish): “BREAKING: The bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach attack has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, according to the Australian media. 🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/e03zxp” | nitter.poast.org
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:12 utc | 30
RepublicofScotland 28
Elementary dear Watson. Fakse trails will be carefully prepared to Iran , HTS Salafists, Australian Labour supporters , Maoris, Bushmen, Afghan tribesmen.
The elephant in the room is the powerful and poplulous Jewish Lobby in Australia.
Hannibollocks strikes again.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 17:13 utc | 31
Melaleuca (16).
Here’s the link to the story
‘Hero’ bystander tackles attacker at Australia Jewish festival shooting | News | Al Jazeera
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:17 utc | 32
Giyane (31).
I quite agree with you, but you can’t tell that there are no Muslim hit men on the Wests/Israel/UAE etc payroll -that would be told to carry this out to make it look like that.
In Perfidious Albion – Mi5 have been nurturing young semi-radicalised Muslim men – to carry pout false flag attacks (people do die in false flag attacks) – so they can specifically blame the crimes on the Muslim community.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:23 utc | 33
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:26 utc | 34
RepublicofScotland 33
That idea is so teen-millennial.
Islamism is open now. No more semi-radicalised turnips, half purple with rage at the West and half buried in the earth, white and innocent. HTS is going to become a monarchy now and swap prostate jokes with Transylvanian Queens .
False flag = Zionist desperation = Israel delenda est. Very soon.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 17:43 utc | 35
“Lets all take the time to thank Russia and China from graciously abstaining at the UNSC to protect Palestinian lives and land. Their act of love will never be forgotten.”
@The Painter
Russia, China made Jared Kushner’s Gaza “Master Plan” a Realityhttps://thepostil.com/russia-china-made-jared-kushners-gaza-master-plan-reality/ @Jeremy Rhymings-Lang“Beats me why people keep projecting a “saviour complex” onto Russia and China. Those two nations act in what they perceive to be their national interests, something European nations should learn to do.”Fighting the Zionist scum in every way possible should be every nations top priority
Posted by: Apollyon | Dec 14 2025 16:45 utc | 25
Russia and China have done nothing effective “to protect Palestinian lives and land” and by allowing the US/Israel anti-Palestinian UN SC Resolution, they have acted against Palestinian lives and land.
Their colossal betrayal at the SC will forever remain the clearest example of what these states really represent, at least to people with a clear head. There can be no bigger betrayal than handing the Palestinians and the Palestinian cause to Trumperica, J Kushner and the rabid Zionists.
Russia and China are important states ,but they hardly deserve the respect and the high expectations so many afford them. They are just big powers seeking to ensure a world balance of power in their favor.
Terence O. Rowe in the provided postil link wrote a good article which he concludes thus:
‘This betrayal (Russia and China, JB) reveals a stark truth: in the new era of cynical great power rivalry, the Palestinian struggle is no longer a sacred cause of justice but a pawn, readily sacrificed on the altars of geopolitical ambition and economic interest. The silence of their once-presumed guardians in the Security Council chambers echoes far louder, and with more tragic finality, than any words they ever spoke in Palestine’s defense’.
I disagree with his claim that “the Palestinian struggle is no longer a sacred cause of justice “.
The Palestinian struggle has never been “a sacred cause of justice” ever since the Palestine Question arose. That’s why it has persisted to this day, culminated in an ongoing genocide and will, as it stands, and thanks also to Russia and China, result in the expansion of the criminal US/Israel on the entire territory of historic Palestine, and possibly farther afield, in a’ New Middle East’.
The Palestinian people (and the Resistance front), are alone facing a whole world of states that have no sense of any kind, let alone a sense of justice.
Posted by: JB | Dec 14 2025 17:50 utc | 36
35
Chapter Isra, Holy Qur’an
16. And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allah and be righteous) to those among them [or We (first) increase in number those of its population] who are given the good things of this life. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it with complete destruction.
17. And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh (Noah)! And Sufficient is your Lord as an All-Knower and All-Beholder of the sins of His slaves.
18. Whoever wishes for the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell, he will burn therein disgraced and rejected, ( far away from Allah’s Mercy).
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 18:18 utc | 37
I dunno, too many seemingly intelligent posters getting suckered in by the subtle pro-Zionism in that Postil article.
Admittedly it’s quite a clever piece of blame deflection; let’s raise a hue and cry about Russia and China, this will take the spotlight, the focus away from where the blame truly lies, and folks fall for it ! Every. Single. Time!
Please get a grip of yourselves, and let go of this “saviour complex” that all too many want to project onto Russia and China. Gaza is the fault of the squatter entity, backed up by the 5-Eyes, and quietly acquiesced to by the Arab nations immediately in the neighbourhood, yet somehow Russia and China are supposed to overcome all the political double-dealing, the opaque, obscure relationships at work in the Levant.
If we load ludicrously unrealistic expectations on Russia and China, then are disappointed when they don’t match up, aren’t we playing a similar game to the NAFOistas who delight in setting artificial timetables for the Russian SMO, then condemning Russia when the artificial set-up isn’t met?
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:21 utc | 38
In the Israeli media, citing sources in the special services, a version is actively being spread that Iran is behind the terrorist attack in Sydney. This has already drawn a reaction in the USA.”If the attack in Australia was carried out at the behest of Iran, Israel has full legitimacy from the USA to strike Iran,” a senior American source told Fox News.
Intel Slava Z
Posted by: Apollyon | Dec 14 2025 18:22 utc | 39
“Please get a grip of yourselves, and let go of this “saviour complex” that all too many want to project onto Russia and China.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:21 utc | 38 ”
Venezuela is toast then , correct ?
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 18:30 utc | 40
Venezuela is toast then , correct ?
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 18:30 utc | 40
How so? Please explain where you see the parallels between Venezuela and Gaza?
Although it might be better discussing this in detail in the Week in Review thread, leaving this one clear for developing news matters.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:36 utc | 41
“Personally I interpreted the two abstentions as an unspoken vote of no confidence in the credibility of the UNSC being able to do anything meaningful for Gaza. And they are correct.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 16:37 utc | 23 ”
Why is this the only issue that they think is an impossible cause, as they have no problem with the UN in other areas ?
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 18:36 utc | 42
Although I can see where it might end up:
“It’s Russia’s fault for not selling Su-30SM’s to Palestine”…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:39 utc | 43
Venezuela is toast then , correct ?
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 18:30 utc | 40
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Venezuela will be fine. Trump will likely chicken out, again.
His bite is inversely proportional to his bark, and he has been barking a lot lately.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 14 2025 18:41 utc | 44
Why is this the only issue that they think is an impossible cause [?]
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 18:36 utc | 42
Well, how about that? Maybe because they see it as being an impossible cause…
But whose fault is that, ultimately? Clearly, in your view, no responsibility lies with the squatters or their 5-Eyes backers, or the Arab fellow-travellers.
Why do you see it as a priority for Russia and China to embroil themselves in a steaming nest of angry snakes, that is entirely of the West’s making?
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:45 utc | 45
Apollyon #39. Bingo! There it is. Just what Izzyhell wanted to keep up the distraction of the Nutty-yahoo corruption. Nice set up Mossad. Meanwhile Murikan special ed just pirated an Iranian cargo ship. https://thecradle.co/articles/us-commandos-raided-cargo-ship-travelling-from-china-to-iran-stole-cargo-report. Naturally in the face of the Bondi event, the squatters will keep up their poisoning, killing, stealing in order to “fight anti-semitisim.”
To y’all chest beating weepy ones. Sure no one should die. Not even Palestinian kids who walked too close to the imaginary “yellow” line. Nor should they be run over by Caterpillars ™, nor should they starve to death or die of exposure, or pick up cluster bombs or booby trapped toys, or breathe up depleted uranium dust.
Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Dec 14 2025 18:47 utc | 46
So the Jewish Chronicle Newspaper says Hamas will attack Europe within six months..hmm.
Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst): “Hamas don’t operate outside of Palestine and never have. On the other hand, Israelis have a history of terrorism all over the planet. This insult to people’s intelligence should be met with a reciprocal level of contempt. Moronic garbage.” | nitter.poast.org
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 18:48 utc | 47
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 16:37 utc | 23
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IMO, it is strategically wise to hold the door open for Zionists to charge through as they overextend.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 14 2025 18:49 utc | 48
JB 36
Palestine is not in itself a sacred cause.
Respect for Human life and its necessities is an sacred cause and this is enshrined in International Law, which Britain and America have long circumvented .
The Qur’an passage from Chapter Isra is explicit that God doesn’t destroy a people before they are made aware of His Commandments.
Muslims have lived in the West in large numbers for three or four generations and now ignorance of His commandments is no longer an excuse.
The passage also explicitly states that God’s punishment will come not on people who are distracted by poverty, but on those like USUKIS who enjoy extremely luxurious lifestyles atbthe expense of others, but still persist in oppressing other peoples to gain even more superfluous wealth.
USUKIS doesn’t need Gaza’s oil if it had not picked a fight with Russia, to try and steal Russian resources.
The USUKIS genocide has nothing whatsoever to do with Russia and its very poor sauce to blame Russia which is struggling against US-made Nazism in Ukraine, and China that has suffered centuries of Colonial trashing by the West.
The Genocide in West Asia is the product of Revidivist, incurable, criminal AngloViking Colonialism. And within that community, it is the product of an absolutely tiny minority of the exceedingly rich.
These people have paid no heed to God’s Law or Human Law, while Russia and China have respected International Law with steadfast patience.
As I said above, The Postil is a pseudo intellectual, evangelical , apologist for USUKIS hegemonic Nazism. And IMHO, your agreement with its tripe is a totally wrong agreement with a totally wrong analysis.
The Russians and Chinese are victims of USUKIS lies. End of.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 18:52 utc | 49
Today, 14 December, is the International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms.
Yet two-nations voted against – the Day being established, and 54 nations that’s right 54 nations – abstained on the matter.
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Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 18:53 utc | 50
“That idea is so teen-millennial.”
Giyane (35).
Is that so – somebody better tell ISIS, IS, al Qaeda etc – they’ve been carrying out the Wests and Israel’s terrorist act for years now – and without a shadow of a doubt some are Muslim.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 18:58 utc | 51
Live Blog & Latest News – Day 800
https://www.palestinechronicle.com
- Israeli ceasefire violations continue
- Israel’s sexualized torture of child prisoners
- Assassination of Raed Saad ‘crosses all red lines’
- Why Israel is pushing for regime change in Venezuela
- UNSC 2803: The US-Israeli scheme to partition Gaza and break Palestinian will
- The moral sickness of US policy derangement behind the genocide
- Hamas rejects trusteeship over Gaza, reaffirms resistance and national unity.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 14 2025 19:00 utc | 52
IMO, it is strategically wise to hold the door open for Zionists to charge through as they overextend.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 14 2025 18:49 utc | 48
Yes, agreed; and the more they overextend, the more their weakness, frailty and even futility get exposed.
I see the sabre-rattling against Iran has started up, obviously the Zionist entity feels it didn’t get enough of a kicking last time around.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 19:03 utc | 53
No surprises from the US Terrorist State here – Russia abstained – I think it doesn’t trust the UN which is HQ’d in New York America.
Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod): “The United Nations has just voted 153-1 on a resolution ensuring the safety and security of humanitarian workers and UN personnel across the globe. The only country voting against? The United States 🇺🇸.” | nitter.poast.org
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Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 19:04 utc | 54
MOATS with George Galloway: ‘Bullets At Bondi Beach’
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
“Twelve shot dead| Hanukkah horror| Hero of the sands| MOATS reacts
with Chris Hedges & Dan Kovalik.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 14 2025 19:05 utc | 55
Melaleuca (16).
I think this seals the deal that is is Ahmed al Ahmed.
Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar): “Ahmed El Ahmad is the hero who disarmed the terrorist at the Bondi Beach shooting.” | nitter.poast.org
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 19:21 utc | 56
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 16:20 utc | 21
Presumably you didn’t want them to vote in favour/
So they vote against, and veto it.
Then what?
Bibi throws his little hat in the air and cries “Let the genocide resume”.
In the absence of canuk I award you the “Dumbest Internet Comment of the Day” Prize.
Congratulations.
Posted by: ChatNPC | Dec 14 2025 19:24 utc | 57
Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 17:17 utc | 32
The “Hero of Bondi” went viral instantly. I don’t think the shooters had made it to the morgue before the “I’ll Just Grab the Gun With My Bare Hands” guy had gone viral.
of course everyone wanted to know *who* he was… so the internet quickly provided a joke answer.
He is *not” a Moslem with a joke name.
Here’s the real story:
An IT guy
https://www.thedailyaus.world/edward-crabtree-bondi-hero
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 19:34 utc | 58
“It’s Russia’s fault for not selling Su-30SM’s to Palestine”…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:39 utc | 43 ”
No, but its Russia’s fault for not selling modern weapons to Iran.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:38 utc | 59
“Venezuela will be fine. Trump will likely chicken out, again. His bite is inversely proportional to his bark, and he has been barking a lot lately.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 14 2025 18:41 utc | 44 ”
In other words, Venezuela will be fine IF the US doesnt attack because there will be no help coming from of its “partners”.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:40 utc | 60
” But whose fault is that, ultimately? Clearly, in your view, no responsibility lies with the squatters or their 5-Eyes backers, or the Arab fellow-travellers.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 18:45 utc | 45 ”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:42 utc | 61
No, but its Russia’s fault for not selling modern weapons to Iran.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:38 utc | 59
Did you really type that and manage to keep a straight face? None of us here have any true insight about Russia/Iran military co-operation, but it is in the public domain that Iran has taken delivery of Su-35 aircraft, along with S-300 and S-400 air defence systems. All combat-proven BTW…
I suppose these are not “modern weapons”, capable of making the F-35 and Patriot look distinctly sub-par…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 19:49 utc | 62
@ The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:42 utc | 61
Well, as an infamous neocon avant le lettre once said: “God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguishthe one from the other.”
Posted by: malenkov | Dec 14 2025 19:51 utc | 63
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:40 utc | 60
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The standard in the comments here is generally to have some background so that every discussion doesn’t have to cover basics each day.
Wagner was deployed to secure Maduro 3 weeks ago. Multiple Russian military transport planes have been delivering to Venezuela in November.
Do you post what you do because you don’t know or because you’re trolling?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 14 2025 19:54 utc | 64
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 19:42 utc | 61
Now you’re floundering, earlier on you were implying that Russia and China are evil for not doing anything.
How about you take the time to re-read the thread, and think about making some detailed responses to several posters replies to your comments.
You are starting to get my troll antennae twitching.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 19:54 utc | 65
- Why Israel is pushing for regime change in Venezuela
@ John Gilberts | Dec 14 2025 19:00 utc | 52
Really interesting article, thanks.
Link to that article by itself:
Why Israel is Pushing for Regime Change in Venezuela through Washington
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-israel-is-pushing-for-regime-change-in-venezuela-through-washington/
Posted by: teri | Dec 14 2025 19:57 utc | 66
Statement of Fmr Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre and the wave of Antisemitism in Australia:*The writing was on the wall. The Australian government bears responsibility.*Tonight Jews were attacked in Australia in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre.A Jewish holiday gathering turned into a scene of terror.Jews should not have to fear for their lives anywhere, including Australia.——-
Posted by: Melaleuca | Dec 14 2025 14:02 utc | 3
All it requires is a few well known jews in Britain, Australia or USA to state what most of them think – that Israel is committing a genocide in their name and they are deeply ashamed of it.Then they stop being obvious targets to a massive and correctly enormously offended group of society.
Posted by: Michael Droy | Dec 14 2025 20:07 utc | 67
“You are starting to get my troll antennae twitching.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 19:54 utc | 65 ”
Maybe you should keep both hands on your keyboard and mouse then. Leave that “antenna” alone.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 20:11 utc | 68
“but it is in the public domain that Iran has taken delivery of Su-35 aircraft, along with S-300 and S-400 air defence systems. All combat-proven BTW… Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 19:49 utc | 62 ”
“The statement is a mixture of one confirmed fact and two major unconfirmed claims.
- True: Iran possesses the S-300 system.
- Unconfirmed/False: There is no evidence Iran has received Su-35 aircraft.
- False: Iran does not have the S-400 system.
Where might this claim come from?Such statements often originate from unverified social media posts, sensationalist outlets, or are based on outdated rumors about long-discussed but never-materialized arms deals between Iran and Russia. They sometimes conflate expressed interest with actual delivery.
For accurate information on military acquisitions, rely on official statements (though these can be misleading), reputable defense analysis publications (like Janes, IISS, RUSI), and verification through satellite imagery or visual evidence. ”
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 20:14 utc | 69
“The statement is a mixture of one confirmed fact and two major unconfirmed claims.
- True: Iran possesses the S-300 system.
- Unconfirmed/False: There is no evidence Iran has received Su-35 aircraft.
- False: Iran does not have the S-400 system.
Where might this claim come from?Such statements often originate from unverified social media posts, sensationalist outlets, or are based on outdated rumors about long-discussed but never-materialized arms deals between Iran and Russia. They sometimes conflate expressed interest with actual delivery.For accurate information on military acquisitions, rely on official statements (though these can be misleading), reputable defense analysis publications (like Janes, IISS, RUSI), and verification through satellite imagery or visual evidence. ”
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 20:14 utc | 69
Folks, take note, he is reduced to using Western LLM as a factual basis, unable or too lazy to do his own due diligence, make of that what you will, I’m out…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 20:25 utc | 70
Melaleuca (58).
You’ve already provided that link further up this thread – I have provided several counter links – including an Aussie news link – and a Al Jazeera news link in this thread – yet you insist that your link is correct – it would appear you are still pushing that link.
Even the BBC (It must’ve broke the producer heart to do so) named the hero as Ahmed al Ahmed.
‘Hero’ who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed – BBC News
I’ll throw in a Sky news link as well, and a Times of India link just for good measure.
Who is Ahmed al Ahmed? Fruit seller who disarmed Bondi Beach shooter with bare hands – The Times of India
Hero who tackled and disarmed Bondi Beach gunman at Jewish festival is named | World News | Sky News
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 20:30 utc | 71
RepublicofScotland 51
During the Syrian War most people in the West didn’t know that Political Islam was under Israel and US direct control.
Now , only Starmer, the BBC and the Guardian don’t know.
Posted by: Giyane | Dec 14 2025 20:32 utc | 72
” Folks, take note, he is reduced to using Western LLM as a factual basis, unable or too lazy to do his own due diligence, make of that what you will, I’m out…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 20:25 utc | 70 ”
Weak sauce. Thats straight from DeepSeek, my A.I. of choice.
Posted by: The Painter | Dec 14 2025 20:32 utc | 73
@ The Painter | Dec 14 2025 20:32 utc | 73
While I might wish that Russia had gifted the Bolivarian Republic with the likes of Oreshniks, S-300s can cause some painful losses all by themselves. And Americans can’t handle painful losses.
Posted by: malenkov | Dec 14 2025 20:43 utc | 74
shooting at people far away while letting people close get away
no peripheral vision at all
waving and yelling instructions at people to his left
gunman “disarmed” but not shot by the man who disarmed and turned gun on him
drone footage
conclusion:
real and heterosexual.
This might be to try to get Candace to stop talking about the phony snake erika and her silence Candace media blitz, and get candace to talk about this instead.
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:19 utc | 77
3 weeks straight of breathless coverage of this, guarantee, with breaking news and coverage of memorials, interviews of the survivors and victims families, etc. Lots of tears.
you know, the kind of stuff never broadcast about any of the palestinians killed in Gaza.
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:22 utc | 78
Russia and China let down Syria, Iran, Libya and Palestine. Blind faith on them is a proven failure. They don’t even help each other! Had China helped Russia with weapons sales (not donations) or with market prices for gas (instead of a 20% discount) Russia would have already ended the war in Ukraine.
This holds back the true potential of BRICS+. Unfortunate.
China lost the golden opportunity to take back Taiwan with its semiconductor industry in tact from 2022 to 2024 when the West was preoccupied with Ukraine and Israel. Failed. Now Taiwan has transferred its semiconductor industry secrets to USA.
Posted by: Jason | Dec 14 2025 21:28 utc | 79
gunman2 stops shooting during breathless scene where gunman1 is disarmed, for about 20 seconds. Only real break in shooting.
Why did hero nut kill gunman1, just let him walk away?
Plot armor, for breathless scene of both gunman being killed on bridge, so they can both be shown dead in single, pulitzer prize winning picture.
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:33 utc | 80
see the 38-second video at the second link. Aggressive and obnoxious and over-privileged zionists get a bit of what they deserve
see the 59-second video at the third link
https://x.com/caitoz/status/2000308328048803856
Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
Point 1: Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish.
Point 2: Obviously Israel’s genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.
Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.
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https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1999280617771376961
B.M. @ireallyhateyou
This classic is timeless.
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https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2000097377886355545
Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye
Videos from protests in Berlin show German police violently striking demonstrators, including an officer punching a man wearing glasses in the face and others being dragged and hit.
The footage has triggered outrage, with critics saying police used excessive force against peaceful protesters.
The demonstrations were held in solidarity with Palestinians facing Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Protesters were demanding an end to Germany’s military and political support for Israel’s genocide, including a halt to arms exports, and respect for international law.
Critics say Germany is violently suppressing Palestine solidarity and criminalising dissent, using police force to silence opposition.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 14 2025 21:34 utc | 81
[Yawn] [sigh]
Briefly dipping back in, anyone relying on LLM (hint: it’s not AI ) has exposed their laziness/lack of due diligence/loss of personal memory capacity/inability to read in depth.
The use of LLM may also reveal the flimsy basis for their original pre-conceived mindset. It certainly doesn’t seem to help with replies to comments made by several posters, earlier in the thread.
Dunno, it’s not something I’d resort to, if I happened to want actually try and make a legitimate point, rather just random NAFO trolling…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 21:46 utc | 82
Bondi Beach – Useful idiots send out to cause new outrage to bury Genocide and regain the victimhood narrative.
@ Painter – “Concerned” troll.
Posted by: Suresh | Dec 14 2025 21:52 utc | 83
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 21:46 utc | 82
“The Painter” means “The Austrian Painter”
It’s a little team of nazis who brigade pro-Russia places trying to tell us “no difference between Russia and Ukraine” and decrying ‘the Jews getting slavs to kill eachother” while in their own private chats sucking off Ukraine and giving seig heils.
Same little team that goes around trying to make every Palestine thread about russia.
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:55 utc | 84
Posted by: Suresh | Dec 14 2025 21:52 utc | 83
“concern trolling” is actually not lying about what you are concerned about.
“concern trolling” is trying to tell people not to discuss a certain topic because they are “concerned” it might “make us look bad”.
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:57 utc | 85
see the photo at the first link
https://x.com/swilkinsonbc/status/2000145269447401955
Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc
The boy the israelis murdered yesterday in Jabalia by driving a tank over his bullet-wounded body was Zaher Shamiyya: he was just 16 years old
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https://x.com/caitoz/status/2000178788311978100
Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
Not a lot of info about the Bondi shooting yet but it’s safe to assume it will be used as an excuse to target pro-Palestine activists and further outlaw criticism of Israel in Australia, as has been happening to a greater and greater extent in this country for the last two years.
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https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/2000224873033986478
Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah
Basically @netanyahu is saying that Australia got what it had coming for not supporting his genocide in Gaza even more than it already does.
Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM
I wrote: “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets.”……Blah Blah BLAH
Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 14 2025 22:04 utc | 86
Latest news on Australian shooting is that it was not iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas. Israel must be bummed. It was a father and son, Pakistani nationals.
At least, that is the story for now. Tomorrow the news media will say these two were “influenced by Iran, Hezbollah or Hamas”.
An attack targeting a Jewish gathering at a famous Australian beach on Sunday killed at least 15 people, including a 12-year-old, government officials and police said. Another 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, including two officers and three children.
Police said on Monday morning local time that two gunmen — a 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son — opened fire at Bondi Beach while the local Jewish community was celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. The 50-year-old gunman died and his son was hospitalized in “serious condition,” New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said.
The 24-year-old was identified as Naveed Akram, a Pakistani national based in Sydney, according to a U.S. intelligence briefing and a driver’s license provided by Australian police. Police previously said the deceased gunman was the son, but Lanyon later clarified that the father was shot and killed by police.
New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park said the death toll had risen from 12 to 16 overnight, including a 12-year-old child. Three other children are being treated in the hospital, he said. […]
https://news.yahoo.com/articles/least-11-killed-shooting-jewish-122628943.html
Posted by: teri | Dec 14 2025 22:04 utc | 87
“The Austrian Painter”
Posted by: UWDude | Dec 14 2025 21:55 utc | 84
Ah, would that be the guy who was jealous of Stalin’s moustache…? Tried to grow his own, but it fizzled out…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 14 2025 22:09 utc | 88
Reuters:
In a televised address, Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, confirmed the killing of Saad, the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since the truce. ”The continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement… and latest assassinations that targeted Saed and others threaten the viability of the agreement,” Hayya said. “We call on mediators, and especially the main guarantor, the U.S. administration and President Donald Trump, to work on obliging Israel to respect the ceasefire and commit to it.”
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Why should the Russians and Chinese have been responsible for scuppering the UNSC Resolution when, predictably, the Israelis and Americans will do it themselves?
Posted by: jayc | Dec 14 2025 22:16 utc | 89
Re Concerned trolling
The real attempt by the Rolf Harris wannabe is to cast Russia and China in the same boat as the Western hagemon.
The Palestinian people have been betrayed first and foremost by their own people, the Palestinian Authorities. Followed by the Semites – Arabs and the Muslim nations in general.
The only ones actively supporting Gaza and Palestine are Iran, Hezb’Allah and Yemen.
Palestinian factions including Hamas have in the past betrayed all 3.
Go figure!
Posted by: Suresh | Dec 14 2025 22:22 utc | 90
Fyi the UNSC Resolution.
Russia and China were persuaded to go along by the Arab League, Turkey and the Palestinian Authorities as explained by the Russian representative.
Posted by: Suresh | Dec 14 2025 22:27 utc | 91
I find it incredible that the Sidney massacre story has quickly overwhelmed the continued news from Gaza and the West Bank, where despite a ceasefire, many more Palestinians are murdered each day than in Sidney………hundreds since the so called ceasefire.
Four hundred thousand Palestinian innocents murdered by the IDF, four hundred thousand injured and maimed, and over two million now living in near starvation conditions without any real shelter in the dead of winter.
You decide the worse situation……..
Posted by: tobias cole | Dec 14 2025 22:27 utc | 92
see the 2:00 video at the first/second link
see the 11:33 video at the third link
https://x.com/TadhgHickey/status/2000261275948040681
Tadhg ‘Human Filth’ Hickey @TadhgHickey
Israel doesn’t give a f*** about murdered jews. Hideous to use their killing to further their agenda & slander the pro-Palestinian movement.
https://x.com/SaulStaniforth/status/2000150399865774293
Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth
Sky News interviews the Israeli deputy foreign minister about the attack in Australia & she uses the opportunity to attack the “hate marches in London” & claim that ‘globalise the intifada’ is a call to kill Jews (it isn’t).
All unchallenged by #trevorphillips, of course
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https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/1911141813530083537
Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx
‘Whats happening in Gaza is the shame of the century’ @FranceskAlbs
Listen & share this.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 14 2025 23:17 utc | 93
“Isn’t Hannukah a celebration of another Genocide ?
Posted by: Exile | Dec 14 2025 21:01 utc | 75”
No, you’re thinking of Passover, the celebration of jewish agents going door-to-door in the middle of the night and deliberately murdering children based on whether they saw (with their human eyes) a mark on the door telling them to “pass over” murdering children in that house.
Naturally, morons think it was a deity that needed the mark to know what to do, and the cover of darkness to avoid being seen, but even that made-up crap can’t excuse the fundamental facts.
Posted by: Dalit | Dec 14 2025 23:17 utc | 94
I think this seals the deal that is is Ahmed al Ahmed.
Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar): “Ahmed El Ahmad is the hero who disarmed the terrorist at the Bondi Beach shooting.” | nitter.poast.org
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 14 2025 19:21 utc| 56
Ahmed Ahmed … Sirhan Sirhan …
The yanks behind this mkultra skit don’t have much of a talent for naming …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Dec 14 2025 23:49 utc | 95
GAZA is the real tragedy and cause of what we are likely seeing now in Australia. Bondi is an enclave of wealthy Eastern Suburbs Jews replet wit h synagogue, so it is not surprising that such an event happens there whether they are Zionists or not. Of course the media will go full steam on Israeli/Jewish support and claims of anti-Semitism when it is actually Palestinians who have far more right to call themselves Semites and suffered intolerably over many years culminating in the disgrace that is now a smashed GAZA and clear cut genocide. I suspect this is just the beginning of vengeance that will continue until Israel and US stop their utter bias, but I suspect Israel’s Zionists have many politicians by the balls through Epstein-like operations around the world. There is even a Zionist motivation in attacking Venezuela which is well documented in a 2024 Rand Corporation report easy to find on the web I have linked before. It is clear that Israel is the model for an expanding imperialist military state designed to protect billionaires from the average worker. We must not let this happen. I do not support terrorism, but the current US and Israel act as the worst terrorists imaginable in utter defiance of the so called “international rules based order”.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Dec 14 2025 23:54 utc | 96
“the death toll had risen from 12 to 16 overnight, including a 12-year-old child. Three other children are being treated in the hospital”
Anyone on Bondi Beach that fired a gun that killed or injured a child, or was even a near miss to do so, is a despicable bastard. Anyone on Bondi Beach who supported the despicable bastards in control of a country that has murdered thousands and thousands of children is a despicable bastard. Any one of those who got killed or injured deserved what they got, even if they didn’t get what they deserved, and even if the method of delivering it to them was also wrong. Firing guns into a crowd is not the way to promote justice. There ought to be such a thing as arrest for being an accomplice to murder (even when committed by politicians halfway around the world), a fair trial, and a fair sentence. Injustice does not justify injustice, but it does lead directly to it.
Posted by: Dalit | Dec 14 2025 23:55 utc | 97
Larry Johnson over at Sonar 21 has an excellent article at the moment on Christian Zionism and Israel’s nonsense claim to be the inheritor of the land of Israel. https://sonar21.com/the-nonsense-of-christian-zionism/
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Dec 15 2025 0:01 utc | 98
Israelis to destroy another heritage site, this one in the West Bank. They want to expropriate Sebastia and make a park for Israeli settlers there.
Sebastia has been in existance for over 5000 years, and is an example of continuous Palestinian living in this area of the Middle East. Israel wants to erase Palestine’s entire history. They have bombed similar heritage sites in Gaza during the past two years, and plundered the artifacts in the museums.
Israel’s creeping annexation of an ancient West Bank village and its archaeological site stands to upend the lives of its Palestinian inhabitants and dispossess them of their lands. Israeli settlers and the Israeli army have stepped up efforts to make life “unbearable” for Palestinians, according to the town’s residents, in order to compel them to leave. Many of them face expulsion, as their homes fall within the area slated for seizure.
Villagers, activists, and politicians from Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, have for years warned the international community of Israel’s plans to erase them and the 5,000 years of Palestinian history contained within the town’s archaeological ruins. Their warnings have fallen on deaf ears.
On November 12, the Israeli government issued an order outlining plans to “expropriate” 450 acres of land from ancient Sebastia and the village’s entire archaeological park, which includes homes and businesses.
Israel’s seizure of the lands of Sebastia and the nearby village of Burqa will form part of a plan to create a “national park” for Israeli settlers on one of the most significant Palestinian historical sites in the West Bank out of 6,000 others.
The village’s archaeological park, which is being considered for UNESCO World Heritage status, contains relics and artefacts spanning the Bronze Age (before 3,000 BC) to the Ottoman Period. Palestinian residents of Sebastia say that the ruins bear witness to Palestine’s centuries of interactions with conquering empires, while revealing Palestine’s impact on those empires in return.[…]
https://truthout.org/articles/this-palestinian-town-holds-5000-years-of-history-israel-is-about-to-seize-it/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=f725ba5970-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_13_05_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-f725ba5970-650160053
Posted by: teri | Dec 15 2025 0:03 utc | 99
Re Teri 99
I remember biking in the Gallil and coming across a site called Horvat Gaaton (old place on the Gaaton stream), the sign said the site had been occupied from the Neolithic era to 1947 when all the people left.
Posted by: Polli | Dec 15 2025 0:07 utc | 100