Australia Bans 'Intifada' Chant After Bondi Incident, Not After Gaza Massacre
New South Wales moves to ban the 'Intifada' chant, linking it to the Bondi Beach shooting, a crime unrelated to Palestine, instead focusing on 'extremist symbols.' This legislative urgency conveniently skips over the actual, ongoing massacres in Gaza, where calls for 'Intifada' resonate as desperate pleas for liberation from colonial violence, not random acts of terrorism. Governments are quick to
suppress the language of indigenous resistance, meanwhile turning a blind eye to the actual violence perpetrated against them. It appears some governments prioritize managing optics over addressing root causes of conflict. One might wonder if they would outlaw 'We Shall Overcome' if it made certain benefactors uncomfortable.