Letter

In response to Israeli settler attack on West Bank mosque draws international condemnation

International condemnation... Really?

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/israeli-settler-attack-on-west-bank-mosque-draws-international-condemnation/

So there’s been “international condemnation” of Israel’s latest atrocities. Really? I didn’t hear a murmur from Australia, let alone anything remotely like any sort of condemnation.

But what’s the point of condemnation anyway? The UN and others say words like “unacceptable”, “strongly condemn” and “held accountable”. But they’re all a sick joke, aren’t they? Israel just keeps on committing genocide “knowing” no one will do anything to stop them.

I won’t be here to see it but I do wonder how history will whitewash Australia’s do-nothing stance, while continuing to trade in arms with Israel. Because it’s not hard to stop that trade. It’s not difficult to BDS.

It rather makes Australia complicit in this genocide.

— Margaret Callinan from Hawthorn VIC 3122