Of course there was a protest in Melbourne over the weekend over the killed terrorist leader (never led from the front).

Photos of the thug were waved about, along with flags of terror organisations supposedly proscribed in Australia (gales of laughter).

Australia's terror apologists - the minority's ABC - described the piece of filth as a “long time militia leader”.

All these “peaceful” demonstrators could be easily identified. All were in breach of s80.2HA of the Commonwealth Criminal Code.

Number of arrests? None! You have to wave a Jewish flag, or just carry one, to be arrested In Australia.

The Attorney General admits that the protesters were in breach of Commonwealth Law.

What is the AG going to do about it? Nothing!

Police have confirmed that they saw Hezbollah flags. What did they do about it? Nothing!

Labor and the Liberals are responsible for bringing this trash into our country. Shame on them both.

Binoy may be right that lasting peace in the Middle East will be possible only when some of the underlying causes of the conflicts are addressed. But that does not mean, as this article implies, that its attacks on Hezbollah are pointless.

At the very least they will probably lead to a reduction in rocket attacks on Northern Israel.

There is also evidence that some Hezbollah supporters were motivated by deep affection and admiration for Nasrallah. Ideological movements may survive the loss of a leader. Personality cults may not.

Binoy’s analogy of treating symptoms, not the underlying disease, is perhaps more apt that he thinks. Many medical treatments quite rightly do exactly that, especially when the symptoms are serious and life-threatening. Severe COVID cases were intubated to help them keep breathing. Fever sufferers are encouraged to drink lots of fluids. Neither treatment addresses the root cause of the illness, but both are often in the interests of the patient.

And if a disease is incurable, the only thing you can do is treat the symptoms.

I hope the disease is curable. As the thoughtful article that mhaze quotes indicates, many people and countries in the Middle East are delighted that Hezbollah’s leadership and organisation have been severely weakened. If there is to be a lasting and sustainable peace, it will need the active support of parties willing to accept Israel’s right to exist, and to sideline Iran’s genocidal Islamofascist puppets such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Muhannad Alazzeh’s article sees Israel’s action as a possible step towards a genuine two-state solution. I hope so.

http://www.newsweek.com/why-arab-street-celebrating-israels-killing-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-opinion-1960901

AC – maybe read mhaze’s last paragraph again.

Rhian: The nondescript from the school of mullet.

If you wish to sound educated, try swimming as a lone White Pointer!
Your chances of survival will be greater!

Quoting from a Newsweek article shows the absurdity of his/her/its argument for peace and lack of grip on the situation.

It’s too infuriatingly left lopsided to respond to it.

Keep up to date, your light years behind!:

Hi Rhian,
I'm not sure how I missed that last line in mhazes comment but I did.

http://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1840494058717733151
LIES AND NAIVITY GOT NASRALLAH!

-> That’s how Israel killed Nasrallah and other high lever personnel:

1) Netanyahu promised a ceasefire deal with Lebanon if Iran does not attack Israel
2) The west negotiated with Iran not to retaliate against Israel, else there’s no ceasefire
3) Iran told Nasrallah that a ceasefire is coming and that he is safe
4) Nasrallah went to a big meeting with commanders, including Iranians thinking he is safe, likely even discussing the ceasefire deal
5) Israel strikes the meeting with 80 bunker buster bombs, killing them all

-> The new Iranian president is naive and believes the promised of the west and ultimately the promises of Netanyahu.

Dear Critic,

Yes, Nasrallah got a taste of how Netanyahu tricks the Israelis all the time.

To be fair, Netanyahu announced in advance, only days before, that he will use trickery in this war and that he has some further tricks under his sleeve.

«The new Iranian president is naive and believes the promised of the west and ultimately the promises of Netanyahu.»

He is not naive - he is a moderate, recently elected as the most moderate/liberal president-candidate the Ayatollah would allow. He knows that he must walk a tight rope, not to upset Khamenei and be sacked. Looking naive ("oops sorry, I didn't think of that") is for him a great tactic to achieve his goals (such as getting closer to the West and allowing Iranian women to go without a hijab) without attracting Khamenei's ire.

Hi Yuyutsu,
I heard something about he went on TV and publicly apologised (to Hebollah) for being naive and that he missed the opportunity to avenge Ismail Haniyeh. Iran seems to be put under some pressure to act right now I'm not sure how far they're willing to go. Looks like Netanyahu might not be going anywhere in a hurry.