Sydney's Night of Shame

Australian Jews told to stay home while Hamas supporters get a police escort through the city

Last night Jewish Australians were told to stay at home because it was not safe for them to be on the streets of Sydney.

Meanwhile, NSW police provided an escort for hundreds of pro-Hamas supporters yelling “F*k the Jews” and “Gas the Jews” as they marched from Town Hall to the Opera House.

Why were they marching to the Opera House? Because it was to be lit up in the Israeli colours as a show of solidarity for their dead.

These pro-Hamas thugs decided to go there en mass, intimidate grieving Jews, and wish for more of them to be killed.

Remember all those progressive Leftists warning that Australia’s international reputation will be sullied if we dare to vote ‘No’ to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament?

Where is their concern about what was done to Australia’s international reputation yesterday?

Frauds. All of them.

Police Minister Yasmin Catley today refused to apologise to the Jewish community after they were warned to stay at home rather than venture into the CBD to see the Opera House lit up in their honour.

Catley confirmed to Parliament that the pro-Hamas march had been unauthorised, the organisers having failed to apply for a permit as required by NSW law.

Yep … you need to fill out paperwork and obtain a permit in order to march through the Sydney CBD calling for Jews to be gassed. But I digress.

Hold an unauthorised march against vaccine mandates and you’re shot at with rubber bullets. But hold an unauthorised march calling for the death of Jews, and police will help facilitate it.

As GANGgajang famously sang, ‘this is Australia’.

Catley reckoned the gathering of Hamas supporters was “just a spontaneous gathering of a large number of people”.

That explains why the NSW Greens spontaneously advertised the completely spontaneous gathering of Hamas-lovers hours before it spontaneously occurred.

Speaking of the Greens, if a group of women gather on the steps of Victorian Parliament to advocate for women’s rights, the Greens will immediately condemn them as Nazis. But if a group of Hamas cheer-leaders gather at the Opera House to advocate for the gassing of Jews, the Greens will tweet the details so no-one misses out on the fun. It’s outrageous.

Police did not break up the illegal protest, by which I mean the spontaneous gathering of a large number of people who all just happened to be arrive at Town Hall around 5.30pm sporting Palestinian flags and spitting hatred toward Jews.

Instead, police focused on preventing “the risk of violence and conflict” Catley said.

In other words, NSW police decided to provide terrorist supporters with an escort so they could safely march through the streets, vilifying and inciting violence toward the Jewish community as they went.

Meanwhile, NSW Police told law-abiding Jews that if they knew what was good for them, they would refrain from setting foot in their own city.

Thank God we have police!

A government source told The Telegraph that police made the “operational decision” to allow the spontaneous gathering of a large number of people to march to the Opera House in the belief that it was the safest way to manage the Hamas lovers.

In other words, after Hamas ran riot in Israel, NSW Police decided to let their supporters run riot in Sydney as well.

That’s how we manage “the risk of violence and conflict” nowadays.

Unlike their Gaza compatriots, Sydney’s Hamas supporters didn’t kidnap, rape or murder anyone. They just celebrated kidnap, rape and murder. Oh, and the gassing of Jews.

When “operational decisions” mean you help facilitate people to celebrate the mass slaughter of innocents you have to wonder what kind of operation you’re running.

“Operational decision” is, of course, police talk for … we were scared of them.

Imagine for a moment how Australian Jews must feel. Although, as our political elites will no doubt remind them, ‘diversity is our strength’. Insert massive eye roll here.

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke said the entirety of the protest was caught on CCTV and any people who broke the law would be arrested and brought before the courts.

Whoopee.

Why didn’t the police stop it from happening in the first place? No. They prefer to watch videos after the event.

Cooke told journalists:

“It was considered the best option for police was to manage the movement of those people.

“This is not about us condoning, supporting, facilitating any process … This is about us providing for the public safety.”

It will come as a huge relief to Sydney’s Jewish population that we have police able to manage the movement of Nazis while not condoning their chants of death to Jews.

This, apparently, is what public safety looks like.

The Police Minister told journalists …

“(Police) needed to manage a highly volatile crowd, and again I say … They did that successfully.”

How? By telling Jewish families to stay home and lock their doors? That’s Catley’s definition of successful policing? Resign yesterday Catley.

Police are experts at dispersing Covid lockdown protestors, but clueless when it comes to pro-Hamas protestors. Got it.

The NSW Attorney General might also think about doing something else for a job.

Michael Daley, when asked on radio about Sydney’s Jews being told to stay home, replied:

"I think everybody just needs to calm down and, as you say, do stay at home.”

Put up your hand if you think Daley should stay at home rather than go to the office tomorrow.

He continued …

"This sort of dividing into camps and barracking over what is a horrific situation in the Middle East is just not acceptable.”

Yeah, see, the thing is Michael, it’s not about two morally equivalent camps barracking, as you say, for their team. It’s about law abiding Australian Jews, many of whom have loved ones missing or murdered, being prevented from walking in the CBD by pro-terrorism supporters chanting for their extermination.

"What everybody needs to do is show restraint and respect and just calm down,” Daley said.

Dilly Daley later admitted he was "not really across" what happened in Sydney last night.

Well, maybe get across it Minister Daley. You’re the most senior legal officer in the State.

Interviewer Ben Fordham asked Daley …

“What’s the point of lighting up the (Opera House sails) then telling people to stay home?”

Indeed.

Daley replied:

“All people should stay home for their safety if the streets are unsafe. I’m sure police have got the streets under control like they always do.”

Sure Minister. Sydney’s CBD looked like the Middle East last night.

Telling Jews to stay barricaded in their homes while thugs celebrating murder march through the streets sends exactly the wrong message. Threats of violence work.

Yesterday was a national day of shame for Sydney, and a failure of character and leadership on multiple levels.

NSW Premier Chris Minns described the scenes at the Opera House last night as “abhorrent” and promised to have a chat with his Attorney General.

Good.

The Attorney General - and the Police Minister while he’s at it - should both be told that, as of immediately, they can just stay home.