The series of anti-Semitic attacks that have shocked Sydney : australia

[-] befed@aussie.zone 17 points 1 week ago

lol I remember when that guy threw up a Palestinian flag in his yard and someone left a bomb on his car, an actual act of terror and nobody gave a shit. Being a cunt to someone in Sydney cause of what another country is doing is all round fucking stupid tho.

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 13 points 1 week ago

What is going on in Sydney??

Police say they're investigating whether some of these crimes were commissioned by "overseas actors": https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8057j0mz5mo

So that's interesting. It might go some way to explaining what seems like a sudden onset, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's also been driven by a copy-cat phenomenon.

[-] SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

There seems to be a global plague of political interference and stirring up divisions. I would like to know who it is, but we may never be told. I think it’s the wrong tactic from the Aus government, it would greatly diminish the actors power if it were made public.

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

That article is worth a post of its own for awareness, I reckon. That's not trivial.

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Done: https://aussie.zone/post/17098473

Would probably usually post this sort thing to c/news, but posted in c/Australia seeing as two other articles on the matter were posted there.

[+] Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone -6 points 1 week ago

Lol, graffiti. Didnt they get some terrorism task force involvement with the afp

What a beat up. Spraying angry messages, who cares. I guess people are unhappy with Israels actions

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago

who didn’t read the article 🫵

[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for this thoughtful and nuanced opinion.

[-] Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone -1 points 1 week ago

You’re welcome

[+] trk@aussie.zone -10 points 1 week ago

Maybe if they stopped genociding people?

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Conflating all Jewish people with Israel is fucked and is also a key propaganda tactic of Israel.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You don't have to support terrorism to acknowledge what creates and fuels it.

An increase in anti-jewish terrorism is expected after the last year of Israel's genocide, and these specific events are likely a direct response to it; not random chance.

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I agree with your comment entirely, so you may be misunderstanding the point I was making.

I agree it's not surprising there's been a rise in anti-jewish racism, especially since the Israeli state consistently tries to muddy the waters and conflate itself with jewish people in general (which is fucked).

The comment I was replying to ("Maybe if they stopped genociding people?") appears to uncritically accept this conflation and the racist falsehood that the whole ethnic communities being targeted in these incidents are inherently connected or responsible for Israel's genocide, and that needs to be called out.

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Zionism is not Judaism.

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 13 points 1 week ago

Zionists pretend to speak on behalf of all Jews, but never have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Zionism#Early_Jewish_anti-Zionism] and certainly don't now - all the Palestinian rallies I've seen have a notable contingent of anti-Zionist Jews protesting alongside them. For an extreme example, you can find plenty of cases of Orthodox Jews burning flags of the Zionist State even decades before this conflict.

It's important not to confuse the Zionist Regime with the Jewish peoples of the world, just as one doesn't conflate neo-Nazis with all Europeans. Both the Zionist movement and anti-semites (esp. Nazis) intentionally try to push this false narrative for their own separatist goals, and it's important we recognise and counter it.

[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Zionists pretend to speak on behalf of all Jews, but never have

For what it's worth, here are two notable U.S.-based Jewish peace groups:

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks, luckily there are also a few in Aus too, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Council_of_Australia who have been important in providing a voice to mainstream media which isn't just a Zionist mouthpiece.

[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks, good to know you have a similar group over there.

By the way, the two I had previously mentioned have been condemned by the head of the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League:

In November 2023, the Anti-Defamation League classified protest events led by groups including Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow as "anti-Israel", adding the protests to a database documenting rising antisemitism in the US. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt labelled the organizations "hate groups".

To say this characterization is inaccurate would be an understatement.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

the people of sydney are genociding people? that’d be news to the people of sydney

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, that ended in the 90's.

Officially.

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