Gordon wrote on Nov 12
th, 2023 at 10:40am:
Hamas terrorise their own people and will kill anyone who gets i their way
One of our neighbours (she is a 65 yr old retired school teacher who lives a street away and walks her groodle around our neighbourhood regularly) came through yesterday afternoon as we were gardening out the front. As she came by I saw how visibly upset she was so I asked her if she was ok.
I won’t go into the long story (the discussion took over an hour) but here it is in a nutshell:
Yesterday was the 11/11. She spent the day crying. Why? Her husband was an Australian pilot who was shot down by Hamas over 20 years ago. She has been widowed ever since. They never had children (her husband couldn’t) but as he was her soul mate in life she accepted that they would be a family surrounded by pets and nieces and nephews (and these would be their children).
She’s been on her own with pets ever since. She kept teaching full time in order to stay centred and sane. And it did help as again ... she was surrounded by children.
Now that she’s newly retired ... the loneliness is getting to her.
So I asked her what particular role her husband was fulfilling at the time he was shot down by Hamas.
This was essentially her reply :
He was merely dropping off supplies to the people which Hamas was using as human shields to hide behind. The supplies were mainly medical stuff and food.
Not much of his body came back apparently.
He died trying to help these Muslim people which are today on side with Hamas and as far as she’s concerned ... Israel needs to do whatever it must in order to eradicate Hamas once and for all.
I gave her a hug and told her I’d pray for her. It was hard for me to know what else to say.
Her response? I no longer believe in God Lis. Don’t waste your breath praying for me.
My point? Hamas has hurt and devastated the world (not just its own people) for way too long! The damage isn’t contained in the pictures we see today. Global inter generational trauma is involved.
Any idiot on OzPol (or in Oz) who is sympathetic at ANY level with what Hamas stands for deserves the ridicule and disdain they’ve earned. That involves those pricks attending rallies and helping to organise them as the $$$$ donations (which is what’s really behind these rallies) is what is currently helping to FUND HAMAS today. Hi Lisa, I do not think there is anyone on this forum support or be sympathetic to what Hamas have done.