Resolve is a polling agency conducted by the Sydney morning herald. Their polls supposedly ask “questions that differ between print and online versions,” as well as “mislead readers” and have “limited utility.” They seem to have a habit of asking questions in a way that prompts certain answers and often misrepresented data in their articles. I wouldn’t consider them particularly valuable as a source.
I do think that there is a significant portion of the Australian population fed up with the protests. Anecdotally I’ve heard complaints about specifically the Palestine protests from people I interact with though it mostly amounts to “why are they still doing it and interrupting my day to day, I feel it is pointless and annoying,” as opposed to wanting them outright banned.
I’ll second that anecdotal comment. I was at a fundraiser for Ukraine earlier this year and there was a lot of frustration at how the Palestinian Israel conflict has had overwhelming support with protests and outcry from the general public but the invasion of Ukraine has been met with far less observed fervour and protests. I would imagine other groups feel harbour similar sentiments.
I mean, it’s not complicated. People protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza because our government is supportive of the genocide. There’s an enormous amount of trade, diplomatic support, etc.
Our government is pretty strongly against Russia in that conflict, so there’s not much to protest against.
Yeah very much agree. The Palestine protests, exist in protest to the government’s actions. The reason they occur is because our government isn’t doing anything. It’s important that they keep happening because nothing is being done. There’s precedent for broad sanctions to countries that blatantly ignore human rights and international law; here’s the ones we gave to Russia:
Resolve is a polling agency conducted by the Sydney morning herald. Their polls supposedly ask “questions that differ between print and online versions,” as well as “mislead readers” and have “limited utility.” They seem to have a habit of asking questions in a way that prompts certain answers and often misrepresented data in their articles. I wouldn’t consider them particularly valuable as a source.
https://insidestory.org.au/the-resolve-poll-that-resolves-very-little/
I do think that there is a significant portion of the Australian population fed up with the protests. Anecdotally I’ve heard complaints about specifically the Palestine protests from people I interact with though it mostly amounts to “why are they still doing it and interrupting my day to day, I feel it is pointless and annoying,” as opposed to wanting them outright banned.
Boooooooo
I’ll second that anecdotal comment. I was at a fundraiser for Ukraine earlier this year and there was a lot of frustration at how the Palestinian Israel conflict has had overwhelming support with protests and outcry from the general public but the invasion of Ukraine has been met with far less observed fervour and protests. I would imagine other groups feel harbour similar sentiments.
I mean, it’s not complicated. People protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza because our government is supportive of the genocide. There’s an enormous amount of trade, diplomatic support, etc.
Our government is pretty strongly against Russia in that conflict, so there’s not much to protest against.
Yeah very much agree. The Palestine protests, exist in protest to the government’s actions. The reason they occur is because our government isn’t doing anything. It’s important that they keep happening because nothing is being done. There’s precedent for broad sanctions to countries that blatantly ignore human rights and international law; here’s the ones we gave to Russia:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes/russia-sanctions-framework
It’s hypocritical not to do the same for Israel.