August 4, 2025

A brief exchange regarding “the real” in Palestine

Rupert's Conscience @RupertsConscie1:

What struck me at #MarchforHumanity was the awesome diversity of Sydney. Friendly eye contact, nods, talk between people of every age, ancestry, gender, families, couples, friends etc interacting in harmony & happiness. The LNP have abandoned this 🇦🇺 They've abandoned the real 🇦🇺

El Rucio @ElRucioDos:

United in antisemitism. Beautiful.

Elizabeth Attard @ElizabethAttar5:

WAKE UP ANTI ZIONIST IS NOT ANTI SEMITISM - THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUST HAS MADE THIS LAW! STOP YOUR LYING. ISRAEL WHO ARE NOT EVEN SEMITES ARE THE WORST ANTI SEMITES AS THEY ARE MASS MURDERING THE REAL SEMITES - THE PALESTINIANS - TO STEAL ALL THEIR LANDS TO FORM "GREATER ISRAEL"

El Rucio @ElRucioDos:

Most Gazans came from elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire, eg, Bosnia and Circassia, as it shrank in the 19th century. Most Israelis came from Arab countries where they had lived for millennia and from which they were expelled in the 20th century.

Of note regarding "occupation", the region of Palestine was occupied by the Ottoman Empire for 400 years, and before that by several other empires. The kingdoms of Judah and Israel were established about 3200 years ago.

Further regarding occupation: How did this mosque in Jerusalam come to be built in the middle of Judean King Herod's temple?

See also: “A Brief History of Palestine Since World War I