Some positive news from Australia – at least for the good guys – with recent poll results showing that people are tiring of Nasser Mashni, Hash Tayeh and their fellow scum and villainy at the anti-Israel protests.
Pro-Palestinians peacefully rallied in Sydney on Sunday without succumbing to the blandishments of those who would inflame local passions over the Middle East for their own ends – testimony perhaps to commonsense and our habit of free speech. But Australians seem to be rapidly losing interest, if not patience, with the protests.
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It is a poignant moment better left to the Jewish community to lead the remembrance, but while proponents on either side of the tragic war remain further apart than ever, there is little doubt where public sympathy lies: The Herald’s Resolve Political Monitor poll found Australians strongly reject the use of public protests to take sides in the escalating war: 59 per cent of voters oppose the marches.
Only 8 per cent want authorities to allow protests supporting Palestine; 7 per cent were in favour of pro-Israel protests. Resolve director Jim Reed said results showed the marches were not building support for the Palestinian cause. “Where there is partisan support in areas like diplomacy and supply of equipment, it tends to favour Israel by a factor of two to one,” Reed said. “If the idea behind weekly marches for Palestine or Lebanon is to gain mainstream support for their cause, they are failing dismally.”
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Our Resolve poll underscores the demonstrators’ lack of efficacy to win support for their cause. After 52 weeks, NSW taxpayers must be wondering how much longer they will be required to shoulder the burden of paying the cost of policing such ineffective and potentially offensive protests.
And there’s more:
Australians have strongly rejected the use of public protests to take sides in the widening conflict in the Middle East, with 59 per cent of voters opposing the marches as thousands of protesters take to the streets ahead of the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The exclusive findings highlight the domestic divide over the war as 45 per cent of voters say it has made Australia less safe, up from 36 per cent who said the same in the weeks after the October 7 attack last year.
The survey, conducted for this masthead by research firm Resolve Strategic, shows that 51 per cent of voters say Australia should not voice in-principle support for either Israel or Gaza.
There is stronger support for Israel among the remaining voters, however, with 23 per cent in favour of voicing in-principle support for Israel and 12 per cent in favour of Gaza, with another 15 per cent saying Australia should show support for both.
Australians also see a rise in racism since the conflict began a year ago, with 32 per cent saying there was an increase in antisemitism and 14 per cent saying there was more Islamophobia.
The Resolve Political Monitor surveyed 1606 eligible voters from Tuesday to Saturday to generate results with a margin of error of 2.4 per cent, reflecting a representative sample of Australians.
In other words, despite them making a lot of noise, the Israel-haters are pretty much digging themselves a bigger hole with their bad behavior, with support for their bogus cause dropping since October 7, as regular Australian seem to recognize the blatant antisemitism and pro-terrorism of these people.
Which is a reason I oppose censoring these people. Forget the Jews, they are their own worst enemies!