The Governments invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog has shredded any pretence of social cohesion, replacing it with repression, complicity and moral collapse, writesMax Gross.

I WISH TO congratulate Prime MinisterAnthony Albo Albaneseand NSW State PremierChris Minnsfor driving a stake through the heart of social cohesion in Australia on behalf of Israel and the Zionist lobby.

The obscenely-timed state visit of Israels PresidentIsaac Herzog, invited cynically by the fanatical local Zionist lobby and then formally by the submissiveAustralian Government, supposedly to provide comfort to the Australian Jewish community after themassacreof 15 people, most of them Jews, at a Hannukkah beach party at Bondi in Sydney, is not only morally bereft but politically tone deaf.

Lets review.

On 14 December 2025, as if out of nowhere, a couple of gunmen, apparently inspired by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), targeted a Hannukkah-by-the-Sea event organised by Jewishextremist cult Chabad.

As Israeli President Isaac Herzog begins his visit to Australia, the Federal Government faces mounting legal pressure over its obligations under international and domestic law.

Interestingly, the two killers were father-and-son Indian nationals the former a fruit shop owner, the latter an unemployed bricklayer. The father, shot dead by cops, was a permanent Australian resident, his son an Aussie citizen, now on remand in prison and charged with 59 offences, including 15 murders.

Unlike the failed 26 Januarybomb attackon a mostly Indigenous gathering in Boorloo, Perth, to commemorateInvasion Day, the Bondi attack was immediately declared terrorism by the Government, by the mainstream media and by the Zionist lobby vultures.

Herzogs visit is scheduled to run from 9 to 12 February. And run he must, as protests throughout Australia are also scheduled. I guess Izzy will cautiously sneak around our wide brown land, showering his benign presence and Zionazi grace on all and sundry, molly-coddled by government and provided with cover stories by the mainstream media, while Israel continues its ceaseless destruction of Palestinian culture, history and people.

The International Court of Justice'sorderon the genocide in Gaza has confirmed Herzogs complicity and the United Nations Commission of Inquiryconcludedthat he incited the commission of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Infamous photographs of Herzogsigning bombsto be dropped on Gaza are familiar to anyone following this appalling saga.

To quote fromThe Hind Rajab Foundation:

Calls to consider the context of President Herzogs visit obscure Israels ban on dozens of NGOs in Gaza and the West Bank.

In thewordsof former Human Rights CommissionerChris Sidoti:

But let Herzogsown wordsabout the Gaza genocide speak for themselves:

Hear that? Every Palestinian man, woman and child is a legitimate target. But I suppose Israels victims in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem should be grateful that Izzy confirmed Palestine is indeed a nation.

Meanwhile, here in my somnolent home state of New South Wales, where Herzogs plane landed, Chris Minns is threatening protesters that police will not allow conflict on Sydney streets. That conflict is, obviously, being stoked by Minns and his Zionist lobby backers. He has even warned people to stay away from Sydneys CBD.

Lets hear it again for social cohesion!

The Guardianreported on 7 February:

In Jerusalem, Scott Morrison blended faith, fear and foreign policy into a sermon that excused Israeli power while blaming dissent, Islam and Australias Labor Government for antisemitism at home.

And all these continuing government threats and all these draconian laws and all these attempts at suppressing public protests just to provide cover for a foreign politician complicit in genocide.

Many Aussies are demanding the arrest and prosecution of the Israeli President on arrival but, asDon Rothwell, a professor of international law at the Australian National University,points out:

So, there is that. Getting away with mass murder has never been easier.

Meanwhile, Zionazi forces continue multiple attacks across devastated Gaza, slaughtering at least 574 people, with 1,518 wounded, since the so-called 10 October ceasefire.

The Australian Government will no doubt again express its concern, or possibly it will be very concerned. Hard to tell the difference, really, because Albo never actually does anything more than bleat.

My marching days are over until my knee replacement op is done and dusted, but if you are able-bodied and have a functioning moral compass GO! Protest rallies are being organised everywhere and there is sure to be one nearby. Not only Herzog but also our governments federal and state must be sent a loud and clear message.

Silence is not only acquiescence, but it is also complicity.

Oh, and just one more thing. If you do join one of these rallies, stay alert and be aware of the Zionist lobby and actual neo-Nazi provocateurs. As usual, they will be buzzing around and they will be protected by cops. Shalom!

Max Grossis a writer.

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