You could host thousands of these across the country, but will the Israeli government truly ever give a shit about the opinions of people from the other side of the planet?
I support this kind of protest, but let’s not get this twisted: this is only happening to make people feel better about themselves, and it’s not truly going to change anything. How is a thousand people marching in Australia going to stop the IDF from killing Palestinians? Prove me wrong.
When the actual solution to stop genocide is something the population isn’t willing to consider: aggresive military intervention.
I support this kind of protest, but let’s not get this twisted: this is only happening to make people feel better about themselves,
I went to this protest, I don’t expect Israel to do anything in response except call me an anti-semite. I do however, expect the Australian government to listen to it’s consitutents and take a hard stance against this fascist regime.
Protests like this may be demonstrative for foreign governments and solidarity across borders, but it is pretty easy to identify the basic premise: stop using my tax money to fund genocide. Your decisions to appease that apartheid state do not represent us. Etc.
Protests are domestic, and effective internationally to the degree to which they change policy.
Your pessimism is born of a lack of civic engagement, I suspect.
Political hegemony requires a level of coherence that is threatened by mass protests. It is one MAJOR tactic in an overall strategy of moving government in a direction that reflects public will.
Unless you live under a rock you do see some increased support for Palestine even amongst Western governments. A part of that is that it’s very clear that a majority of the common people are in support of Palestine and ending genocide. And no, this is not because Macron or any other politician actually cares, but the more noise you make the more they have to react to it and adapt. If nothing else it shows the world that not every Western citizen is a fan of Apartheid and genocide. The Israeli government doesn’t care about a protest in Australia but if the Australian government starts reacting to it it can work to isolate Israel globally - and unlike Russia, who has other friends, Israel really doesn’t.
You could host thousands of these across the country, but will the Israeli government truly ever give a shit about the opinions of people from the other side of the planet?
I support this kind of protest, but let’s not get this twisted: this is only happening to make people feel better about themselves, and it’s not truly going to change anything. How is a thousand people marching in Australia going to stop the IDF from killing Palestinians? Prove me wrong.
When the actual solution to stop genocide is something the population isn’t willing to consider: aggresive military intervention.
I went to this protest, I don’t expect Israel to do anything in response except call me an anti-semite. I do however, expect the Australian government to listen to it’s consitutents and take a hard stance against this fascist regime.
Protests like this may be demonstrative for foreign governments and solidarity across borders, but it is pretty easy to identify the basic premise: stop using my tax money to fund genocide. Your decisions to appease that apartheid state do not represent us. Etc.
Protests are domestic, and effective internationally to the degree to which they change policy.
Your pessimism is born of a lack of civic engagement, I suspect.
Political hegemony requires a level of coherence that is threatened by mass protests. It is one MAJOR tactic in an overall strategy of moving government in a direction that reflects public will.
Prove me wrong. Has Israel or the Australian government responded to this protest yet?
Unless you live under a rock you do see some increased support for Palestine even amongst Western governments. A part of that is that it’s very clear that a majority of the common people are in support of Palestine and ending genocide. And no, this is not because Macron or any other politician actually cares, but the more noise you make the more they have to react to it and adapt. If nothing else it shows the world that not every Western citizen is a fan of Apartheid and genocide. The Israeli government doesn’t care about a protest in Australia but if the Australian government starts reacting to it it can work to isolate Israel globally - and unlike Russia, who has other friends, Israel really doesn’t.
le sigh
Do you play chess with only the rooks?