I am not aware of anyone from Israel trying bombs to themselves and blowing up innocent people. Anyone found attempting the murder of innocents would be Jailed. Mr Barnes seems ignorant of that simple fact. Others have not got quite the same record. Mr Barnes might sprout some anti Israel dogma that he has picked up from the UN but it holds little to no truth. All I can say is that the further away Mr Barnes is from making any security decisions for Australia the safer we all will be. If those at ASIO displayed his ignorance many lives would likely to be lost.

runner,
You're not aware of very much outside your fundy world are you?
Bomb no Ak 47's etc yes from the odd (both meanings) fundy setter or so.

Idiot!
Olmert and Shalom pose no danger to the Australian community.
Some of these tamils have proven anti-social records,men like Ales who was kicked out of Canada for running convict gang wars in the streets. His brother is also to be deported with half a dozen others.
I hold no brief for the likes of Olmert and Shalom.I detest them but I would rather deal with them than with ANYONE who is happy to exploit our community for their own ends.

socratease

There are thousands of Tamil doctors, lawyers, engineers, bankers etc.

Alex may have had a rough upbringing and may have a criminal record. But he came from a war zone. And people fleeing war often suffer severe trauma which plays out later in life. We are seeing similar problems with other refugee groups. Refugees need a lot of support - support that we can give.

Barns makes a basic factual error, which a quick google search would have uncovered. Silvan Shalom was not part of the Israeli government at the time of the war in Gaza, he was in the opposition Likud party. As such, any claim of war crimes against Shalom is meaningless as the factual underpinnings are false.

Barnes credibility as a writer is frankly dimished completely when such a basic error is made. His views on this issue can simply not be taken seriously.

Talk about double standards.
After WW2 refugees from Europe were admitted into Australia and told wehere they had to settle.There were thousands of Latvians Esthonians
etc who had to rough it up north in the hard and hot mining communities where they made vital contributions to the development there and we were well served by their contributions. These asylum seekers or refugees, call them what you will, are bvrought into the metropolitan cities and immediately given housing, medical aid and social benefits,

I know of two highly educated and trained South Africans,one a doctor and anothera physiotherapist, who made application to emigrate here but had to wait 18 months before they were called up for an interview to be considered if the country neede them. Each had to write an argumentative essay of 1000 words, listen to a tape and write a summary of it, do a comprehension multiple choice test and endure a 1/2 hour eye to eye interview of rigorous questions. Then after 2 years they got the all clear and are now in Australia and immediately proving fruitful immigrants.

Should the new arrivals from boats or planes not have to undergo the same scrutiny?
Anyone see the difference? Talk about double standards.