Joy Reid slammed over ‘disgusting' prison comparison
'To even draw those parallels is just disgusting – it is so dismissive and undermining of what the Holocaust actually was,' she said.
'This was why the woman was fired.'
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Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Sky News AU
Cosy chat between Albanese, raving anti-Semite Mahmoud Abbas 'validates' the October 7 massacre as a stepping stone to Palestinian statehood
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong this week implored that 'there will be no Palestine left to recognise' if the world doesn't act now and intervene. But perhaps the Senator for South Australia should ask herself this: what exactly are we recognising and what price will we ultimately pay, especially from the relative safety of the southern hemisphere? Her remark chafed even more when it was revealed that our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose, in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge pro-Palestinian march, to ring Holocaust revisionist Mahmoud Abbas for a chat to share his vision for a two-state solution in the region. In the call, Mr Abbas said Australia could help foster peace by formally recognising Palestine, according to the official readout. Our PM, with Ms Wong in tow, is preparing to hand legitimacy to those in Palestine who traffic bloodlust and terror. Not peace. This curious decision demands examination of a time when politicians had spines and held our Western values so very tightly and respected them as precious. Not the era we are experiencing now where Jewish people who have sought refuge in Western democracies, believing they would be safe, now question this safety. Every. Single. Day. Let's take one example, such as when the then British PM Margaret Thatcher warned on November 10, 1980 that the scourge of international terrorism lurks forever in the background. 'There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses,' the Iron Lady told the Lord Mayor's Banquet at London's Guildhall. For background, this annual Banquet is always a lustrous event in the capital's calendar, bristling with the posh and powerful and the weight of the keynote speeches can linger for generations. Which is exactly what happened here. Mrs Thatcher continued: 'Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. 'They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business.' Albanese's fear of being called Islamophobic by inner-city elites comes through loud and clear in his attempt to frame Holocaust revisionist Mahmoud Abbas as a partner in reconciliation rather than the enabler of hate, writes Louise Roberts. Pictures: NewsWire/ Zizi Averill,/AFP Mrs Thatcher ended this part of her speech with the type of succinct footnote that typically skewered her critics: those who trade in terror 'must never be allowed to succeed'. And 45 years later, here we are. A so-called progressive Australian government in 2025, nodding along with the very forces the Iron Lady warned against. But instead of heeding her hard-fought wisdom, our Federal Government prepares to recognise a Palestinian state while Hamas holds hostages, tourniquets the Gaza area and promises to never surrender. It will quite simply validate the October 7, 2023 massacre as a stepping stone to statehood. As President of the State of Palestine, the 89-year-old Mr Abbas is being treated like a partner in reconciliation rather than an enabler of hate. He famously authored a doctoral thesis 'The other side: the secret relationship between Nazism and Zionism' which challenged the number of Jewish victims of the Holocaust as around one million rather than six million, among other claims. Should we accept that our government is more concerned about being branded Islamophobic by urban elites than about standing strong for Western values? Mr Abbas is a 20-year autocrat who shares the same vision, incidentally, that Hamas has always used as cover for its ultimate goal: the eradication of Israel. 'From the river to the sea" is the genocidal chant, echoed by some voices in Sydney to the offices of the Palestinian leadership. And yes, Mr Albanese knows this. Or he should. For a moment, just contrast the pandering to Mr Abbas to how the PM interacts with our actual ally - US President Donald Trump. The well-known historical insults, the spectacle of anti-Trump Kevin Rudd continuing as US Ambassador and Mr Albanese's lacklustre energy on meeting with his American counterpart are alarming in comparison. And when questioned on whether he would consult Trump before deciding on recognition of a Palestinian state, the Prime Minister said: 'We're a sovereign government.' Why not pick up the phone to Mr Trump to discuss the Gaza conflict like he did to Mr Abbas? Mrs Thatcher did not equivocate and understood a fundamental truth that rewarding terrorism with diplomacy is simply to encourage more of it. I wonder what she would say now as countries such as France and Canada 'recognise' a Palestinian state bereft of clear borders and a democracy whilst Australia gets in line to do the same. Louise Roberts is a journalist and editor who has worked as a TV and radio commentator in Australia, the UK and the US. Louise is a winner of the Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist in the NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism and has been shortlisted in other awards for her opinion work.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Perth Now
Questions over Hamas visa debacle
The country's border chief is seeking answers after revelations a Hamas sympathiser was granted an Australian visa. Palestinian woman Mona Zahed has been living in tents with her young family for much of the 22-month war in Gaza – a conflict triggered by Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel in 2023. The militant group killed more than 1200 in the unprecedented assault, including entire families, and witnesses reported horrific instances of sexual violence. Fighters took hundreds more hostage as they retreated into Gaza, where dozens remain captive. The Herald Sun revealed on Friday that Ms Zahed praised the attack on social media at the time. 'We woke up and got God's kingdom,' she wrote of the worst loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust. Hamas sympathiser Mona Zahed has been granted an Australian visa. Facebook Credit: NewsWire She has not entered the country. Facebook Credit: NewsWire She secured a visa with the support of Melbourne artist Matt Chun, who claims to have raised tens of thousands of dollars to help Ms Zahed, her husband and four children secure visas. Hamas is a listed terrorist organisation in Australia and the Albanese government has repeatedly condemned the October 7 attacks. A spokesperson for Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Tony Burke said the Albanese government 'is serious' about keeping hatred out of Australia. 'This is a serious issue, the government is taking it seriously. Questions were put to the department as soon as the minister's office became aware,' the spokesperson said. 'The government is serious in its view about not importing hatred and we set a higher bar when the purpose of someone's visit is a speaking tour.' Ms Zahed has not entered Australia. Mr Burke has faced criticism this week after revealing he had rejected dozens of visas to protect 'social cohesion', with the opposition calling on him to clarify what 'standard' he held applications to. Plans to occupy Gaza The response from Mr Burke's office is in line with Anthony Albanese's rhetoric on not bringing the war in Gaza to Australia. It is no small task, as many Australians have family affected on both sides. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his border chief Tony Burke say the war in Gaza must not be imported to Australia. Martin Ollman / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia Nearly two years of fighting has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and reduced most of Gaza to rubble. Israel's chokehold on aid getting into the war-ravaged territory has also caused fears of famine, local health officials reporting nearly 200 deaths from starvation. Foreign journalists are not allowed into Gaza to verify exact figures, but the reports tally with independent monitors and the situation has prompted a push from Israel's allies to recognise a Palestinian state. The Prime Minister has neither committed to nor ruled out doing so at the UN General Assembly next month. The Israeli government early on Friday (local time) confirmed it would go ahead with a full occupation of Gaza, as foreshadowed by Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. 'The (Israel Defence Forces) will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones,' the Israeli Prime Minister's office said in a statement. It said it also outlined conditions for 'ending the war'. The conditions include Hamas' disarmament, the return of all hostages, Gaza's demilitarisation with Israeli security control and a viable civilian government that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. 'An absolute majority of cabinet ministers believed that the alternative plan presented to the cabinet would not achieve the defeat of Hamas or the return of the abductees,' the statement said.
Sky News AU
7 days ago
- Sky News AU
‘Calm down': Rachel Maddow's Trump rant proves why left ‘can't be taken seriously'
Political adviser and commentator CJ Pearson discusses MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's bizarre warning about the US, suggesting the country is under a dictatorship. 'Under a dictatorship, I don't think she'd be allowed to go on that unhinged rant about President Trump,' Mr Pearson told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. 'Liberals make their own rules and their own definitions. 'She needs to calm down, and to be quite frank, this is exactly why no one can take the left seriously.'
