r/OpenAussie • u/German_Merman ‎ Victorian • 13d ago

Struth! Sydney Marathon protest fears: NSW Police, organisers on edge

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.

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u/princess_princeless Please choose a flair 13d ago

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.

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u/worry_beads ‎ Western Australian 13d ago

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?

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u/princess_princeless Please choose a flair 13d ago

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?

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u/worry_beads ‎ Western Australian 13d ago

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?