Pro-Palestinians Cross Sydney Harbour Bridge While Jews Die in Gaza’s Tunnels
I woke up to a picture of a starving Jew being forced to dig his own grave.
Hamas released propaganda footage of emaciated Israeli hostage Evyatar David digging what he called his own grave in a Gaza tunnel.
And yesterday, thousands of pro-Palestinian Sydneysiders marched across the Harbour Bridge in support of the people who have done this to him.
This is where we are now at…
The protestors say they are “pro-Palestinian.” But what they are is disturbingly silent on Hamas – the very organisation that has plunged Palestinians into ruin.
The protestors say they want to “Free Palestine” but ignore the fact Hamas has controlled Gaza for nearly two decades.
Free it from whom? Themselves?
The protestors say they march for humanity. But they never mention the 50 hostages still held beneath the streets of Gaza. I suppose Jews aren’t human.
Pro-Palestinians Chant “River to the Sea” While Claiming Desire for Two-State Solution
The protestors say they want a two-state solution while chanting that Palestine can only exist “from the river to the sea” which fails to imagine any Jewish state.
At best, the protestors are idiots. That’s being kind.
I suspect that in most cases it’s something far more sinister.
I counted today among the flags being waved from our iconic bridge the Hamas and Taliban flags.
Remember ‘be alert not alarmed’
This is what we were warned about.
How far has Australia fallen? pic.twitter.com/uXqDmXFQ8d
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) August 3, 2025
I saw signs declaring “the future is Islam”.
I watched people holding aloft images of the Ayatollah of Iran.
Who would march alongside people waving terrorist flags?
MPs from the Libertarian Party did. Which is why I will never countenance a vote for them. They are so open minded their brains have fallen out.
Indifference or Support for Hamas
You don’t have to chat long to any of these protestors to discover their true motivation.
I spoke with a lovely looking, well-spoken couple in their 50s today as they made their way to the rally.
They had driven from Melbourne overnight to take part in the Bridge protest.
The conversation went like this…
Me: What are you protesting for? As in, what is it you want?
Them: Free Palestine.
Me: Who would govern a Palestinian State?
Them: Whoever is in charge.
Me: Well, right now Hamas is in charge.
They simply shrugged and smiled at me as if saying ‘Yep!’
Me: Can I ask you another question? When you chant “From the River to the Sea” how does that match up with a Two State Solution?
Them: It starts with two states.
Me: And … it ends with one state? Only a Palestinian state?
Them: Two states is a start.
Protest organiser Nasser Mashni tweeted a video of himself strolling across the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the caption…
“Whose bridge? OUR BRIDGE!!! From the River to the Sea!”
Enabled by Fearful Political Class
There’s no doubt that today’s march was a massive flex.
Islamists and the useful idiots who support them have shut down the Sydney CBD every weekend for two years. Now they shut down the Harbour Bridge and boast that it is theirs.
They have zero respect for authority, zero fear of arrest and zero tolerance of anyone else.
Are we surprised?
They have been enabled at every turn by a political class either too afraid or too blinded by their own ideological biases to see what they have opened the door to.
October 7 was a day for choosing sides. Anyone who sides with Hamas and their sympathises is not only wrong, they are dangerous.
There are far too many dangerous people in this country right now.
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My heart weeps for our once great country. This weekend was exemplified by anarchists in the south and tribalists in the north, happily accepting more of our money. I am grateful that Lia Finocchario stood up to those people who were shouting for a treaty in the NT and didnot go to the Garma “Festival”. One small piece of hope was watching a group of workers from N West WA talking to the leader of the opposition (Sussssan Lay). These men were earning a living. They were wearing clothes. They were polite. They didn’t need a hand out and oh yes, they appeared to be Aboriginal.
What can our lovely Jewish Australians feel after this? I’m totally ashamed of my country. I apologise to all the Australian Jews. I’m so so sorry. There are many who love you. Our country has lost the plot. This happened on Tish B’Av too.
Thank you, James, for exposing this terrible act of insurgency ion Sydney harbour bridge. ‘I weep’ too and pray but also and ask God to have mercy on this generation and for our Govt to wake up and introduce new legal restraints before it is too late.
What I see is an incredible attempt to undermine democracy and to decry the right of any Jewish person to have their own land or place to call home (chanting ‘from river to the sea’ means radical Islam wants to claim all the land of Gaza and of Israel, for their own desires and to deny for Israel to exist. Furthermore, the Koran orders Islamic radicals to kill the Jews and infidels (eg Christians)
This march for Gaza is a poor attempt to hide the hatred for the Jewish people and is appalling in view of the 20 starving hostages living in the under ground tunnels of Gaza…
The world (our Aussie world) has forgotten that the land of Gaza was given to the refugees to make a living, to till the land and to educate their children on. They have forgotten that from the year 2006, the Hamas (a radical Islamic group) took over Gaza (through an election) and from that time onwards, they built underground tunnels in order to infiltrate Israel and to hide weapons and trucks that would all be sued in an attack Oct 7, 2023 to destroy Israel….the fanatical mindset of the Hamas (driven by Iran’s Ayatollah) was adopted and children as young as 2-3 were ‘educated’ to hate Jews and to kill them….the suicide bomber culture was also taught and money used from UN aid sources was used to reward the Gaza soldiers who killed Jews by suicide bombing and other means.
…. This movement has now infiltrated our Australian society head on and the march is a guise for radical Islamics, inside and outside Australia, to drive their agenda and to ‘con’ our generation and to manipulate our NSW State and Federal Govts.
What you wrote above sums up what was happening, so very well and is a warning to all:
(James reported:) “I counted today among the flags being waved from our iconic bridge the Hamas and Taliban flags. I saw signs declaring “the future is Islam”…. I watched people holding aloft images of the Ayatollah of Iran…Who would march alongside people waving terrorist flags?”
afraid to say Australia should hang their heads in shame the way our govt handled this
A further comment regarding the situation inside Gaza and lack of knowledge inside Australia of the situation… ‘Forgive them Lord for they know not what they do’
It seems so many in Australia don’t understand what had happened in Gaza since 2005 when Israel under Prime Ariel Sharon, handed Gaza over as a peace offering (with USA pressuring Israel to compromise and give away land)
‘Forgive them Lord for they know not what they do’ seems so appropriate for the well meaning motives of USA, back in those days (and PM Ariel Sharon. ) Many of the Sydney protestors are blinded, (like those interviewed) have no idea of what is really going on in Gaza or how the Gaza refugee population became a tool/weapon for the Hamas to use against Israel….
So many Gaza people succumbed to the Hamas teaching as the Hams only rule by force. Under the Hamas rule many children became indoctrinated under pressure from a young age (in United nations schools in Gaza, run by UNHWRA and sponsored by world powers).
The young men who finally stood up to say they did not agree with the Hamas earlier this year met their fate. They were brutally tortured and killed and their families received their mutilated bodies at their door step in Gaza next morning, to show who was in power and to give a message -‘don’t resist us.’
The Germans in Germany also often didn’t realise what they were welcoming in when Hitler arose and were deceived by Hitler and his media propaganda, but ones like Bonhoffer saw the light and exposed what was occurring but paid the price for speaking truth….
This is what happens to those in Gaza who dare to speak truth regarding the regime they are under…Our young population haven’t realised the underlying agenda of the Hamas is to annihilate all Jews or anyone who defies them. The Hamas themselves through Aljazeera channel and others also give out biased’ news reports to the world and few realise that the aid does get through the Gaza people but is held up when Hamas (in plain clothes) interrupt the aid group and the IDF who are there to help distribute it safely.
The supporters of Hamas know what they are doing. The fools that support them have no convictions of any kind. They bend to the strongest breeze. They are between them and the criminally negligent government destroying this country. A day of reckoning will come. It will not be pleasant.
What chance would there be of Jews being granted permission to hold a walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge? And what would the reaction be if (a) they were given permission and (b) it was actually held?
Yes, you are correct.
Our eyes leak and our hearts break.
The satanic influence on the country has manifested in Climate, Covid, Same sex marriage, LGBTQ, gender mutilated children, the Voice, and now this.
Divide and conquer.
Strangely the same people who backed all this tripe are championing this cause too.
And very confronting is the fact that many who saw through the lies of the UN, WHO, and Government overreach are now too blind to see the same spirit behind this.
A truly dark day.
I’ve never been more ashamed to be an Australian.
I Agree with the above comments. We can see the results of our Immigration policy, the promotion of ideology in the media and through the education system. To say nothing about Government policy and the judicial system.
Great article James.
I agree with most of the above comments. The war could be ended now with the surrender of Hamas and the release of the remaining hostages. Remember how this started with the Hamas thugs killing and taking hostages. I am not religious, but Israel had no choice but to go and make every effort to get the hostages back and they need to keep that effort up until they do.
All the marchers that went across the Harbour Bridge have given Hamas every reason to keep this war going the best way to end this war would be for all countries and people to get behind Israel so they can destroy Hamas and really free the Palestine People just as the Allies freed the people of Germany when fighting the Nazis in the 2nd World War. Just use history as a guide
Strongly agree with Barry above who writes “Afraid to say Australia should hang their heads in shame the way our govt handled this.”
This was my first shocked reaction also.
I support the. Jews. What is happening in our country is a disgrace.
I commend Matthew Littlefield’s work to you. (He puts it MUCH better than I can.)
In A Nutshell!
Matthew Littlefield – Mar 11, 2024
https://caldronpool.com/why-cant-many-christians-see-obvious-evil/
Why Can’t Many Christians See Obvious Evil?
“YES, Hamas did EVIL – BUT two wrongs do NOT make a right.”
‘But THIS is … what is tragic.
This need NOT be a choice between being concerned about growing Islamic evidence in the west and saying Israel has gone too far.
BOTH can be true.
It should be a no brainer for the church to call for a cease of military action against CIVILIANS in Gaza.
I have NOT hesitated to condemn Hamas’ actions, continually, since this has started.
But many Christians in the Church not only refuse to condemn Israel’s clear overreaction there are many who would deny it is an overreaction or go even further.
Some have supported it vocally or in public statements.
Many Christians have reduced the war down to a FALSE binary choice between Islam and Israel and for a variety of reasons they have chosen Israel over Islam.
Some of these reasons are theological, others are because of concerns about the influence of Islam in our society.’
Concerning, ‘the massacre of civilians happening in Gaza as I write this article [March 11, 2024]. THIS has all the hallmarks of evil all over it.
Some Christians will immediately jump in and say right now, “Woah, Woah!! Why are you supporting Hamas?” Which just shows how blinded people are.
DEFENDING innocent civilians caught up in collective punishment is NOT supporting Hamas.
Bombing an entire civilian city to rubble, displacing over two million people, and killing tens of thousands of civilians is NOT justice, it is NOT a proportionate response and has ALL the hallmarks of evil all over it.
Over 39,000 civilians are confirmed dead, 14,622 of these are children, 8,986 are women,
73,300 are injured, which includes maiming and other cruel injuries, among many more atrocities.
https://x.com/EuroMedHR/status/1765230242946285956
These are just the confirmed numbers with thousands more believed dead under the rubble caused by the IDF campaign.’
‘ … BOTH the leaders of Israel AND Christian Zionists, through their influence in the US politics, are the main drivers of this situation.’
‘I know many of the Christians who are supporting Israel have condemned other nations in recent years for doing far less.
BUT their misunderstanding of the nature of the identity of God’s people ONLY applying to those who believe in Jesus by faith and having NOTHING to do with genetics, causes them to overlook the clear evil intent behind the levelling of an entire city, and the devastation of the people in that city.
Christians are partnering with Molech in a tragic way, and they cannot even see it.’
(Emphasis – mine)
Rebuttal to “Why Can’t Many Christians See Obvious Evil?”
The claim that Israel’s response to Hamas constitutes an overreaction and evil overlooks the necessity of self-defense, the responsibility of Hamas for all deaths, and the inherent wickedness of terrorism.
Israel’s right to defend itself is undeniable. Facing relentless attacks, including the October 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas that killed over 1,200 civilians and took hostages, Israel acts under Article 51 of the UN Charter to protect its population from a group sworn to its destruction.
We also keep in mind the tens of thousands of rockets and incendiary devices used to attack Israel since Hamas came to power in 2006.
Hamas is solely responsible for the civilian deaths in Gaza.
I’ll repeat: Hamas is SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for the civilian deaths in Gaza.
By embedding military operations in civilian areas—schools, hospitals, and homes—Hamas employs human shields, a war crime. The resulting casualties, though tragic, stem from this strategy, designed to exploit civilian suffering. Israel’s efforts to minimise harm through warnings and precision strikes contrast with Hamas’s refusal to allow evacuations.
Terrorism, as practised by Hamas, is evil, targeting innocents to sow fear and achieve political ends. Condemning Israel’s defence while ignoring this context misrepresents the conflict. True peace requires ending Hamas’s aggression, not halting Israel’s lawful self-defence.
I also re-comment this personal account which sums up the actual situation.
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A dear friend Yusuf, not his real name for security reasons, is an Arab Christian Israeli living in Judea, he works with youth and helps people with PTSD due to his psychology qualifications.
We sat with Yusuf in our apartment in Jerusalem while he recounted the following:
Yusuf was born in Israel in an Arab town to Arab Israeli and Gazan parents.
From age 4 till teens Yusuf lived in Gaza, they left in 2005 when Israel withdrew all Jews and handed Gaza over to Arab rule and settled in Israel.
Yusuf’s best friend Damir (again name altered) growing up, also a Christian, was Gazan and could not leave in 2005. Damir married and they had a daughter.
Early in 2024 Hamas setup rocket launchers in the Church and started attacking Israel. Hamas held many of the congregation hostage in the Church while launching rockets.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) blew up the rocket launching base, the Church and the hostages were killed.
We wept with Yusuf as he shared this horror.
What should have the IAF done? Continued to allow Israel to be attacked?
This is the dilemma Israel faces in dealing with Hamas, PIJ, Hezbollah, Iran, etc. who use civilians and civilian infrastructure to wage war.
It is worth noting that the civilian casualty ratio is 1:1.8 in Gaza vs a 1:9 global average. This is the lowest civilian casualty rate by far for any similar urban conflict.
THIS IS BECAUSE ISRAEL HAS GONE OUT OF ITS WAY TO PROTECT CIVILIANS!
Israel is the only military in the world that drops leaflets, sends text messages, uses “knock bombs,” announces their plan to attack by drones so that civilians can escape. The civilians who try to leave are often shot by Hamas and are included in their count of dead or injured civilians.
Israel is by no means perfect, but are they accountable. E.g. If IDF soldiers do the wrong thing they are punished, i.e. gaoled. They do the best to adhere to basic humanity.
Comments to James McPherson
https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/08/04/palestinian-sydney-bridge/
The actions committed by Hamas were heinous!
In NO way do I, NOR have I EVER endorsed Hamas, nor the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) or Islamism in ANY shape or form. In fact, I have worked to expose the truth about Islamism with special reference to the treatment of Jews and Christians as Dhimmis in an Islamic milieu.
And YES, no matter how much the west avoids facing the reality of Islamic extremism of the Middle East, it cannot hide from the fact that the same Hamas and Hezbollah that Israel is fighting are of the same radical ideology that has fomented carnage and death through terrorism around the world, and now especially, in middle African states such as Nigeria. It all boils down to a war of Islamic Jihad ideology vs. all that is non-Islamic.
James, given your stature as a respected commentator within Australia, your judgement and opinions concerning the following ‘back-story’ allegations about the October 7 attack by Hamas in 2023 along the Gaza border will prove valuable.
To begin, some indicate that Hamas was perhaps ‘propped up’ by the Israeli government to defeat Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Movement (PLO).
From the Times of Israel (Co-founder and Editor-in-chief David Horocitz):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces
“For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group. The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.
Most of the time, Israeli policy was to treat the Palestinian Authority as a burden and Hamas as an asset.
Bolstered by this policy, Hamas grew stronger and stronger until Saturday, Israel’s “Pearl Harbor,” the bloodiest day in its history — when terrorists crossed the border, slaughtered hundreds of Israelis and kidnapped an unknown number under the cover of thousands of rockets fired at towns throughout the country’s south and center.
The country has known attacks and wars, but never on such a scale in a single morning.
One thing is clear: The concept of indirectly strengthening Hamas — while tolerating sporadic attacks and minor military operations every few years — went up in smoke Saturday.”
Egypt HAD warned Israel of the impending October 7 attack. It was ignored. Or rather, troops were ‘stood-down’ or pulled out of the Gaza fence-line and moved to the West Bank.
Some claim that it took up to EIGHT hours for the Israeli military to respond to calls for help!
I would like to share others’ opinions on the matter.
This information has not emerged in Christian news sites as it has been deemed to be conspiracy theory, anti-semetic or ‘blood libel’. Personally, I did not know the meaning of this term until I was charged as guilty.
Nor, as far as I know, has this information emerged in ‘main stream media’.
On that fateful day, October 7, 2023, reports were coming in of anomalies regarding Israeli troop movements. Perhaps, others can sum it up best for us here:
From Efrat Fenigson from Israel:
https://x.com/efenigson/status/1710584776346710454
“I served in the IDF 25 years ago in the intelligence forces … there is no way, in my view, that Israel did not know what’s coming … there is something very wrong here”.
And whilst Haaretz, the Israeli daily paper is deigned politically as merely Liberal and Progressive with Centre-Left to Left-wing alignment, it reports thus:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-20/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-brief-history-of-the-netanyahu-hamas-alliance/0000018b-47d9-d242-abef-57ff1be90000
‘Much ink has been spilled describing the longtime relationship – rather, alliance – between Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas. And still, the very fact that there has been close cooperation between the Israeli prime minister (with the support of many on the right) and the fundamentalist organization seemingly evaporated from most of the current analyses – everyone’s talking about “failures,” “mistakes” and “contzeptziot” (fixed conceptions). Given this, there is a need not only to review the history of cooperation but also to conclude unequivocally: The pogrom of October 7, 2023, helps Netanyahu, and not for the first time …’.
And from The Jerusalem Post:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-806634
‘The IDF had precise information about Hamas’s intentions, but due to prevailing conceptions in the security establishment and possible negligence by officials, the warning signs were not acted on.’
Here is a little about the Times of Israel.
‘The Times of Israel is a Jerusalem-based online newspaper founded in 2012 to document developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world.
It was established by veteran UK-born, Israeli journalist David Horovitz and his US-based capital partner Seth Klarman. Horovitz is the founding editor, responsible for the site’s editorial content.
The Times of Israel has no partisan political affiliation. It seeks to present the news fair-mindedly and offers a wide range of analysis and opinion pieces.
We also highlight developments from Jewish communities throughout the Diaspora, and thus serve as a global focal point for the Jewish world – informing and engaging members of the tribe everywhere.’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/about/
It’s no lightweight news outlet.
Comments to James McPherson – Friday 8th August 2025 – Re Hamas
More is coming to light:
“We received orders from the Golani Brigade commanders on October 7 to cancel all patrols along the Gaza border from 5:20 AM until 9:00 AM.”
https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/1950668648701628569
Israeli soldier testifies to the Knesset committee:
‘Sergeant Shalom Shitrit, is a 20-year-old Israeli Defense Force (IDF) combat soldier who served in the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. He was critically wounded during the assault, losing his right leg after being shot in the leg by a terrorist while fighting near Kibbutz Be’eri, a community just 200 meters from the Gaza border.’
Regarding this: ‘It is worth noting that the civilian casualty ratio is 1:1.8 in Gaza vs a 1:9 global average. This is the lowest civilian casualty rate by far for any similar urban conflict.
THIS IS BECAUSE ISRAEL HAS GONE OUT OF ITS WAY TO PROTECT CIVILIANS!
Israel is the only military in the world that drops leaflets, sends text messages, uses “knock bombs,” announces their plan to attack by drones so that civilians can escape. The civilians who try to leave are often shot by Hamas and are included in their count of dead or injured civilians.’
To date: Destruction Rates in Gaza (Satellite Data):
📍 Rafah — 100% destroyed
📍 Beit Hanoun — 100% destroyed
📍 Al-Mughraqa & Juhr al-Dik — 100% destroyed
📍 Khan Younis — 90% destroyed
📍 Beit Lahia — 90% destroyed
📍 Jabalia — 80% destroyed
📍 East Gaza — 80% destroyed
📍 Sheikh Ajleen, Al-Zahraa, Tel Al-Hawa — 80% destroyed
📍 West Gaza & Al-Shati Camp — 40% destroyed
📍 Nuseirat — 20% destroyed
📍 Al-Bureij — 30% destroyed
📍 Al-Maghazi — 20% destroyed
📍 Deir al-Balah — 5% destroyed
Please validate these statistics.
Israel’s need to defend itself against groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) stems from their explicit threats to its existence and security. These groups, designated as terrorist organisations by many countries, including the United States and the European Union, have histories of launching attacks against Israeli civilians and military targets, often with the stated goal of eliminating the Jewish state and reclaiming all of historic Palestine, including modern-day Israel.
Hamas, which governs Gaza, has in its founding charter (1988) called for the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state in its place. While some argue Hamas has moderated its rhetoric at times, its leaders continue to advocate for armed resistance, and the group has carried out suicide bombings, rocket attacks (over 12,000 rockets fired from Gaza since 2005), and the October 7, 2023, attack, which killed over 1,200 Israelis and took 250 hostages. Hamas’s actions prioritise violence over negotiation, rejecting Israel’s right to exist.
Hezbollah, based in Lebanon and backed by Iran, similarly poses a significant threat. Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has repeatedly called for Israel’s destruction, and the group has amassed an estimated 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel. Hezbollah’s attacks, including cross-border raids and rocket barrages (e.g., over 8,000 rockets fired since October 2023), aim to overwhelm Israel’s defences. Its ideology, rooted in Iran’s revolutionary anti-Zionism, frames Jews and Israel as existential enemies.
PIJ, another Iran-backed group in Gaza, shares similar goals, seeking Israel’s elimination through jihad. Though smaller than Hamas, PIJ has conducted numerous attacks, including rocket fire and suicide bombings, often coordinating with Hamas to maximize impact.
These groups’ calls for the “removal” or “death” of Jews and the conquest of Israel’s land—often framed in religious or nationalist terms—create a direct existential threat. Israel, a nation of about 9 million (including 7 million Jews), faces asymmetric warfare from non-state actors embedded among civilian populations, complicating defence efforts. For example, Hamas and PIJ use Gaza’s dense urban areas to launch rockets, while Hezbollah operates from southern Lebanon’s civilian zones, often using human shields, which increases the risk of collateral damage during Israeli responses.
Israel’s defence strategy includes military operations (e.g., airstrikes, ground incursions), defensive systems like Iron Dome (which intercepts ~90% of rockets), and intelligence efforts to disrupt terror networks. Critics argue Israel’s responses can be disproportionate or escalate conflicts, while supporters emphasize the necessity of preemptive and retaliatory actions to deter further attacks. The 1948 establishment of Israel, followed by wars and ongoing rejection of its legitimacy by these groups, fuels a cycle of violence.
The broader context includes Iran’s role as a primary backer, supplying weapons, funding, and ideological support to these groups, aiming to destabilise Israel. Meanwhile, peace negotiations, like the Oslo Accords, have faltered due to mutual distrust and ongoing violence. Israel’s security dilemma is compounded by the need to balance self-defence with international pressure and the humanitarian impact on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.
TELL ME WHAT ELSE CAN ISRAEL DO TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL ?
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BH617hkpj/
^ Hamas stealing tonnes of aid. The UN are useless which is why the GHF is needed to get aid to those in genuine need.
Also: https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-aid-to-gaza-has-no-precedent/ millions of tonnes of aid.
Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s comment on X to Starmer re: Gaza…
So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?
Did UK surrender to Nazis and drop food to them?
Ever heard of Dresden, PM Starmer?
That wasn’t food you dropped.
If you had been PM then UK would be speaking German!
I would like to present the following from the following Jewish Independent:
https://forward.com/opinion/675457/mike-huckabee-christian-zionism-israel-evangelical/
By Tristan Sturm April 9, 2025
Editor’s note: Mike Huckabee was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Israel on April 9. This piece was initially published on Nov. 15, 2024, after his nomination was announced; now that he’s set to formally take on the role, we’re republishing it.
Mike Huckabee’s old-school Christian Zionism is bad news for anyone who wants Middle East peace.
Understanding Huckabee’s theology is crucial to understanding the specific dangers of his vision.
‘President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Mike Huckabee to serve as ambassador to Israel will have deep implications for the geopolitical futures in the region — not just because Trump’s Abraham Accords and Huckabee’s pro-settlement ideology are not compatible designs for the Middle East.
Equally as important: Huckabee is an old-school Christian Zionist, with the goal of establishing full Israeli sovereignty over Gaza and the West Bank. To understand just what the implications of that ideology might be, we need to understand the foundation of Huckabee’s particular strain of Christian thought, and its influences.
The goal of the ideology that Huckabee preaches — although the specifics are often left unarticulated — is the removal of Palestinians from the biblically defined land of Israel to facilitate Christ’s return. This extreme position goes farther than that of even the most rightward Israeli settlers, but to Huckabee and those who share his views, it is a matter of preordained fate. And along with their belief that this is God’s long-term plan comes a total removal of any sense of personal or collective guilt for the roughly 43,600 Palestinians who have been killed by Israel’s war in Gaza.
What this means: Under Huckabee’s ambassadorship, Israel will become markedly less likely to find a peaceful resolution to this brutal conflict.
I refer to Huckabee’s beliefs as “old school” because he follows a form of what is known as “dispensational premillennialism”: a belief that “the Rapture will come,” sucking up all evangelicals to heaven to watch Israel be invaded by the world’s armies, culminating in Armageddon and Christ’s return. Advancing this outcome is Huckabee’s four-year goal.
A matter of practical policy.
On a practical level, Huckabee, like Trump’s previous ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, opposes a two-state solution. But the one-state solution advocated by parts of the political left — which would see Israelis and Palestinians dwelling together in a representative democracy, with a minority Jewish population — is not the one he has in mind.
Instead, Huckabee envisions a state of Israel that extends from the river to the sea: from the Mediterranean to the river Euphrates, and down to the River Nile.
Huckabee made his first trip to Israel in 1973, just two months before the Yom Kippur War, and fewer than three years after the publication of Hal Lindsey’s seminal Cold War book Late Great Planet Earth, which would prove a foundational component of his foreign policy vision.
Lindsey framed American anxieties in relation to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the 1967 War as signs of the End Times. His book sought to present a geopolitical framework for understanding the uncertainties of the time by outlining future apocalyptic events in which the Soviet Union would invade Israel. Also, crucially, he promised evangelicals an escape from the horrors of nuclear war during Armageddon via the Rapture.
Paul Boyer, a historian of American prophecy, has written that in large part because of predictions like Lindsey’s, evangelicals will be the last group to admit the Cold War is over; Huckabee’s foreign policy suggests that he is right. During his 2015 presidential run, he referred to the “Soviet Union’s” intention to supply Iran with anti-aircraft missiles. But that error wasn’t just a slip; rather it had deep implications for his perception of the Middle East.
The impact of seeing massive violence unfold in Israel shortly after his first trip there may have helped affirm his belief in Lindsey’s vision: As Huckabee’s biographer, Scott Lamb, notes, “Given the eschatological fervor present within evangelicalism, it was no surprise that the war seemed to be evidence that the world was in its last days” to him.
Huckabee claims to have been to Israel “over a hundred times” in 50 years.
Reflecting recently on a trip to Israel in December 2023, he told the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, “We are not dealing with an issue that is political, social, economic or geographical. We are dealing with an issue that is spiritual. This is evil. The worst level of evil we have on the planet today we saw on Oct. 7.” For Huckabee, evil is not an abstract concept; it is a moral absolute with an address. Evil cannot be negotiated with; it can only be destroyed.
A grim outlook for Palestinians.
The practical consequences of the Christian Zionist perception that Palestinians have given rise to a great spiritual evil are clearly visible in the West Bank.
Christian Zionists are leading donors to the settler movement, and have consistently propped up American political support for Israel’s far right. For them, the violence these actions have helped perpetuate is not a matter of personal consequence: Christian Zionists believe it is not their agency taking such action, but rather the hand of God guiding them.
Even worse, Huckabee has consistently denied that there is a people or nation called “Palestinians.” “There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian,” he once said. “That’s been a political tool to try to force land away from Israel.”
The future Huckabee imagines for Palestinians is clearly elsewhere than Gaza and the West Bank: He has also said that “there’s plenty of land” for Palestinians in countries such as Jordan, Egypt and Syria.
A taste for Messianic Judaism.
Dispensational premillennialism revises Christian replacement theology by positioning Jews as the chosen people of earth, and Christians as the chosen people of heaven. This often gives Messianic Jews — people with Jewish backgrounds who believe that Christ is the messiah — significant social capital in the evangelical movement.
On a 2010 trip to Israel, Huckabee said, “I think what I should do is convert,” noting that his kippah “covers my bald spot completely.” He continued with cringy enthusiasm, “I worship a Jew! … I have a lot of Jewish friends, and they’re kind of, like, ‘You evangelicals love Israel more than we do.’ I’m like, ‘Do you not get it? If there weren’t a Jewish faith, there wouldn’t be a Christian faith!’”
Trump has invited into the White House a man who, following Reagan’s words, believes “politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality’s foundation is religion,” said “we shouldn’t force a separation between politics and religion.”
For Huckabee, what happens next in the Middle East will not be about politics. It will be about a violent vision of religion, one in which conflict, war and dismal fates for Palestinians and Jews alike are preordained by God.’
Have we completely failed to understand that Judaism is NOT the religion of the Old Testament, but the newly formalised belief system of the Pharisees, which arose out of Babylon with the commitment of the formerly oral “tradition of the elders” to writing, in the wake of the crucifixion of Israel’s Messiah and the destruction of the temple.
Judaism is a MAN-MADE religion of tradition and superstition, which represents the NULLIFICATION of BIBLICAL law and doctrine!
Judaism’s god is NOT the God of Israel, but the strange gods of the Talmud and Kabbalah, and the racial self-worship they inculcate.
Are we really ignorant of the military policy of the Israeli armed forces and the theology of prominent Israeli rabbis, including the powerful Rabbi of the Shas party, Ovadia Yosef; the Rabbi of Safed, Shmuel Eliahu; and the influential Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba?
ALL have identified the Arab people as “Amalek”, e.g. a nation that must be exterminated.
To reiterate:
‘Trump has invited into the White House a man who, following Reagan’s words, believes “politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality’s foundation is religion,” said “we shouldn’t force a separation between politics and religion.”
For Huckabee, what happens next in the Middle East will not be about politics. It will be about a violent vision of religion, one in which conflict, war and dismal fates for Palestinians and Jews alike are preordained by God.’
Have we completely failed to understand that Judaism is NOT the religion of the Old Testament, but the newly formalised belief system of the Pharisees, which arose out of Babylon with the commitment of the formerly oral “tradition of the elders” to writing, in the wake of the crucifixion of Israel’s Messiah and the destruction of the temple?
Judaism is a MAN-MADE religion of tradition and superstition, which represents the NULLIFICATION of BIBLICAL law and doctrine!
Judaism’s god is NOT the God of Israel, but the strange gods of the Talmud and Kabbalah, and the racial self-worship they inculcate.
Are we really ignorant of the military policy of the Israeli armed forces and the theology of prominent Israeli rabbis, including the powerful Rabbi of the Shas party, Ovadia Yosef; the Rabbi of Safed, Shmuel Eliahu; and the influential Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba?
ALL have identified the Arab people as “Amalek” – a nation that must be exterminated.
Let’s deconstruct the unrepresentative, leftist, opinion piece with FACTS.
Accurate:
Mike Huckabee is a longtime Christian Zionist, has said Palestinians are a “political” construct, and has publicly rejected pursuit of a two-state solution; he has used biblical names for the West Bank and promoted relocating Palestinians to other Arab countries (which is a pragmatic solution to the whole problem).
Overstated/not proven:
The article’s claim that Huckabee’s explicit aim is to “remove Palestinians … to facilitate Christ’s return” is an inference about motive not supported by Huckabee’s public statements; it’s plausible as a critique of some strands of dispensationalist Christian Zionism, but there’s no direct documentary evidence that Huckabee’s stated policy goal is ethnic cleansing to trigger the Rapture.
False and antisemitic:
The sweeping claim that “Judaism is NOT the religion of the Old Testament … a MAN-MADE religion … the god of the Talmud and Kabbalah” is historically and theologically false and repeats classic antisemitic tropes. Rabbinic Judaism developed after the Second Temple but is strongly rooted in the Hebrew Bible (Torah); the Talmud and Kabbalah are parts of Jewish textual tradition (not “other gods”) albeit we don’t support these traditions in the same way we don’t support some traditions of some Christian denominations.
Misleading generalisation about Rabbis:
A small number of Israeli Rabbis have made extreme, dehumanising statements about Arabs/Palestinians (and some have invoked “Amalek” imagery). Those statements deserve condemnation and scrutiny — but it is false to say all or even most rabbis endorse extermination; Israeli society, courts and many rabbinic authorities have repeatedly condemned/extolled limits on such rhetoric.
Overall Bias:
The article is an opinion piece, not neutral reporting. It speculates that Huckabee’s theology makes peace “markedly less likely,” but this ignores diplomatic realities (e.g., Trump’s Abraham Accords, which Huckabee supports). Sources confirm Huckabee’s hard-line stance, but no evidence ties it directly to “preordained fate” overriding policy.
Summary:
The article captures Huckabee’s pro-Israel stance but inflates it into a doomsday plot, while the rant recycles antisemitic myths debunked by historical and religious scholarship. Both reflect biases: the article anti-Zionist slant, the rant overt prejudice. Peace in the region requires nuanced diplomacy, not these polarised narratives.
Thanks James & Kym for informed reporting, & truth. One should be very wary of quoting figures from very biased mainstream news, who haven’t researched, and who aren’t allowed to be independent of the corporations narritive. Spiritually and hence in every other way, Australia suffers from leadership sin. Yes, sin!