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Led by the nose, again

Hal Duell — Alice Springs

Based on nothing more than unsubstantiated claims presumedly made by someone with their own agenda, Australia has sent the Iranians home. This was a mistake with possible long-lasting consequences. While it was easy to send the Iranians packing, it might prove more difficult to get them back, providing they would even want to return. The idea that Iran, with troubles aplenty on its home front, would bother to send saboteurs all the way to Australia to set fire to a couple of synagogues doesn't make sense. Iran would gain nothing from such a foolish move, even if they did...
Coincidence? I think not

Alyssa Aleksanian — Hazelbrook

It beggars belief that the Australian Government has just expelled the Iranian ambassador based on intelligence provided by the Israeli intelligence services. Unbelievable. This expulsion happened at the same time that Defence Minister Richard Marles flew to the US for the meeting that was not a meeting, then suddenly validated as a meeting by US gaslighters, by a photo opportunity, posted on our government’s social media. Coincidence anyone?
Ambassador's expulsion

David Hind — North Sydney

I have to object to the thrust and tone of Cameron Leckie’s opinion piece “Gaslighting the electorate, virtue signalling to our partners”. Nothing happens in a vacuum. However there is credible evidence that Iran has paid criminal gangs to attack property in Australia. This requires a diplomatic response. It would be inappropriate to banish an ambassador for what another country is doing to its neighbours outside Australia, terrible though it is. We have not banished the Russian ambassador for its invasion of Ukraine, terrible though it is. I participated in the Sydney Harbour bridge walk, along with...
Ambassador's expulsion warranted

Simon Tatz — Melbourne

I understand the public outrage at the government of Israel, but Cameron Leckie — who presumes Israel provided the intelligence without seeing it, or revealing any direct knowledge of the ASIO secret briefing to the government and Opposition — takes this one step further by conflating the war in Gaza with attacks on Australia’s Jewish community. Just because someone is of the Jewish religion, it doesn’t make them responsible or even associated with the actions of the Israeli Government. Yet Leckie, without access to classified intelligence briefings, reduces a firebombing of a synagogue to, “No one killed. No...

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