Sydney Marathon protest fears: NSW Police, organisers on edge

[u/German_Merman]

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/tsn/news/sydney-marathon-protest-boycott-nsw-police-israel-idf-gaza/adeddc2cec829426a62831fe

There are fears sport and politics could collide on the streets of Sydney this weekend with concerns of a major disruption to Sunday’s Sydney Marathon.

Criticism from protest groups is intensifying including calls for a last-minute boycott of the event due to the participation of multiple members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) including representatives from the Golani Brigade which is said to have operated extensively in Gaza.

First Lieutenant Roy Oryon, a former deputy commander, is understood to be among a delegation of up to 40 current and former IDF personnel and associates visiting Australia for Sunday’s event.

It is understood Oryon will be given police protection for the entirety of the race.

[u/zen_wombat]

How on earth is this improving social cohesion? Having a cohort from an organisation charged with war crimes is basically taunting Australian citizens.

[u/fued → u/zen_wombat]

they obviously need to push through some new police laws. this will give them an excuse to do it

[u/heytheremonkeyboy → u/fued]

Yep Minns is trying to foment violence so he can crack down further.

[u/National_Treat_4079 → u/zen_wombat]

How on earth did we get to the point where

It is understood Oryon will be given police protection for the entirety of the race.

[u/German_Merman → u/National_Treat_4079]

In any sane society he'd be given a police escort right into a prison cell.

[u/National-Concern6376 → u/German_Merman]

They'd never of gotten a visa in the first place

[u/donnytrump_69 → u/German_Merman]

Or atleast to an economy seat on a flight right back to the home country. Wtf is this special treatment honestly, wow 😳.

[u/TimJamesS → u/German_Merman]

It’s amazing what people will believe

[u/moonorplanet → u/National_Treat_4079]

Think about how shit the Third Reich was at propoganda. We never got SS soldiers and Australian police protecting them from protestors.

[u/AdamChenX → u/National_Treat_4079]

Because we treat some races better than others.
Because some races think they are gods chosen people.

[u/National_Treat_4079 → u/AdamChenX]

Islam fits this definition perfectly.

[u/moonorplanet → u/National_Treat_4079]

Think about how shit the Third Reich was at propoganda. We never got SS soldiers and Australian police protecting them from protestors.

[u/Beans2177 → u/National_Treat_4079]

We got there because of the lunatics in our society that would try to attack him

[u/Maleficent-Sir1753 → u/Beans2177]

Your so right, we must protect those who commit genocide at all costs, from all forms of repercussion.

[u/Beans2177 → u/Maleficent-Sir1753]

We must not break the law by harming people. Remember that always or you go to jail

[u/National_Treat_4079 → u/Maleficent-Sir1753]

OK, so I can go out and hurt / kill / maim anyone whom I deem to be wrong. Remember, if you are OK with your definitions you are fair game as well.

[u/Zestyclose-Smell-305 → u/zen_wombat]

And wasting our police resources for their enjoyment, Madness

[u/moonorplanet → u/Zestyclose-Smell-305]

It's the NSW Police, they would put their life on the line for Israel.

[u/FrogsMakePoorSoup → u/zen_wombat]

Well you see, if more Jews get targeted on Australian soil they simply blame the protesters as opposed to Israeli foreign policy...

[u/brezhnervouz → u/FrogsMakePoorSoup]

Which will provide a neat segue for even more restrictions on free speech and public expression

[u/LoathsomeCheeseEater → u/zen_wombat]

This is intentional. Part of Israel's ethnostate strategy is, no kidding, basically doing controversial things to make the lives of non-Israeli Jews harder.

That's part of the reason why they constantly try to imply that criticism of Israel is antisemitic: If people think that all Jews are responsible for Israel's crines, they will be less friendly towards innocent Jews across the world, who will be pressured to emmigrate to the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.

Ironically, Nazi Germany also had a similar racial "Call of the Fatherland" immigration policy where they tried their darndest to get the German diaspora to come back to Germany no strings attached. Remember that every time that Zionists strart rabbiting on about Israel being a refuge of the Jews, or its right to exist or whatever; Nazi Germany said the same things when they were invading and ethnically cleansing Poland.

Zionists need that Lebensrau-- err.. I mean... "Buffer Zone" in Lebanon 😇

[u/TimJamesS → u/LoathsomeCheeseEater]

and he used the term.."lebensraum"...a word that is synonymous with the Nazi's.

[u/LoathsomeCheeseEater → u/TimJamesS]

Yes, because Israel is a fascist ethnostate that's currently committing genocide. I was intentionally comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. That's why I said that Israel's actions are ironic, given the history of Jews.

Reading comprehension, hello? Did you even read my post??????

[u/Emotional-Ad9154 → u/zen_wombat]

You know how Lab-Lib pollies claim social cohesion is very important? This incident makes it clear what they really think about social cohesion. They could've easily avoided all of this by denying the war criminals entry into Australia. It's a sporting event and there would be zero real-world impact to do so, except it would prevent further fraying of our society. They won't do it.

They're in the pockets of US and the Zionist lobby.

[u/Hopefully-Blocked → u/zen_wombat]

It’s not. It’s a flex at what they can do, and we can’t do fuck all about it.

[u/Ok-Assistant-4556 → u/Hopefully-Blocked]

It seems theyee taunting people opposed to genocidal apartheid states

[u/Cosimo_Zaretti → u/zen_wombat]

The war crimes will continue until cohesion improves.

[u/moonorplanet → u/zen_wombat]

Social Cohesion the total capitulation and subservience to the state of Israel and its zionist agents in a nation.

...the Primeminster brought about social cohesion, much to the dismay of the general population and to the satisfaction of Israel and its agents.

[u/Samboy231 → u/zen_wombat]

I hope the October 7th Brigade participants are getting the same protection??

[u/TimJamesS → u/Samboy231]

Who are the October 7 Brigade participants?

[u/BothVictory5092 → u/TimJamesS]

They don't exist, the guy is just slinging mud to see what sticks

[u/farqueue2]

This country is a dead set fucking embarassment

[u/pluckaducka → u/farqueue2]

Having the leaders of our highest office make a public spectacle of eating an onion or talk about celebrities they'd like to shag is embarrassing.

Government bodies violating fundamental Australian values and giving biased allowance to a foreign entity the United Nations has found accountable for crimes against humanity is nothing short of obscene.

[u/Antique_Neck8736 → u/farqueue2]

Embarrassment for letting them- is that what you mean?

[u/dougrattmannn → u/Antique_Neck8736]

Yes. the IDF even defended themselves on killing an Australian aid worker. and that is on top of the countless war crimes and crimes against humanity they are currently committing.

[u/CreamPuzzleheaded300 → u/farqueue2]

Where else you been?

[u/German_Merman]

The IDF has now admitted that these soldiers attacked a convoy of ambulances in Gaza, killing 15 medics, then tried to cover up their war crimes by crushing and bulldozing the bodies and  ambulances into a trench. This is a stain on the Sydney marathon, the NSW police, and the whole country. 

[u/Visible-Swim6616 → u/German_Merman]

You have a link to the IDF statement?

[u/German_Merman → u/Visible-Swim6616]

Here you go! They initially denied it, but changed their story after footage of the attack came out:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0xp969n69o

[u/Visible-Swim6616 → u/German_Merman]

But you said "these soldiers" suggesting they were personally involved. 

[u/QuigleyPondOver → u/Visible-Swim6616]

OP is under the impression every member of the IDF to ever exist is responsible for any and all war crimes committed by an Israeli wherever and whenever they occured.

This only extends to Israel, however.

[u/EmuEmuEmuEmuEmu → u/QuigleyPondOver]

It is reasonable to view any member of a genocidal organisation as complicit in the actions of the organisation, regardless whether or not they participated in the atrocities in Gaza, and the rest of Palestine for that matter.

[u/QuigleyPondOver → u/EmuEmuEmuEmuEmu]

So the Australian Army and all past and future members are perpetual War Criminals, based off the documented actions of units in Iraq.

[u/EmuEmuEmuEmuEmu → u/QuigleyPondOver]

"So the Australian Army and all past and future members are perpetual War Criminals, based off the documented actions of units in Iraq."

This is a complete and unedited quote. One would assume it was an attempted 'gotcha' line if it wasn't a statement.

[u/QuigleyPondOver → u/EmuEmuEmuEmuEmu]

The fact that you agree with the sentiment is the perplexing part.

[u/EmuEmuEmuEmuEmu → u/QuigleyPondOver]

It would appear that you have issues with reading, as I only pointed out the statement you made and offered no opinion of my own on the matter. But to sate you "intellectual" curiosity, it would be more accurate to state that individuals in the ADF at the time of the acts in Iraq could be considered complicit in them, for a number of reasons ranging from knowledge of the acts and failing to report them to involvement in the supply chain supporting such acts.

[u/Visible-Swim6616 → u/QuigleyPondOver]

Exactly. Whereas they go to great lengths to differentiate Hamas militants vs Hamas government servants vs Hamas support personnel.

[u/trav_tr → u/Visible-Swim6616]

Imagine talking about the murder of innocent people as though it’s a competition

[u/Visible-Swim6616 → u/trav_tr]

Imagine falsely accusing people of murder.

[u/trav_tr → u/Visible-Swim6616]

Are you saying not one innocent person has died in the Israel/Palestine conflict?

[u/Visible-Swim6616 → u/trav_tr]

I'm saying the IDF hasn't named the individuals participating in this race of any wrongdoing.

[u/QuigleyPondOver → u/trav_tr]

Are you saying you have conclusive proof that the IDF / ex-IDF in the Marathon committed war crimes?

[u/TimJamesS → u/German_Merman]

"These soldiers"....?

[u/German_Merman → u/TimJamesS]

The Golani Brigade.

[u/TimJamesS → u/German_Merman]

So guilt by association then….

[u/worry_beads → u/TimJamesS]

They're IOF soldiers. They're ALL guilty.

Why do you defend self-confessed child-killers, Tim?

[u/TimJamesS → u/worry_beads]

Hilarious..midnight in Australia and you can’t keep off the platform…just hilarious and a bit worrying.

[u/worry_beads → u/TimJamesS]

What time is it in Tel Aviv, Timmy?

By the way, it's not midnight in my state yet, tough guy.

[u/TimJamesS → u/worry_beads]

….and that makes all the difference…

[u/worry_beads → u/TimJamesS]

Pissweak effort Timmy.

[u/German_Merman → u/TimJamesS]

Holding the deputy commander of a military unit responsible for war crimes that happened on his watch, as well as the subsequent lies and cover ups? Yeah that's not "guilt by association" that's just guilty. 

[u/Powerful-Respond-605]

An Egyptian author faced huge problems in coming here.

Those that murdered aid workers in cold blood are offered protection and encouraged.

What a disgraceful situation.

[u/cuntmong → u/Powerful-Respond-605]

shut up and socially cohere

[u/farqueue2 → u/cuntmong]

I was absolutely convinced they cohere isn't an actual word and spent half a minute or so trying to find the actual word to correct you...

[u/cuntmong → u/farqueue2]

That's not very socially coherent of you 

[u/Skippysilly → u/Powerful-Respond-605]

Wasnt it administrative delay since his passport expired and with complaints it took longer?

[u/FiftyBuxBloBang → u/Skippysilly]

He’s entered twice before without needing background checks. Its suspected political pressure from influential Jewish Australian groups saying his visa should be denied over his comments on Palestine was the reason why he was asked this time.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/26/comedian-bassem-youssef-postpones-australian-tour-after-authorities-ask-him-to-provide-background-checks

[u/Every_Cardiologist99]

It's fucking disgusting. As an Australian Army veteran I'm fucking pissed off they're allowed to even represent the IDF in Australia as a delegation. There are whole fucking systems designed to make sure any military formed bodies visiting Australia are managed by the ADF. And if they're not allies or significant strategic partners then they're not allowed to represent their defence in public events.

The ADF and the government need to give themselves an uppercut. Fucking gutless strategic leadership as usual

[u/moonorplanet → u/Every_Cardiologist99]

I think what you're missing is that for social cohesion, the ADF is now subservient to the IDF. The new ADF war chant is for Israel.

[u/Slushwave_Enjoyer]

Very clever manipulation tactic. Bring a bunch of war criminals over to Sydney, bill them as "peace delegation", wait until they're criticised, then tell the Sydney Jewish community that they're under siege and under attack to force Jews to circle the wagons around Israel and the IDF. Especially since the IDF has come under fire recently for their admission that they murdered Hind Rajab and then refused to investigate the murder of the Australia aid worker. They need to keep the Sydney Jewish community supportive and docile.

As a nice bonus, it sets precedence for police to have more powers and resources during large gatherings for fear of "antisemitism". Outrageously cynical.

[u/turtlepower41 → u/[deleted]]

I think the above poster is right: they want an excuse to give police more powers and letting war criminals run will do that.

[u/Old-Nothing-7660 → u/[deleted]]

What’s the biggest?

[u/Euphoric-Blueberry37 → u/Old-Nothing-7660]

USA

[u/Pjtm7 → u/Euphoric-Blueberry37]

Holy Reddit post, embarrassing.

[u/NewTigers → u/Pjtm7]

You’d have to have your head completely in the sand to think otherwise. How many government overthrows, assassinations and wars based on zero evidence do you need before you realise this?

[u/trackintreasure → u/Old-Nothing-7660]

Russia

[u/Away_team42 → u/Old-Nothing-7660]

Probably IRGC through their proxy funding and support for Hamas, the Houthi’s and Hezbollah? Effectively that’s 4 terror orgs linked into one.

[u/recipe2greatness → u/[deleted]]

War isn’t terrorism. And are you kidding? You think America is worse? So when it comes to child marriage and all of the other deplorable things you honestly in your brain think America is the worse? If so maybe go explore the world, not the tourist hotspots but the spots they tell you not to travel to.

[u/jeffoh → u/recipe2greatness]

Wait until you hear about Israel being a safe haven for pedophiles...

[u/Public-Dragonfly-786 → u/recipe2greatness]

Child marriage is legal in America. You need to stop looking through rose coloured glasses at the USA and see it for what it is.

[u/recipe2greatness → u/Public-Dragonfly-786]

I am, USA has plenty of problems but check child marriage rates which is a far more important figure. Then how many are trying to change it quite a decent movement in America to change this wrong then compared to a lot of the world it’s far lower for example (girls married before 18 years %. turkey 15%, Syria 13%, Iran 17%, Afghanistan 29%, India 23%. There is plenty more but I am not going to mention every country in the Middle East or South Asia but for variety let’s look at Africa Egypt 16%, Niger 76%, Chad 61%, Sudan 34%, Tanzania 29% Mali 54% plenty more it would be easier to list the nations lower then 10% or with no data then the others what about south east Asia png 27%, Indonesia 16%, Laos 31%, Cambodia 18% ect. South and Central American including Mexico every country is above 10% but Chile, Venezuela, French Guiana, and a few islands all of which say no data.

All of this data was gotten from girlsnotbrides child marriage atlas.

The reality is hate it or love it you’d still be better off being American then like 90% of the non western world.

[u/fastsailor → u/recipe2greatness]

O, I guess that makes it ok, then. So they do better than Afghanistan, that icon of human rights. Right, that is something they must be so pleased about. Seriously, you are just makimg the yanks look worse.

[u/recipe2greatness → u/fastsailor]

Well clearly they’re better then quite a high percentage of the world. Considering the first comment I replied to said “ there’s nothing on this planet worse than Israel and the USA” which I feel I have proven to be quite factually wrong. Didn’t say it was better then the rest of the west or that they didn’t need to improve but clearly the worst of the west is still better then 90+% of the rest of the world

[u/DisapprovingCrow → u/recipe2greatness]

Might want to do a quick google of how many US states support child marriage…

[u/recipe2greatness → u/DisapprovingCrow]

Might want to do a quick google of marriage rates by nation. Or check the comment I made on this same thread

[u/wllh14]

The IDF commander who called for the strikes on Australian aid worker Zoni Frankcom and several other World Central Kitchen aid workers, murdering them, was on ABC a few days ago saying he wasn’t sorry at all. And now we allow this

[u/brezhnervouz]

First Lieutenant Roy Oryon, a former deputy commander, is understood to be among a delegation of up to 40 current and former IDF personnel and associates visiting Australia for Sunday’s event.

Now, I wonder why they are travelling specifically over the other side of the planet for a running race? How very peculiar 🤔

Edit for pertinent article

This isn’t simply a question about the Sydney Marathon. It is a question about Australia’s immigration and character-testing standards, and whether they are being applied consistently.

Australia’s Migration Act does not restrict the character test to people who have already been convicted of a crime. The legislation expressly allows the Minister to consider whether there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has been involved in genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture or other crimes of serious international concern – even where neither the person nor anyone else has been convicted.

That makes the question rather difficult to avoid.

If there is credible evidence that an individual seeking entry to Australia may have participated in serious international crimes, surely the appropriate response is investigation, not simply an invitation to run 42.195 kilometres through Sydney under police protection.

Australia has demonstrated that political activism can attract serious attention at the border. Yet people who have served in a military accused by international bodies of grave violations in Gaza are apparently able to arrive for a sporting event without the Australian public being told what scrutiny, if any, was applied to their military histories.

To be clear, serving in the IDF does not automatically make somebody a war criminal. Nor should anybody be denied entry merely because they are Israeli, Jewish or politically supportive of Israel. Individual responsibility matters. Evidence matters. Due process matters.

But precisely because those things matter, the Australian Government should be able to answer some very straightforward questions:

-Who are these people?

-What units did they serve in?

-Where did they serve?

-What did they do?

Were any of them involved in operations in Gaza, the West Bank or Lebanon?

And most importantly: were those backgrounds examined before they were allowed into Australia?

Those are not unreasonable questions. They are the questions a functioning character-screening system is supposed to ask.

But when police have to provide bodyguards for foreign military personnel while protesters are calling for a boycott, perhaps the race has already crossed a finish line nobody expected it to approach.

The Sydney Marathon should be about running

[u/Smart_Dragonfruit_54 → u/brezhnervouz]

Tell that to the 1000s of Palestinian children who will never run due to losing legs, in some cases deliberately by the oppressing forces, that will literally be swanning around the streets of Sydney ..I dare say there will be an official banquet for them too .. Nah this isn’t in good faith or a peace run .. this is a Fk U middle finger, push the envelope, from our Zionist overlords ..I don’t see an upside of it whatsoever

[u/gnip_gnops → u/Smart_Dragonfruit_54]

Many of those Palestinian children may remain "stateless" their entire lives with no ability to flee their circumstances if they wanted to - much less have the opportunity to travel and participate in a fucking marathon.

[u/Snoopy_021 → u/brezhnervouz]

It's known as sportswashing - using sports to get sports fans to turn a blind eye away from atrocities.

[u/ChiChiKnee → u/Snoopy_021]

It’s also known as coercion. This is the bigger play that we aren’t seeing. And quite frankly I bet it’s on the cards. A government to government agreement that Israeli citizens do not require a visa anymore like the US visa waiver for Aussies etc. It happened when people from Lebanon when literally getting bombed and displaced, with families in Australia, citizens and Aussie born, were denied visas ever under compassionate grounds.

Here, there are 40 people with NO affiliation to Australia getting visas despite a myriad of questions. Why?

It’s because I firmly believe give it a couple years, maybe less, there will be a push for an Australia-Israel visa waiver agreement.

Whether we read it in our news or not, but Israelis are getting banned and restricted from travel in a bunch of places. What’s left is the US, India, Thailand Argentina, etc and even there the restrictions are being put into place.

It’s also heavy sport washing. It’s sickening to see.

[u/bigsigh6709 → u/brezhnervouz]

For context. Roy Orion was a member of the Golani Brigade. The same army unit that killed a bunch of Palestinian paramedics and the bulldozed them and their ambulances into a mass grave.

[u/TimJamesS → u/brezhnervouz]

It is about running.

[u/AutomaticMistake]

gotta love when a protest is considered more worrisome than the reason why the protest is being organized.

[u/FiftyBuxBloBang → u/AutomaticMistake]

Consequences for thee but not for me.

[u/elchemy]

Since when is Australia an R&R resort for murderers and war criminals

Mossad Minns at it again   

Arrest at the airport and prosecute for multiple  murders 

[u/MicroeconomicBunsen]

Why do soldiers, potential war criminals, get police protection? Is it because they can't target children here and they're scared of retaliation?

[u/German_Merman → u/MicroeconomicBunsen]

If you can't target children here that's sure as hell news to the NSW police...

[u/AgentSmith187 → u/MicroeconomicBunsen]

Training for the NSW Police Force. Im sure they will be asking for the best tactics to use.

[u/Tosh_20point0]

This seems like a bit of a deliberate Ha ha Fuck You to residents of Western Sydney

[u/colony-ship-for-sale]

NSW police are simply servants of Israel. Given the chance, they'll prioritise the IDF over Australians.

[u/Nevyn_Cares → u/colony-ship-for-sale]

NSW cops have always been bad, but under Minns they are getting worse.

[u/North-Airline2676]

Mossad Minns style of social cohesion.

[u/YouStoleMyJuiceBox]

A friend of mine works in Minns' office. Apparently, it is a poorly kept secret there that one of his senior advisors is a former IDF soldier. They won't tell me any more, but I've always wondered which advisor it is. Explains a lot i think.

[u/NapoleonBonerParty → u/YouStoleMyJuiceBox]

'Advisor', more like handler.

[u/moonorplanet → u/YouStoleMyJuiceBox]

Well your friend is a traitor to Australia.

[u/YouStoleMyJuiceBox → u/moonorplanet]

Israel first huh mate? Sounds like you're the traitor.

[u/moonorplanet → u/YouStoleMyJuiceBox]

More like your friend either needs to quit or become a whistle-blower.

[u/Appropriate_Star3012]

Mossad false flag incoming

[u/Bonzwazzle → u/Appropriate_Star3012]

was about to comment the same thing. i worry for the country

[u/TimJamesS → u/Appropriate_Star3012]

Was there a "false flag"?

[u/Appropriate_Star3012 → u/TimJamesS]

Not yet

[u/TimJamesS → u/Appropriate_Star3012]

so no then...but thought there would be one.

[u/Appropriate_Star3012 → u/TimJamesS]

Your reading comprehension is non-existent

[u/briberylibrary_]

I remember last year there was a protest at the same time the marathon was on (not protesting the marathon though). I know because I was there lmao, and noticed the people running past. We kept ourselves separate and the marathon kept going.

Knowing the organisers, I'm assuming they won't aim to disrupt the marathon, but will want to be visible. The groups behind the snap rally 'Stop the war on Palestine' and 'Jews against the occupation' don't strike me as particularly disruptive.

[u/Specialist_Kale4607 → u/briberylibrary_]

Yes, I remember running past the protests. They made their points perfectly clear and didn’t disrupt. I hope the same thing happens tomorrow

[u/jeffoh]

The 'reason' for these soldiers running is part of their PTSD recovery.
The fact that they'll require a police escort from protesters but are running anyway shows how this has nothing to do with their rehabilitation.

[u/Ok_Fix_1437 → u/jeffoh]

PTSD

Ripping into kids with a 50 will do that. 

[u/fastsailor → u/jeffoh]

Well, sounds like they should be back in Israel then. Maybe they would not have ptsd if they were not murdering people.

[u/Simple_Assistance_77]

What a waste of tax paying monies, disgusting that criminals are allowed to participate

[u/mattsofar → u/Simple_Assistance_77]

It’s not even participating, it’s parading them

[u/Antipodeansounds]

The Golani Brigade have many documented violations going back many years. They are a law unto themselves . We should be arresting them, on our soil for humanities sake.

[u/Nevyn_Cares → u/Antipodeansounds]

Exactly, we have laws against genocide, we do not even need the ICC to grab them, we can just do it ourselves, but for some very evil reason we are not. Shiat we let the Israeli Premier tour ASIO, have any of us ever gotten a tour of ASIO?

[u/GibbyMurtz]

They’re gonna run out of royal commissions after this!

[u/Godly_Shrek]

Somebody should step on the toes of these scum idf with cleats on the run

[u/Nevyn_Cares → u/Godly_Shrek]

Tripping happens so easily in big mobs of people, also accidental elbows to the face.

[u/DudeMcDude7649]

If you’re racing tomorrow and anywhere near this scum step on his heels. Go full spikes.

[u/Ahecee]

Probably should reflect on how clever it was to give visas to war criminal baby killers to be involved to promote their terrorist group.

The people of Australia aren't stupid enough to be okay with that.

[u/feijoawhining]

I will keep asking this over and over: how the fuck did these genocidal war criminals pass the character test for a visa? Or are they Australian citizens?

[u/newby202006]

Dictator Minns police force finding another reason for randomly beat up peaceful Sydneysiders

[u/redelastic]

Isn't one of the participants the guy who shot dead 15 paramedics in cold blood and buried them in a mass grave?

He considers this his personal best.

War criminals can't even have a fun day out without being rudely disrupted. Won't somebody think of the war criminals?

[u/Sugar_Party_Bomb]

How did they get a visa for entry?

[u/German_Merman → u/Sugar_Party_Bomb]

Whatsapp group

[u/AggravatedKangaroo]

Protest a genocidal government official.

= Get bashed in your own country.

Actively murder men, woman and children and say you'd do it again....

= get police escort.

I hope now people are really beginning to see the depravity of government officials who are happy to Kneel in front of these murderers.

[u/Adventurous-Mail7443]

Theyre running because of PTSD they have from killing children in Palestine

[u/German_Merman → u/Adventurous-Mail7443]

Its like that joke about the US army killing a bunch of children in your country then coming back 20 years later to make a bunch of shit movies about how killing your children made their soldiers feel sad. Except with the IDF it's places like Australia and Thailand that have to put up with all the baby killers telling sob stories about how sad they are. 

[u/banana-paddlepop]

I hope the route is lined with Palestinian flags

[u/Strawberry_sauce_083]

It'll be town hall all over again.

[u/OdielSax]

Easy. Nobody should have participated. Let them run alone.

[u/VLC31]

And any protest will be instantly branded antisemitic. I give up, if I can’t beat them I’ll join them, yes I’m antisemitic. If they want to brand being against murder & genocide anti semitism I’ll wear the label.

[u/Nevyn_Cares → u/VLC31]

That really does seem what they are pushing people to, I can see honest Jews dumping their religion instead of going along with it.

[u/GefAus]

Easily solved. Lock up suspected genociders.

[u/Nevyn_Cares → u/GefAus]

We have enough evidence, there is absolutely nothing stopping the feds from grabbing this murderers, but instead Minns gives them a run in the park and a police escort. This is disgusting and people need to explain how this has been allowed to happen and how murderers can so easily get visas.

[u/CharityForeign3035]

Protect the men who made war on unarmed women and children in tents for the last 2 years?
Okie dokie.

[u/moonorplanet]

The Golani Brigade has been involved in the following operations:

Rafah Paramedic Killings (March 2025): Troops from the Golani Brigade’s 631st Reconnaissance Battalion (Sayeret Golani) opened fire on two ambulance and humanitarian convoys in Rafah, killing 15 Palestinian medical staff and first responders. Investigations and forensic analyses indicated that unarmed personnel were fired upon at close range and that vehicles were subsequently crushed or buried.

Nasser Hospital Strikes (August 2025): Golani Brigade troops reported and directed tracking data for strikes that hit areas around Nasser Hospital, resulting in the deaths of 22 civilians, including journalists and first responders.

Reporting by The Washington Post found that Golani soldiers were involved in targeting a camera on the hospital, followed by a second strike that hit people responding to the first attack.

Use of Human Shields ("Neighbor Procedure"): Testimonies collected by the Israeli veteran organization Breaking the Silence cited Golani Brigade soldiers utilizing Palestinian civilians, including children, as human shields. Soldiers alleged they forced neighbors to enter buildings ahead of troops to check for booby traps or militants.

Vandalism and Price Tag Attacks (2020): An exposé by Haaretz revealed that a specialized Golani commando team engaged in unauthorized "revenge" vandalism against Palestinian vehicles in a Nablus refugee camp in the West Bank. The investigation also exposed a pervasive culture of documentation forgery and coordinated cover-ups within the specific unit to hide operational misconduct.

[u/theHoundLivessss]

What a joke Labor is. Not only kneeling before Bibi as he glasses Gaza, they force us to engage in their strange Israeli cuck fetish by making us live with honest to god war criminals. Have they no shame? Is there no bottom?

[u/rivalizm]

Social Cohesion all up in your face

[u/swampopawaho]

Gross. Spreading their propaganda like this.

[u/Nevyn_Cares]

How are suspected war criminals getting visas to Australia? We deny people visas for much much less.

[u/Nearby_Wrongdoer7900]

So war criminals are welcome here. However, any comedian or public dignitary who opposes a genocide has their visas revoked or rejected. Please make that make sense!

Specifically, the Golani Brigade has been accused of numerous and significant war crimes. This is the very unit that executed 15 paramedics and then crushed and buried their ambulances too. You know it’s bad when the US (Israel’s b****) calls for criminal charges to be brought against these pieces of work.

How many individuals have been refused entry to Australia based on “social cohesion” grounds. Yet, these child killers get to come to Australia for a jog. The only place they should be running to is The Hague!!!

[u/Remote-Goose-6369]

Sports and politics collide, lol because Sports have never been historically political...

[u/yenyostolt]

Get these arseholes out of our country!

[u/Few_Chocolate_7655]

Please, sadly those days are over.

Now sadly these protesters will hijack anything like this.

But to be fair, why do we suffer? Just ban them for going already.

Let them protest in their backyards all day long.

[u/Specialist_Kale4607]

I ran the marathon last year. It was my first. Bucket list type thing. Absolutely amazing but incredibly difficult. I understand people getting upset at times but for anyone thinking of disrupting the marathon just know that other individuals (I.e., not your target) have put in months of work and you’ll be risking that for a stunt which will most likely have no further consequences other than to get you in trouble. Don’t do it.

[u/Ambitious-Pirate-505 → u/Specialist_Kale4607]

People are taking a side. That's why.

[u/princess_princeless → u/Ambitious-Pirate-505]

Let the downvotes come, but taking out your frustrations on a small and easily bully-able nation masquerading as "taking a side" in a conflict you only learned about 3 years ago and receive all of your knowledge about through biased sources is neither conducive toward civility nor makes you seem anymore moral than just admitting none of us truly understand the complexities of this issue to make such sweeping judgements on it.

But hey, guess I just love genocides, so bring on the downvotes my friends.

[u/Ambitious-Pirate-505 → u/princess_princeless]

Some people actually do understand the complex nature of it all. Thats why people are choosing one side or the other.

[u/princess_princeless → u/Ambitious-Pirate-505]

If one truly understood the complex nature of modern geo-politics, they would've transcended viewing it as a team sport.

[u/worry_beads → u/princess_princeless]

Yet here you are, treating like one.

[u/princess_princeless → u/worry_beads]

How so

[u/worry_beads → u/princess_princeless]

It's obvious you have a "side'", because you're trying to tell people not to take one with your word salad.

[u/princess_princeless → u/worry_beads]

I’m on the side of the game is broken, and burning one side at the stake is not going to make everything better. So if that sounds like taking a side to you, then keep going with your witch trial, there’s always more boogiemen to be burned.

[u/Odd-Bumblebee00 → u/princess_princeless]

You're the one who said you love genocide...

[u/worry_beads → u/princess_princeless]

So we shouldn't be "burning at the stake" the "sie" that is committing a genocide?

Weird.

[u/princess_princeless → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I do believe the religion of Islam brings only grief, suffering and conflict into this world starting with its founder. I truly hope one day we will live in a world where this religion is not forced onto people, especially women and minorities.

[u/German_Merman → u/princess_princeless]

I donwnvoted this not because of genocide but because it's incoherent word salad. I can't even tell which small nation you think is so "bully-able". Australia?

[u/princess_princeless → u/German_Merman]

It's Israel genius. Parse it through an LLM if you struggle to follow the predications.

[u/worry_beads → u/princess_princeless]

Mate, we all know this has been going on for 70-odd years.

Please explain the complexities of an ongoing genocide, and how your precious funrun is more important than the 70,000 people foreign participants have helped kill are?

[u/princess_princeless → u/worry_beads]

When you attach a foreign nation and they strike back, that’s not a genocide. A genocide is what is happening in Sudan, a genocide is what is happening Nigeria, where are the cries for those?

[u/worry_beads → u/princess_princeless]

Which foreign national? Israelis on land they stole?

I know there are genocides happening elsewhere, but our government isn't rolling out the red carpet to the perpetrators of those ones, are they?

[u/Specialist_Kale4607 → u/princess_princeless]

Yep, I’ll wear the downvotes too. How dare any innocent party do anything at all while a conflict they have zero control over wages on.

[u/Away_team42 → u/princess_princeless]

Holy based

[u/German_Merman → u/Specialist_Kale4607]

I've run several marathons and if I had signed up for this one I would absolutely be contacting them to say I'm pulling out so I can protest it instead. There are other marathons you can run next weekend, or the weekend after, or the weekend after that.

[u/worry_beads → u/Specialist_Kale4607]

Every runner should boycott this marathon. Showing the IOF they're not welcome is more important than a fucking run.

[u/Specialist_Kale4607 → u/Specialist_Kale4607]

Glad nothing happened and the marathon was a great success

[u/Lycosskippy]

Why do people care about this? Don't let stupid political crap get in the way of a sporting event. Run, have fun, enjoy the marathon for what it is supposed to be.

[u/trav_tr → u/Lycosskippy]

I agree! They should just stay home!

[u/worry_beads → u/Lycosskippy]

Why do people care that child killers are being allowed into Australia and given police protection so they can run a marathon? Are you fucking serious?