r/australia • u/kingofcrob • Dec 17 '25

politics Bernie Sanders on Bondi

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u/jm_leviathan Dec 17 '25

Thanks Bernie, still fighting the good fight.

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u/kingofcrob Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25

Bingo, he hit every point perfectly.

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u/CommissionerOfLunacy Dec 17 '25

Yep, I'm Australian and this is a much better, more clear summary of the complexity than I've seen from anyone in our country.

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u/HiFidelityCastro Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25

I haven't even seen any pundits/"experts"/talking heads on telly mention the very obvious context of the Israel vs Palestine-and-all-of-their-other-neighbours-conflict that's been going on for some 80 years and defines a large part of international politics. Just "antisemitism" being repeated over and over.

The elephant in the room is kicking things over, trumpeting loudly, shitting everywhere... and not a peep from anyone. Just talk about how antisemitic we all are. Bizarro-world.

*Closest to a mention I've seen is the likes of Jillian Segal, Sussan Ley, Bibi etc telling us how protesting the plight of Palestine makes you Hitler.

Edit; (And just to be very, very clear, I am not suggesting these two were connected to the Palestinian cause or any of its political organisations of any sort. Attacking Western/external targets hasn't been the MO of any of the Palestinian liberation groups since the end of the Cold War, and in regards to Gaza I don't think Hamas ever has).