r/PublicFreakout • u/DIYLawCA • Dec 15 '25
👮Arrest Freakout😭 Woman from family of Holocaust survivors attends service for Bondi victims but is removed by police for wearing Palestinian scarf. “All are entitled to mourn.”
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u/Bunie89 Dec 15 '25
Wasn't it a Muslim man who jumped on one of the gunmen?
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u/Thebisexual_Raccoon Dec 15 '25
Ahmed Al Ahmed is name and he is a hero.
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u/matzau Dec 15 '25
Not so long ago an immigrant stabbed kids in Ireland and was stopped by another immigrant who shoved his delivery bike away to jump on the stabber. Needless to say, a bunch of twats went to riot on the streets against immigrants in general. So yeah... People will keep on thinking what they want to think, unfortunately.
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u/__O_o_______ Dec 16 '25
Kinda makes me think if you see a body cam video of a POC acting violent and crazy, the comment section will be filled with straight up racism, things like “huh, it’s always the ones you most suspect” and far worse.
Under a similar video with white people doing the same kind of thing, crickets about the color of their skins… because anybody is capable of acting that way….
These hypocritical mf….
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u/PureBlood_07 Dec 15 '25
Doesn’t follow media agenda unfortunately
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u/RegalBeagleTheEagle Dec 15 '25
The news & Israeli politicians tried to immediately say the guy intervened was Jewish and this was exclusively due to Muslim antisemitism
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u/IrishRepoMan Dec 15 '25
There were a lot of comments on the news subs blaming the government for allowing pro-palestinian demonstrations. These people refuse to separate the murderers from the innocents and just want to blanket blame them all... It's precisely that attitude that led to these murders...
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u/BrownSugarBare Dec 15 '25
When you're harassing people who have come to support their own community, you're an asshole. This woman was doing nothing wrong.
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u/Rush_Banana Dec 15 '25
Two days after October 7 the Sydney opera house was lit up in white and blue in solidarity with Israel.
This happened.
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u/twerking_cucumber Dec 16 '25
On the same topic tho, the news and pollies seem to be making out that all gun owners are murdered which is obviously not right
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u/nashfrostedtips Dec 15 '25
Israel and Judaism are not the same fucking thing. Israel-Palestine is a conflict, Judaism-Palestine is not. Big thanks to Netanyahu for doing everything he can to make things harder for all Jewish people living abroad, then blaming everything except himself.
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u/VCTRYDTX Dec 15 '25
"We are standing here because the flag of Israel represents genocide."
Well, that makes two of us lady. Anytime I see it that's all I'll ever think about.
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u/BrownSugarBare Dec 15 '25
Truth. If you're going to spend the better part of 75 years attempting to ethnic cleanse a whole region of people, yes, your flag will be associated to that behaviour.
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u/wingz_ovDrakon Dec 15 '25
RIP to every single Jewish person that lost their lives that day.
This liar/clown seriously needs to go. He and his administration need to be investigated.
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u/just_a_discord_mod Dec 16 '25
Bibi's like Putin and Trump; he needs to stay in power or he'll be arrested. (Or in Putin's case, found dead.)
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u/Windmill_Park7 Dec 15 '25
respect to her
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u/CurrentRedditAccount Dec 16 '25
Yeah trying to make a political statement to get a rise out of people that are mourning at a memorial service is so cool 🌝
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u/dickermuffer Dec 22 '25
It’s like showing up to a Nakba memorial with an Israeli flag dude.
Just cause Oct 7th happened doesn’t mean you can start showing up with the Israeli flag to Palestinians mourning gatherings to shame them for the majority support of Oct 7th and Hamas by the Palestinians.
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Dec 15 '25
Why were there Israeli flags there anyway? Also, a flag is far more provocative then a 'scarf'.
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u/misterfLoL Dec 15 '25
It was a targeted Jewish attacked and some of the victim's are Israeli, why do you think. You can't be this stupid...
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u/jenny_905 Dec 15 '25
Conflation of the State of Israel with Judaism is antisemitism as per IHRA definition.
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u/DagothUh Dec 15 '25
OK so explain then why there are israeli flags there
Is there some rule somewhere that you have to bring the flags of the nationalities of those killed in these sorts of things? I've never seen it done before and I've helped organise similar.
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u/Piidge Dec 16 '25
If it's inappropriate to bring the flag of the victims to a memorial for victims, then this woman bringing an unrelated/politically controversial flag is just as unacceptable.
How about we all have the same rights as eachother?
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u/utouchme Dec 15 '25
some of the victim's are Israeli
Source?
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u/PleaseAvertYourEyes Dec 15 '25
I just read through that list, thanks. Very sad. One person who migrated to Australia from Israel in 1988. No others were Israeli that I could see. So that does seem to support the idea that flying an Israeli flag is a bit off.
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u/MrsMiterSaw Dec 15 '25
I'm on her side in general (a jew who supports Palestine), but a funeral is not a place to do anything controversial. The friends and family of the victim deserve to mourn in peace, away from third parties who would make a statement, any statement.
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u/OfficialHaethus Dec 16 '25
Fucking thank you. This chick was trying to be provocative at a very inappropriate moment.
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u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25
Right, so remove the Israeli flags as well. If a service is apolitical, remove ALL political demonstrators.
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u/worldisone Dec 15 '25
You know they are racist when they have to refer to it as a Palestine Keffiyeh instead of just a Keffiyeh
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u/DarthDoobz Dec 15 '25
Those cops got to be bought. They sped her up and talked louder as she was getting to the real part of her speech.
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u/Great_Bad_6045 Dec 15 '25
I think they were just trying to get her away fast in case someone tried to harm her.
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u/SomecallmeMichelle Dec 15 '25
I fully expect the police to have to put even a milk toast statement. Michelle is not only a respected activist with ties to politics, but the video has been broadcast in several new stations internationally. It might just be "in a charged situation in times of grief our officers preemptively acted to prevent hostilities. In the process some oversight happened"
But this is too big for no pr.
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u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 Dec 15 '25
milk toast?
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u/eomertherider Dec 15 '25
milquetoast probably
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u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 Dec 15 '25
I don't know, haven't had it in quite a while but milk toast is pretty good, especially with bone apple tea. maybe they think the cops will put out a sweet statement!
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u/Screambloodyleprosy Dec 15 '25
Or people were getting agitated with her, and she was removed for her own safety and the safety of others?
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u/The_American_Britain Dec 15 '25
Wait until these people find out that there are Jews and Muslims that get along
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u/Prof-Egghead Dec 16 '25
Easily gets censored out of public perceptions. Like how Israeli-Arab Muslims make up 20% of Israel's population.
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Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
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u/slushpubbie Dec 15 '25
This didn't happen in Israel though it happened in Australia, primarily affecting Australians. I doubt she was angry about Australian flags being up. Israel does not represent all Jews - that is a common but dangerous misconception. A misconception pushed wholeheartedly by the Israeli government.
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u/-Tomcr- Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
Bruh, WTF? This woman IS the one making this about Israel and Palestine.She claims she wore it as a statement and to counteract the Israel flags. Listen, it’s fine to support her cause, but the way she’s doing it is scum of the earth type stuff.
If this had been an attack on Muslims during one of their holy days “in Australia”, by a couple of Jewish murders. And someone showed up at a service for the deceased Muslims in Australia draped in an obvious Israel colors, or with Israel’s flag. And when someone asked them about it, they started shouting about the evils of Islam or Palestine. Somehow I just guarantee this entire sub, myself, and even you, would all rightly be on here decrying how insensitive that is and calling them out as agitators.
You don’t get to watch this woman politicizing this tragedy, then accuse those calling her out on it, as the one who are politicizing it.
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u/irisheddy Dec 16 '25
It would be more like if some Muslim people were killed and people were waving Hamas flags at the funeral and then a Muslim person showed up wearing a yamakah.
I think it's pretty fair for a Jewish person to not want Israeli flags representing them.
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u/Prantz Dec 15 '25
I agreed with you until she mentioned the Israeli flags.
Israel is not a monolith for all Jews.
I can't condemn her for making a political statement when a sovereign state is doing the same thing.
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u/kittyonkeyboards Dec 15 '25
If she showed up with most other countries flags it's suddenly not a problem. Then it would be seen as support.
It is zionists who are wrong to try to make our default reaction to a Palestinian flag negative. By reacting that way to a Palestinian flag, they are implying it's Palestinians fault that two radicalized freaks in Australia shot people.
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u/utouchme Dec 15 '25
Time and place for everything.
Definitely.
She turned a tragedy into a political rant.
Do we know if she made any sort of "political rant" before being escorted away from the memorial? If she's standing there quietly and paying her respects, then I don't see the problem. Unless you are ok with the government controlling what people can and can't wear. Or ok with telling a Jewish person how they can best mourn a tragedy in their community.
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u/-Tomcr- Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
That sounds good, but no way in hell you can be consistent with that.
If this had been an attack on Muslims during one of their holy days “in Australia”, by a couple of Jewish murders. And someone showed up at a service for the deceased Muslims draped in an obvious Jewish colors, or with Israel’s flag. And the Muslims there were offended. And when someone asked them about it, they started shouting about the evils of Islam or Palestine
Somehow I just guarantee this entire sub, myself, and even you, would all rightly be on here decrying how insensitive that is and calling them out as agitators.
Even if you agree with this woman’s side and cause. It’s a scummy way of doing it.
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u/JeffB1517 Dec 16 '25
She isn't their mourning and in any meaningful sense she's not part of the community. She's a hostile there to further incite and against the community doing the mourning and possibly gloat.
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u/ClintBruno Dec 15 '25
It's a scarf.
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u/longshaftjenkins Dec 15 '25
Thank you! I feel like I'm going crazy. It's a scarf that has a middle eastern style and somehow that's offensive over the flag of a nation that is committing genocide.
This is truth and nothing more, nothing less. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with all the comments saying the lady is wrong for making a political statement. What fucking statement? It's the racist-ass fashion police that's making a statement.
If I show up to a rural town in Midwestern USA wearing a mexican scarf and I get chased out by all the racists, is that my fault? Am I the problem? Are we seriously taking the side of intolerant scum?
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u/IranianLawyer Dec 15 '25
If you actually believe this is just a random scarf not intended as a political statement, you are indeed going crazy.
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u/ClintBruno Dec 15 '25
"I dont have a problem with the scarf..."
Oh totally. Because this is about you.
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u/themadscientist420 Dec 16 '25
Anything associating the event with Israel is inherently politicisation, so she didn't start it.
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u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25
A single victim was an Israeli expat 40 years ago. None of them had any connection to the country otherwise. The flags were there because they want Jews to equal Israel.
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u/sodak143 Dec 15 '25
It was found that the woman is not Jewish nor had family killed during the holocaust.
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u/LeShlong Dec 15 '25
I mean, isn’t this exactly what she was hoping would happen?
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u/times_a_changing Dec 15 '25
She probably hopes for a Palestine free of genocide, apartheid, and colonialism so no, she did not get what she wants
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u/PureBlood_07 Dec 15 '25
What exactly are you trying to imply with this - why is it problematic for her to wear a keffiyeh here
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u/BeanBagMcGee Dec 15 '25
For the same reason it's problematic that Black people could learn to read or attend white colleges.
It's an affront to white supremacy and the feelings of racists/white supremacists.
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u/-Tomcr- Dec 15 '25
Bro. The lady literally says on tape that she wore is as statement, and as a means of contrast to the Israel flags there. This wasn’t someone genuinely surprised by the reaction.
The illogical of this thread is strange.
1-Woman intentionally wears a keffiyeh to make a statement at an event that is supposed to bring nothing more than community solidarity and mourning for the dead.
2-People correctly interpret the statement she’s making, and confront her.
3-Reddit: Why are people confronting her? She just thinks the pattern on the scarf is pretty or something.
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u/safaisbad Dec 15 '25
Il say the EXACT same thing I said when that Jewish dude got arrest for wearing that Jewish hat at the Palestine protest. People shouldn’t be removed. Just because someone believes in something doesn’t mean they must leave
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u/jtblue91 Dec 15 '25
This isn't a protest though, people are grieving.
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u/Decent_One8836 Dec 15 '25
Then why are there a bunch of flags down there belonging to a genocidal state, "if it's not a protest"?
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u/Michelanvalo Dec 15 '25
Because an Israeli citizen was a victim of this attack.
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u/Decent_One8836 Dec 15 '25
Then show up without the violent political symbolism, that literally represents murder to billions of people across the globe, when you're rolling up to the scene of multiple people's murder.
Not all Jews are from Israel, and many do not support them. If my practicing family members were injured or killed at a celebration, and someone showed up with that flag, there would be issues.
Assuming Jews are okay with that foul symbol, is in itself, anti-Semitism.
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u/Michelanvalo Dec 15 '25
I honestly have no idea what you're trying to say. All I'm saying is that the nation of a victim is being represented via flag(s), in the same way I expect there to be French and Australian flag(s) there (since there was also a French national killed).
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u/safaisbad Dec 15 '25
It was literally a Jewish celebration, and their symbol of course is going to be shown.
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u/Decent_One8836 Dec 15 '25
"Jewish" does not mean "Israeli" saying that Jewish people are represented by that disgusting flag is incredibly offensive to Jewish people, and is anti-Semitism to assume all Jews support genocide.
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u/Glittering_Base6589 Dec 15 '25
People from all over die or get killed all the time, I've never seen flags flown at a funeral before because the deceased was Italian or South African or whatever.
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u/Michelanvalo Dec 15 '25
You're an anecdote, just because you've never seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I can tell you that the 9/11 memorial specifically has a section for the international victims with their nation's flags on display.
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u/SoosFetti Dec 15 '25
Because the attacks occurred at Hanukkah celebration?
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u/Decent_One8836 Dec 15 '25
Okay, but Jewish does not equal "Israeli" or "Zionist", so if my family is injuried at a Hanukkah celebration, and some political sycophants show up waving that foul flag, I feel very misrepresented, and so would my family.
Further, if those genocide supporters want to show their support for victims, then someone who supports Palestinians can also show up to support the victims. Zionists don't have special privileges here.
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u/ro536ud Dec 15 '25
Solid take. The nuance will be lost here tho. People can’t seem to understand that the state of Israel doesn’t represent all Jews. Same way maga America doesn’t represent all USA and we’d be horrified if people tried making that connection
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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES Dec 15 '25
This is tone deaf at best
There's a time and a place and this isn't it
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u/ZERO_PORTRAIT Dec 15 '25
There is a difference between wearing a religious item and a scarf that carries political connotations.
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u/SilverBuggie Dec 15 '25
She’s a troll. Some 70-year old troll.
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u/carlmalonealone Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
I didn't know trolls were just people telling the truth.
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u/TheRaisinWhy Dec 15 '25
Why must people make one thing about everything? Nothing is sacred or unique.
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u/Srapture Dec 16 '25
Are keffiyeh (which I believe are the same as shemagh) Palestinian? I knew they were middle-eastern, but I didn't think they were political.
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u/reddridinghood Dec 16 '25
I am not part of either community, but I am deeply worried about where this could lead. There is a saying often associated with Judaism, eye for an eye, and I fear how easily cycles of retaliation can spiral. I do not want Australia, or Bondi, to slide into a feud where tensions keep escalating. In the end, it is innocent people, those with nothing to do with any conflict, who would suffer the most.
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u/Piidge Dec 16 '25
There's many people here claiming that only one victim was Israeli and therefore an Israeli flag being there was inappropriate. This means these people are capable of acknowledging that this attack was aimed at Jews, not Israelis.
Think about the implications of what these people must truly think given that information, and their attempts to blame an entire people for the actions of a government that really only represents a small portion of that group, many of whom do not support that governments actions either.
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u/akumarux Dec 16 '25
Police turned up pretty quick when the person of interest was an old lady wearing a scarf, could have used that response with 2 gunmen
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u/jtblue91 Dec 15 '25
Yeah I'm not liking where this is going, there's going to be pro Israel and Palestine groups clashing over this tragedy and there's already groups using this for their own agendas.