Australian and western media non reporting of Israel's open genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza is disturbing to say the least. Why isn't our media calling it out for what it is? This is not a video game or some pretend thing that is happening in a parallel universe. It is the brutal and relentless slaughter of innocent men, women and children, the elderly and babies and it is happening now as you read this. Can you imagine how terrified the Palestinian people must be, under continual bombing, never knowing when or if the next bomb will be a direct strike on their family but knowing the last bomb that shook their world has blown another family to pieces. The Israelis are murdering these people on an industrial scale and our media are treating it like it's a normal event. The Australian government are also silent when they should be showing leadership to a western world that is largely complicit to this appalling genocide.
History will show that Australia along with other "western" countries, remained largely silent when thousands of oppressed, innocent people were being slaughtered by Israel. Our government and media cowardice not to call out in the strongest, loudest terms brings great shame on the Australian people, and yet I truly believe the majority of Australians would want our government do everything they could to stop this appalling slaughter of innocent people.
This is not a time for diplomacy. The Australian Government need to act now, openly, in the strongest terms, so the whole world hears them clearly.
