Australia Is Sleepwalking Into Disaster
One year ago, Israel was subjected to one of the most grotesque acts of terrorism in modern history. Hamas, in its usual fashion, dispensed with all pretences of humanity and embarked on a bloodbath of murder, rape, mutilation, and abduction—an Islamist pogrom designed not merely to kill but to degrade, humiliate, and annihilate.
Israel responded as any self-respecting nation would: with fury. It reminded the world that for all the diplomatic hand-wringing, it remains a country willing to fight for its survival. The same, however, cannot be said for Australia—or indeed most of the West.
Because while Israel is crushing its enemies, we in Australia are indulging them. While Israeli soldiers fight to protect their homeland, our political and media elites tie themselves in knots, afraid of even naming the problem. And as the Jewish state battles an enemy that wants to destroy it, Australia is importing that same enemy by the thousands.
This is not some unforeseen disaster. This is a suicide of choice.
Importing an Unresolved War
Look around Sydney or Melbourne today. You will see, in plain sight, the results of decades of delusion. When thousands of protesters can shut down the streets of our major cities waving the flags of terrorist organisations, calling for a “global intifada,” and openly celebrating the slaughter of Jews, you are no longer dealing with abstract political disagreements. You are dealing with the presence of a hostile force—one that has been cultivated, nurtured, and encouraged by Australia’s own political class.
The truth is this: We have imported a population that does not see itself as Australian in any meaningful sense. They do not believe in the values of this country, nor do they particularly care for its laws. When trouble flares in the Middle East, their loyalty is not to Australia but to the most violent factions in their ancestral homelands. And rather than assimilate, many are actively working to impose their worldview onto the society that was foolish enough to let them in.
If this sounds like an exaggeration, consider the events of recent months. In the wake of Hamas’s atrocities, Jewish Australians have been harassed outside synagogues, their children have required police protection to attend school, and their businesses have been targeted for boycott. On social media, barely concealed threats are met not with condemnation but with excuses. And in a grotesque parody of justice, those who call for “jihad” in the streets of Sydney are let off without charge—while law-abiding citizens who object to this reality are labelled “far-right extremists.”
One does not need to look to Europe to see the consequences of this. France, Germany, Sweden—the list of nations that have lost control of their streets is long, and the pattern is always the same. A government imports vast numbers of people who do not share its values. At first, it tries to ignore the warning signs. Then, as problems mount, it insists on more “dialogue.” Eventually, it loses control entirely. And by the time it admits what has happened, it is too late.
National Suicide By Cowardice
What makes all of this so appalling is that it is entirely self-inflicted. Australia was not invaded; it invited this problem in. It did so under the banner of multiculturalism, a term which began as a polite nod to European migration but has since metastasised into a doctrine of national self-erasure.
We were told that importing vast numbers of people from the Middle East and the Islamic world would enrich us. We were told that cultural differences were a strength, that integration would happen naturally, and that anyone who questioned this was a racist. Now, decades later, as Jewish Australians find themselves less safe in Sydney than in Tel Aviv, as young women are harassed for dressing the wrong way, and as entire suburbs become enclaves of anti-Western sentiment, we are told to “embrace diversity” even harder.
The Australian government’s response to all this has been to cower. Our leaders, who once had no trouble lecturing the public about “standing up to hate,” now issue only the most mealy-mouthed condemnations—carefully worded to avoid upsetting the very people responsible for the problem. The police, once symbols of order, are now reduced to managing the decline, standing by as mobs take over the streets and occasionally advising Jewish Australians to “stay home for their own safety.”
This is the textbook behaviour of a nation in retreat. When law-abiding citizens are told they must adapt to the mob rather than the other way around, the country is lost.
What Must Be Done
This is not a problem that will solve itself. Nor will it be solved with more platitudes, more “community engagement,” or more virtue-signalling from politicians who have no skin in the game. The solution is simple, if difficult:
1. Stop importing those who despise us. Immigration is a privilege, not a right. If someone’s worldview is fundamentally incompatible with Australian values—if they believe in religious supremacism, if they refuse to accept basic freedoms, if they wish to recreate the failed societies they left behind—then they should not be here in the first place.
2. Enforce the law without fear. If mobs can terrorise Jewish Australians without consequence, then the rule of law is dead. Police and courts must apply justice equally, without tiptoeing around the identity of the offenders. Calls for jihad are not “cultural expression.” They are threats of violence, and they should be treated as such.
3. Reassert Australian identity. For too long, Australia has been afraid to define itself. It has treated its own culture as something to be ashamed of while bending over backwards to accommodate those who openly reject it. This must end. The country belongs to those who believe in it—not those who wish to remake it in their own image.
Israel Shows the Way
The lesson of the past year is this: a nation that wishes to survive must be willing to fight. Israel understands this. That is why, in the wake of Hamas’s massacre, it did not beg for international approval or waste time debating whether it had a right to exist. It acted. It fought back, unapologetically, against an enemy that would destroy it given the chance.
Australia must learn from this. If we continue down our current path—if we refuse to confront reality, if we prioritise the sensitivities of those who hate us over the security of our own people, if we allow ourselves to be ruled by fear—then our future is clear. We will not be a country anymore.
A people that will not defend its civilisation will lose it. The only question is how much longer Australians are willing to pretend otherwise.