Israel is committing a genocide.
Zionism is a hate ideology.
[Video] Australian attorney-general Michelle Rowland confirms it is now illegal in Australia to say Israel is committing genocide.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://i.imgur.com/IRgJx42.mp4
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Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Aneb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Zionist ≠ Jew
Zionist = Nazi
Palestine > Israel
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Well, guess I can no longer act all smug to Americans online
Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Israel is committing a genocide and what hold do they have over the entire world that we’re not allowed to talk about it?
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Let’s not give Israel all the credit for the Australian governments’ complicity and the weapon parts we send over.
Australia is an imperial power too, you just hear less about the islands our police occupy.
observes_depths@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
So you just say, Israel is committing genocide (it’s ok to be jewish/Israeli).
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is not okay to be Israeli
pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
No. Just because you live in iseral doesnt mean you support your govenment.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
How about being a Muslim Israeli, is that ok? There are over 2 million Muslim Israelis.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That is a really shitty way to do captions.
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What the actual fuck!
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s a lot of words to say yes
fartographer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
American here: we played this game leading up to our last election. Don’t let them get away with this. Remember the power of truth in your words. Keep calling this a genocide.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll be honest, I really never understood this zionist thing. How come they have so much power over protestant countries? the wiki says its a movement to establish a jew only land in current Palestine.
CXORA@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
A Jewish homeland bwing restored around Jerusalem is meant to be one of the signs of the apocalypse. Christians want nothing more than the world to end. Its a huge part of the religion.
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
the wiki says its a movement to establish a jew only land in current Palestine.
More or less, yes.
How come they have so much power over protestant countries?
Long story short, they proved themselves in the 1940s to be a powerful force in the region. The Middle East is known to be rich in resources such as petroleum oil, and it also has major trade routes like the Suez Canal (I’m sure you saw the impact of the Evergreen blockage) and land routes through Afghanistan, Iran, etc… One can see how important the region is in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. So, having a military outpost able to credibly threaten this region with overwhelming force is a very powerful tool for Western imperial powers like the US and (historical) NATO allies.
So, the Zionist Regime has influence over these countries because they want the Zionist Regime to help us keep power in the region.
CXORA mentioned the Evangelical Christianity aspect of it, which is real, but I consider that to be more the cultural propaganda reason than the underlying material reason.
nonentity@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Australia is a colony of convicts which ‘grew’ into a nation of wardens.
Authoritarian states will always side with their peers over their citizens.
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
These are flimsy slogans: The prison colony of Australia always had wardens in charge. And if you consider Australia to be “authoritarian”, what states aren’t authoritarian? Wouldn’t we at least be siding with Russia, Iran, and North Korea? Australia sides with the Zionist Regime because of our imperialism; because our rich can get richer by war profiteering.
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
The specific criteria is “that would, in all the circumstances, cause a reasonable person who is the target, or a member of the target group, to be intimidated, to fear harassment or violence, or to fear for their safety”.
There are all manner of exceptions and qualifications. Yes, under certain circumstances saying “Israel is committing genocide” might pass the test. Just saying it as a statement of fact is not alone enough to be a crime.
The title is misleading. Michelle Rowland says it will be illegal is certain specific other criteria are met.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Other critiria like arbitrary designations of a group by the government.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Let me say that I do believe that the Israeli government is committing genocide. And they believe they are too. They’ve said the quiet part out loud. They don’t want to live in peace with the Palestinians.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Can you tell us how many people have died of natural causes in Gaza over the past 27 months?
If you don’t have the statistics are you able to extrapolate from past statistics?
Also, who broke the peace agreement on Oct 07 2023?
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
How have you still not copped a ban for repeated genocide denial?
Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We can’t tell you because Israel purposely bombed all the hospitals and killed the journalist
Objection@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Zionazis are not welcome here.
trk@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
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DancingBear@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Trash.
Israel is committing genocide. Everyone knows it. Even the people accepting money from Israeli supporting donors to deny it.
Anyone who currently supports the Israeli regime is an antisemite racist turd.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The Hamas attack on October 7 was also wrong and bad. No excuses there. But there has to be limits on retaliation.
rcbrk@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
According to worldbank.org:
I expect Gaza specific stats are worse. Maybe someone else has further info they can cite, perhaps also relating to 2024-2025, but like others have said, such data is difficult to collect when Israel repeatedly bombs hospitals and their personnel.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
You’re losing and you know it