Letter

In response to https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/october-7-not-to-a-day-to-abuse-protesters/

Confected outrage

Someone painted “God bless Hamas” on a billboard, and all the usual suspects were screaming from the rooftops and tearing their hair out, calling in the federal police (who, I’m sure, have more important things to worry about).

If it had said God bless Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich or Netanyahu? All are either under sanction, convicted criminals or wanted for war crimes.

Do you think there would have been an outcry as we have seen over this? As happens with all graffiti, paint over it and forget it.

— Jerry Cartwright from Perth