Barbaric Hamas is no respecter of rules of war
In accusing Israel of breaching international law, Hamas’s enablers are misrepresenting the law of armed conflict while letting terrorists off the hook.
In accusing Israel of breaching international law, Hamas’s enablers are misrepresenting the law of armed conflict while letting terrorists off the hook.
Far from being a recent aberration, Hamas’s goal of exterminating Jews reflects a long history of Islamist anti-Semitism.
International humanitarian law was developed to prevent future genocides not to allow Hamas to enact a new one.
They weren’t hunting for Israelis, much less for soldiers; they were hunting for Jews. And the idiots who cheer them on in Australia are every bit as morally culpable.
Far from there being a moral case for the voice, enshrining separatism in the Constitution would make a tragic situation worse.
The crucial question is whether we will repeat the mistake of creating a powerful rent-seeking body whose advice governments cannot afford to ignore.
Given that the voice would be entrenched in the constitution the wisdom of the ages says voters should be cautious of approving it.
What surer evidence of collective madness could there be than the thousands of inner-city lefties, having denounced Australia’s founding fathers as murderers, who now ‘pay their respects’ to past Indigenous elders who rained violence on women and kids?
The most striking feature of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s report into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems is its pure and unalloyed extremism.
If company directors want to devote their shareholders’ money to political campaigns, they should have to make those preferences clear when they seek office.
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