We’re the hot issue, globally. From the Age in Melbourne, Australia. Capsicum means pepper spray:
CAPSICUM spray was used on pro-Palestinian demonstrators who tried to storm a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke last night.
About 200 demonstrators holding flags and placards tried to force their way into a side entrance to the Park Hyatt Hotel in East Melbourne.
Guests at a dinner whose guest speakers included Ms Gillard and Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Slivan Shalom, were being directed to use the entrance because about 200 of the protesters had blocked the main entrance…
Uniformed police on duty at other parts of the building formed a line in front of the glass door and police horses were brought in to force back the crowd, which included women and children.
The dinner was organised by the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum, which aims to strengthen ties between Israel and Australia.
Gee, yeah, sounds like the Australian ruling party’s getting a whole lot out of strengthening that relationship out of their relationship with Israel. I suppose pretty soon those political elites will need tips from the Israelis about building concrete and razor wire walls for “security” from the rest of the population. Hey, with Australia’s history, it would almost be poetic.
What does it mean that a nation formed by former-Irish indentured debtors and essentially white slaves would back Israel?
Support for Israel is a perfect negative indicator for a government’s committment to human rights.
I am impressed Philip, you didn’t edit or delete the part that said they were trying to storm the building.
I’m impressed, you managed to even turn a compliment into a backhand method of spitting in someone’s face. You’re a class act, yonira.
Good thing you don’t represent actual Jewish culture, just the bitter and extremist corner of it.
Nah, I think the Nazi is insinuating that the ‘whole’ story might not be told normally here at Mondoweiss.
You know, the ‘whole story’ – i.e., Palestinian child at protest against further theft of her land throws rocks at Israeli soldier and then is sniped through the head – IDF spokesman says there will be a full investigation (months later, the Nazi soldier is released from military prison after a 3 weeks).
See for a Nazi like yonira, the part where the oppressed or those in solidarity w/ the oppressed – resist, is important because he knows he’s a fascist piece of trash but knowing his fellow cult members didn’t act like trash for no reason gives him some comfort.
That story about rock throwing? It gets better.
link to original.antiwar.com
I have to imagine that cabinet meetings and military staff meetings in Israel play out like an Enron conference calls used to.
How exactly do children “storm” a hotel lol.
Nice choice of verbs these newspapers use to describe a protest.
You’re talking to a Zionist, Mr. Bradley. Children are not excluded as “military” targets.
the mainstream media( propaganda outlet for all intensive purposes) felt using the term ‘suspected terrorists’ would be a little too strong, so they softened the language a wee bit, lol….
He called them “Aussie children” in the phony headline.
Not that you could be bothered to read the article, of course.
RE: “The dinner was organised by the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum, which aims to strengthen ties between Israel and Australia.”
RE: What else would one expect from “white Australia”?
SEE: “Australia apologises to abused migrant children”, Agence France-Presse, 11/16/09
(excerpt) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday made an emotional apology to half-a-million “Forgotten Australians” who faced sexual abuse, violence and forced labour in childcare homes over a period of decades. Hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged children, including some 7,000 sent from Britain, were ripped from their homes to live in poorly monitored state and church institutions where many were abused, ignored or forced into unpaid labour…
ENTIRE ARTICLE – link to rawstory.com
P.S. “Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was…
Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was…
Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was…
Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was…” – David Byrne, ‘Talking Heads’
RE: “The dinner was organised by the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum, which aims to strengthen ties between Israel and Australia.”
MY COMMENT: What else would one expect from “white Australia”?
SEE: “Australia apology to Aborigines”, BBC News, 02/13/08
The Australian government has made a formal apology for the past wrongs caused by successive governments on the indigenous Aboriginal population.
(excerpt) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised in parliament to all Aborigines for laws and policies that “inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss”.
He singled out the “Stolen Generations” of thousands of children forcibly removed from their families…
ENTIRE ARTICLE – link to news.bbc.co.uk
P.S. “So it goes” – Kurt Vonnegut