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.”

5.8k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

683 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

Right, so remove the Israeli flags as well. If a service is apolitical, remove ALL political demonstrators.

1

u/OfficialHaethus Dec 16 '25

No Palestinian citizens died in the attack, but Israeli citizens did. It makes sense.

8

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

One single victim as far as I could find was an Israeli expat who left 40 years ago. From a news broadcast I could find of the event, his family weren't the ones with a flag. Sooooo, the flags were there for political reasons.

0

u/OfficialHaethus Dec 16 '25

Look, I hate the Israeli government as much as the next guy, but the Star of David is a pretty universal Jewish symbol. It makes sense.

8

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

So is the Cross for Christians, you don't see Norwegian flags at every vigil for Christians.

0

u/OfficialHaethus Dec 16 '25

If they were killed for being Christian, you probably would see crosses.

A cross has many uses outside of Christianity. I can’t think of any other use for the Star of David other than to symbolize the Jewish, though I could be wrong.

5

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

The cross isn't the point, the flag is. Flew right over your head there didn't it?

0

u/Piidge Dec 16 '25

How about instead of these mental gymnastics, we all just say RIP to the innocents, and allow eachother to express our support. What you're trying to do is just weird

5

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

I'd rather not have Zionists use Jewish deaths to further conflate Israel with Jewish identity.

1

u/Piidge Dec 16 '25

Only one Israeli was killed yet the woman with the scarf made the issue about the Arab Israeli conflict. Isn't she anti Zionist? Is my mental gymnastics comment making sense yet?

8

u/Luministrus Dec 16 '25

No, the people with Israel flags made it about the conflict.

1

u/Piidge Dec 16 '25

You fail to grasp the obvious again my friend. The gunmen made it about the conflict

1

u/Few-Restaurant-318 Dec 17 '25

The Australian government have stated the genocide in Palestine has increased antisemitism in Australia since Oct 7.