Hi Bezza,

You asked me if the cry heard in Sydney recently of -
"Gas the Jews," sent a chill down my spine.

This entire abhorrent situation is sending chills down
my spine and has been doing it for decades. The Hamas
attack has let loose forces that have made a bad situation
even worse.

Inflammatory remarks have been a part of this regions
history. For example Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to
Palestinians:

"Beat them up, not once but repeatedly, beat them up
so it hurts so badly, until its unbearable."

Former Israeli Deputy PM - Eli Yishai urged the army to:

"Send Gaza back to the Middle Ages."

And Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan former Israeli Deputy Defense
Minister commented that Palestinians - "Are beasts. They
are not human."

It's probably hard for us Westerners to fully understand
the situation in a region so far from our shores. All
we can do is sympathize of the human suffering on both
sides and pray that it will come to an end sooner rather
than later before more innocent people die.

Name calling and finger-pointing won't achieve anything
productive. And it's sad to see it happening in our streets
and encouraging violence.

How to resolve this horrible mess? I'm no
pundit. But surely there must be a way that hasn't yet
been tried and there must be experts familiar with the
regions who can advise and apply pressure. Peace can't
come until a start is made.

Also taking sides won't help the situation. The root causes
run deep. And they won't be fixed over night. Maintaining a
balance is important - at least in my view. My heart goes
out to the innocent people on both sides.

I'm still hoping that my dream of one day being able to visit
the region can come true. I hope that I shall live long
enough to see this conflict end.

I've emailed my local federal member asking if the government will be taking action against demonstrators in Australia appearing to associate themselves with a terrorist organisation. Labor member, so I'm not expecting a reply; but they need to get the message.

It's something that we can all do, while we still can - before the latter-day communists get full control.

Times of turmoil have always offered fertile grounds for
hatred. The recent scale and depth of the wave often
surprises us. It needs to be viewed in a wider context
of vile abuse against other groups such as - women, Muslims,
immigrant communities to name just a few.

We need to differentiate between the wrongful actions of a
few and the vast majority who abide by the law and the rules
of civility and decency.

The vast majority of Australians don't go around being abusive
to people. Unfortunately, these are times of turmoil and
has brought out the worst in some people.

It seems that Premier Minns is not going to tolerate another pro-terrorist disgrace to take place. Behaviour of that kind should never have allowed in the first instance. The police Commissioner and the police Minister are not very popular at the moment. They both should be sacked.

ttbn,

Maybe you should E-mail your local member, and demand the immediate sacking of the NSW Police Commissioner and Minister.

You are a right-wing warmonger and total tosser mate!

Stoolreflux,

You whined moronically "That would render any Israeli airstrike into Gaza as not a defensive action." No, you imbecile, it wouldn't. The Hamas homicidal attack was not in response to any Israeli attack, The Israeli response was to the murder of hundreds of women and children by Hamas who is still firing on Israel.

While our local village moron claims that Israel is assembling death squads to shoot Palestinians indiscriminately, this is more drivel from this idiot.

What I believe Israel is going to do is rip out Hamas by the roots. It will be bloody and civilians while not the target will be collateral damage. Hamas is directly responsible for the loss of these lives.