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By John Mikkelsen, published 5/1/2026Bondi, Anika Wells, and a Prime Minister caught misstating the facts. When Albanese spins, why does the press gallery look away?
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Posted by Armchair Critic, Monday, 5 January 2026 9:05:37 AM
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>>The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs commissioned an American polling firm to perform a sweeping battery of surveys and focus groups, coupled with message-testing, aimed at rehabilitating Israel’s image in both the United States and Europe. "Israel’s best tactic to combat this, according to the study, is to foment fear of 'Radical Islam' and 'Jihadism', which remain high, the research finds. By highlighting Israeli support for women’s rights and gay rights while elevating concerns that Hamas wants to “destroy all Jews and spread Jihadism,” Israeli support rebounded by an average of over 20 points in each country.<< http://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-israel-reputation-survey-research-mark-penn-stagwell Israel are playing the right to do their dirty work, and they are also playing the left, article in the Australian below paywalled. Iranians are crying for freedom – where are the mass rallies by progressives? http://tinyurl.com/2tktpm3s 'The activists who chanted for Palestine are silent as Iran’s brave people risk their lives fighting a brutal theocracy.' It's this stupid idea that criticisms towards Israel are Anti-Semitic if you don't criticise others equally, so if the left doesn't criticise Iran and do the genocide-states dirty work then they are Anti-Semites too. You're all being played for fools. If our nation is becoming divided then we should at least recognise when a foreign entity is trying to throw fuel on the fire to manipulate us to become their 'useful idiots'. The idea of equal criticism fails because no other nation exerts the influence Israel does on the U.S. with AIPAC buying the loyalty of nearly all congress. - As does all the other crap in the IHRC's 'working definition' of Anti-Semitism that Albo has committed us to, which I'm considering giving a scathing rebuke to. Jews have been manufacturing terrorists and Anti-Semites themselves. My criticisms become animosity when you criminalise my free speech. Posted by Armchair Critic, Monday, 5 January 2026 9:12:15 AM
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Most of the Islamic immigrants are a product of Netanyahus wars across the M/E and beyond over the past 30 years anyway, under the Clean Break Policy and the War on Terror. Have you heard of Lebanon, Syria or Somalia by chance, just to name a few Zionist wars? Israel just carved off a chunk of Somalia (Somaliland) for a future Palestinian State and to attack Houthis from, (Somalia objected) they don't care about other nations soverignty or territorial integrity, but they will keep a war going for 100 years to expand their own territory and for the biblical Greater Israel America is now a rogue state, and Zionists are maniplative parasites. Posted by Armchair Critic, Monday, 5 January 2026 9:22:49 AM
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Hey Armchair Critic, your long rant starts with " This is a dishonest article. You can't mention Bondi without mentioning Gaza..."
If you actually read the article, it mentions Gaza three times in one sentence:"... What has our government done since then? Recognised Palestine; sent taxpayer cash to Gaza; granted many more visas to largely unvetted Gazan 'refugees' than any other country; tossed around the word 'genocide' in relation to Gaza.." Bondi and Gaza are just part of the story showing how "keeping the bastards honest" has failed miserably under the Albanese government. Posted by Mikko2, Monday, 5 January 2026 9:35:38 AM
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Armchair Critic.
Is this article about a history lesson? However, if you insist, how about this re Israel/Palestine: ”On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted on the partition plan, adopted by 33 votes to 13 with 10 abstentions. The Jewish side accepted the UN plan for the establishment of two states. The Arab states rejected the plan and almost immediately formed volunteer armies that infiltrated into Palestine against the Jews.” They have been fighting Israel ever since!! HAMAS RULE Gaza currently and they were the ones who attacked Israel and to go back further than that is a waste of time. There was peace prior to 7TH October 2023. This article is about our current AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT I feel. Armchair Critic, are you a person who follows every forum just to support Palestine at every opportunity or else to support the biggest political group of dishonest politicians sitting in Canberra under PM Albanese?. Never before have we seen TERRORISM come to our shores except on 14th December under ALBANESE. That was not from his leadership either – but from the LACK OF LEADERSHIP from a redundant and spineless prime minister. Australia had TWO YEARS of warnings about terrorist groups being within our country. The weak and traitorous Albanese, Wong and Burke have let this massacre occur on their watch. This prime minister is leading Australia away from the values that Australia has prospered by. Our pioneering ancestors worked hard to produce a wonderful country for all people. Terrorists should not be allowed to tear us down – go to Palestine is that is their aim. For this PRIME MINISTER to be stonewalling the demands for A ROYAL COMMISSION must be that he is so frightened that his incompetency will be blown wide open. He was all for Royal Commissions when in OPPOSITION, such is the hypocrite that he is. PM Albanese would have been warned by our security organisations (we all were) about these terrorist groups. He chose to ignore all being more interested in his love life Posted by Farnortherner, Monday, 5 January 2026 1:14:25 PM
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The Teals have now also joined the massive chorus of voices calling for a Royal Commission.
Like Farnortherner, I think the government is refusing to call a Commission because it knows the results of a proper inquiry will reflect on it very badly. It has ignored warnings from its own security agency that the risk of terrorist attacks has increased, largely ignored the recommendations of the inquiry it commissioned into antisemitism, and tolerated a massive upsurge in public demonstrations of hate speech and calls for political violence. Unfortunately, if the Government does eventually cave in to the massive pressure for a RC (as I suspect it will have to do) then it will be able to set its terms of reference and pick who will lead it. It is likely that both will be carefully selected so that the government’s own culpability in this atrocity is minimised or obscured. Posted by Rhian, Monday, 5 January 2026 1:34:50 PM
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You can't mention Bondi without mentioning Gaza.
There's a fairly good chance the two are linked.
- And I want answers as to motive by the surviving perpetrator.
If we can't get those answers, then a RC with be a stageshow.
Stop bitching about Anti-Semitism, I'm sick of hearing about it.
I'm sure Netanyahu knew there would be blowback to diaspora Jews post October 7, Bondi is blowback or it's a false flag.
If Israel earns criticism then it deserves to face it just as the Bondi perpetrators, end of story.
Do you think ISIS cares about accusations of Anti-Semitism?
Did the Palestinian protestors conduct a terrorist attack?
They're marching because they oppose a ICJ confirmed genocide and want the slaughter of innocents to stop.