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Interestingly Lebanese Christians and Baha'i folk have been far more successful integrating in Australia.

I lived in Indonesia and Moslem Nigeria for 5 years and echo your sentiments. However, Middle East and some of the Subcontinent Moslems are not as tolerant as SE Asian Moslems IMO. I'd be wary of allowing too many ME Moslems. Fortunately in Australia, we instituted border controls with ongoing pushback, but still worry we've allowed too many migrants from the ME, many of whom are ultimately Jihadists. I'd be much more comfortable if Islam went through some reformation - I mean they're so focused on Allah being the only God and having to kneel to pray 5 times per day. Is this really 21st century humanity?

Errr, you didn't include my 2nd sentence after "Bloody hell, he left the scene" "Why didn't he help the man?" I was not referring to fault, so you're barking up the wrong tree. Why didn't he help the man?

Bloody hell, left the scene is enough <deleted>. Why didn't he help the man?

Source please

Deluded again. Recently saying it was pure propaganda that Thai civilians were killed and reported damage was BS. Spray that again buddy 😅 Then crap on about all those caring militias in Middle East like Hamas, Hezbollah and their puppet master Ayatollah and you exhibit more signs of delusion. Suggest you head over there and live in one of the Jihadist regions, plenty to choose from.

The hypocrisy and deception of NGOs like Asylum Matters is breathtaking.

No the Cambodians just lobbed lazy missiles into a 7/11 and a hospital killing innocent civilians. Fact

Unfortunately over the decades, the Palestinians have burnt their bridges. The Jordanians lost a Prime Minister, Lebanon never recovered from allowing Palestinians to settle in their country and they have committed hundreds of terrorist activities dating back to Munich Olympics 50 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence All this from their inability to adapt to the 1947 UN decision, which would have secured them so much of Palestine in a two nation state. At the same time, many millions of people around the world were being displaced in tough times, e.g. Chinese to Taiwan, Pakistani and Indians to create the new state of Pakistan, Jews from all over the Middle East, East Europeans dealing with the Soviet empire. Could you imagine if the Moslems of the sub continent had the same mindset as the Palestinian Moslems? The Palestinians have lost every battle since, never losing an opportunity to lose an opportunity along the way. They voted for Hamas in Gaza and squandered millions in their goal of eliminating Israel, rather than build a new Mediterranean centre. I hope the recent EU Arab declaration can be thrashed out and find a solution to all the suffering. Netanyahu has to go, not just Hamas. There is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, but Palestinians have to get real, give the extremist mullahs the middle finger, accept the existence of Israel and do their best to create a better life for their children. They might start by questioning whether they really do get all these virgins if martyred.

1. Israel did not stop food going in since March 2. IDF don't want to have real journalists killed, and be a good chance of that with Hamas mongrels. The IDF release updates, photos all the time which most media ignores as they prefer Hamas stuff. Why? 3. Most UN food ended up being controlled by Hamas, which they would also sell from time to time, Why do you think they made the US/Israeli method so dangerous for the Gazans? World should DEMAND Hamas stand down NOW, release the hostages and get the hell out of Gaza. Oh, breaking news - pity this wasn't done many months ago... https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250729-qatar-saudi-egypt-join-call-for-hamas-to-disarm-give-up-gaza-rule

1. killed 13 people, Palestinian sources say - how many Hamas? And love Palestinian sources, so reliable eh. 2. 105 injured according to someone in the hospital More importantly.. Why do you think they are killed or injured? Can't form a line or Hamas don't like them getting food, without their cut? Amazes me that people read this drivel from Hamas and get all enraged over it. DEMAND Hamas stand down NOW and save lives. So very simple, but oh no ideology comes first.

You're not serious, surely. Causing mental harm? Sounds like Internet is guilty. Seriously, how can one level genocide, when Israel gets so much grief for moving Gazans around like chess pieces to try keep them from harms way? If IDF wanted to mow down hundreds a day, they could with little resistance as Hamas would retreat to their tunnels. Also why don't Hamas allow Gazans to use their tunnels? Great liberators, Hamas.

Wish I knew how this will play out. Israel largely brought about the end of Assad regime when they decimated the bully Hezbollah, almost effortlessly. The misery those Jihadist thugs brought Lebanon over the years. They've bombed Syria since to create buffer in case extremists get traction and also to help the Druze, who are an influential minority in Israel. Bombed Yemen, well wouldn't you? Same for Iran with their peaceful nuke development submerged under a mountain. I'm no fan of Netanyahu and his right wing louts, and at least they will be elected out. Doesn't happen in many other countries over there. An epiphany be good amongst the Middle East population at large, like hey, maybe religion isn't such a big deal. At least you don't have to be Jewish to live in Israel, though clearly it's not an equal society. But look around the others and it's pretty grim. One reason Western Civilisation moved forward, was they stopped allowing the Clerics to make all the rules.

So many women and children as well. Not that there would be many gun toting Hamas teenagers in those numbers. Any study of soldier to casualty ratios in conflict shows the IDF have been quite incredible in an environment where the enemy have repeatedly fired from and imbedded themselves in and below civilian infrastructure. Why does Hamas get away with this abhorrent strategy in the eyes of so many?

Not just release the hostages, which the world should have been in full voice about, but Hamas to stand down. Lord knows how this is going to play out. Wealthy neighbours will hopefully get involved with investment. They could also coach the UNRWA "teachers" on how they amended their school syllabuses in relation to Israel. Peacekeepers that don't kowtow to extremists will have to ensure they don't start firing missiles again. Actually disarm and destroy the tunnels. I'm not overly optimistic, but Hamas have to go and the United Nations have a lot of explaining to do.

Errr, while no fan of the Iran theocracy, would be good to have some reference for their plan to "execute 30,000". The article is not very insightful at all. Needs more research and fine tuning.

Someone please tell me why Hamas don't stand down and return the hostages. Why are they prolonging the agony? They could have saved tens of thousands of civilian lives months ago when it became clear they cannot participate in the Gaza afermath, as per EU, neighbouring gulf nations and of course the US and Israel. So why stick around? While at it, please advise why distributing food aid is so dangerous for Gazans, unless it is given to Hamas to control. You might have to challenge your media narratives to work this out, but am sure some of you can do it.

The dozen or so Russians I've encountered in Hua Hin, with a few conversations have been fine. Mostly younger, some with families at the beach. There are not that many and seem a different lot from the Phuket tribes. Not slobs at all and a few of the women with gorgeous toned bodies. Friendly to talk with a don't mind being complimented.

Agree, except that Hamas also has to leave the country. How the hell can they be allowed to remain in Gaza, unless everyone in Gaza is in Hamas. In which case they should have surrendered 50,000 deaths ago. But they are not all Hamas, just the dominant Jihadist mongrels who have the guns. Fine they have to leave. Would make it easier for the PA to evolve and attract regional investment to rebuild. Otherwise tougher tents. Unfortunately don't think the Palestinians will accept the 1947 Plan. They rejected it then, and ever since have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Also Netanyahu and his far right pals have to go. He probably was the man for the war, but we need Israeli Moderates to be leading the country, whatever transpires, when some sort of peace is achieved.

What a joke, though be interesting to see what happens if countries sue Germany for shutting down their nukes and restarting coal power plants. We know emissions rose there accordingly. Or China for starting a couple of new coal powered plants each month. The ICJ needs a total revamp or simply defunding. Toothless clowns.

I recall scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef 40 years ago, when it was going through a bleaching cycle in the part I was in. The doomsday reports were around then, and the sky's been falling ever since. It's a multi million $ industry now with so many marine biologists being churned out of universities, and where do you think they end up working? State and federal gov't grants, universities of course and plethora of foundations, as not hard to attract donations to "Save the Reef". The schools in north Queensland all have Save the Reef signs outside to remind kiddies and parents how dire the situation is. The cynical scientists to all of this, who get limited coverage, are labelled "deniers" other than in Murdoch media and seen as evil by the far left , which dominates much of the other media, including of course the ABC. Prof Peter Ridd is one such scientist amongst quite a few older ones who are drowned out by the hundreds of others dependent on the doomsday cult. Here's his 2024 report which ironically the federal govt reef body kind of agreed with at the time as again the reef had demonstrated miraculous recovery from the previous bleaching cycle, but with the usual caveats....

With all the whinging going on you wouldn't think Thailand was ranked in the top 10 - behind European countries where road travel to visit is so easy, China and the US with much larger land masses and hence more attractions, Mexico with cross border American tourists and still ahead of Germany and the UK. This is data from 2024. My two bobs worth would be Thailand to communicate their no 2 ranking for the most national parks by country, some of which are delightful https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/national-parks-by-country Having visited over 60 countries, including all in Asia save Bhutan and not much Middle East, Thailand have the best temples. some are truly magical, though appreciate that doesn't necessarily appeal to everyone. France: 89.4 million visitors. Spain: 83.7 million visitors. United States: 79.3 million visitors. China: 65.7 million visitors. Italy: 64.5 million visitors. Turkey: 51.2 million visitors. Mexico: 45 million visitors. Thailand: 39.8 million visitors. Germany: 39.6 million visitors. United Kingdom: 39.4 million visitors.

Amazing! You ignore a quote from the Palestine Authority media, because it happens to be in a report written by a Zionist. Yet you believe the media that daily parrots the drivel coming from Hamas. So, essentially you support a Jihadist terrorist organisation, who deliberately use Gazans as human shields. Be interested to know what you think the end game will be - Hamas to stay in control of Gaza? Iran to rule Middle East? Funny/sad when naive westerners - assume you identify as Western civilization, even if guilt ridden - see someone wearing a kippah as bad, but cheer on a smug looking leftie, wrapped in a keffiyeh. Way to go lol

So Christine, it seems you blithely ignored the 85 page report with 283 references of Hamas using human shields that I sent you. What do make of this then, from the newspaper of the Palestinian Authority - trust you know who they are, you know the Palestinian leadership recognised by the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority’s newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida wrote about this on June 19. Its editorial (translated by MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute) stated that... “numerous reports out of Gaza say that Hamas is killing many civilians looking for a sack of flour on the pretext that they are collaborating with the American food distribution centers!!.... Hamas has no choice but to set up death squads [to operate] against anyone who opposes its theft and tries to find a sack of flour outside its control and far from its black market... It is not only Israel that is creating this terrible reality; Hamas is complicit in this industry of death, hunting down the hungry with the death squads it calls Al-Sahm, in order to inform anyone who approaches [the distribution centers] that do not belong to Hamas that their only [fate] will be to fall victim to the arrows of the Al-Sahm Unit. This is the bitter reality: Hamas and its Al-Sahm Unit, which hunts down those who seek nothing but a crust of bread." For more on this... https://www.cfr.org/blog/meanwhile-hamas-killing-civilians-who-seek-food

Crap. Pls provide credible source. While at it look at WHO numbers of deaths from radiation at Fukushima, got one hand? How anyone can be big on the environment and ignorant on nuclear is so dumb. Fortunately that is receding and nuclear is finally undergoing a resurgence, partly due to increased awareness of the limitations of renewables only energy. If you're unclear on this, pls do some basic research on death numbers from the few nuclear incidents, the views from the likes of OECD, International Energy Agency and UNIPCC. Then you might do a case study on Germany, ex poster child for too much reliance on renewables, shut down nuclear, back to coal -> higher emissions and energy costs, recession.