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I recently saw this on the news and they mentioned that it was online "propaganda" and recruiters radicalizing youth to attack Jews in Australia. The accompanying images had swastikas and other poorly spray painted drivel. Are these overblown or is it a combination of geniune anti-Semitism and Mossad doing false flags? And the tone of it on the news made it seem like they were trying to imply Muslims and pro-Palestine people doing it. Australian hexbears, can y'all help us understand what's going on to filter the usual bs from mainstream press?

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[โ€“] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hard to say. I'm not from the city its going down in, but I'd guess probably a combination. Parts of our government and media desperately want to think it's Muslims and pro-Palestine people. And honestly I have seen my fair share of legit pro-Palestine graff (you can tell because it's spelled correctly and there's no swastikas), but not on personal property. We do have an actual nazi problem though, and I wouldn't put it past them to try to co-opt anti-zionist messaging and/or use it as a recruiting tactic. But also at least partly false flag. Some of the more serious arson attacks were apparently bought and paid for, and the latest vandalism was "not politically or racially motivated" -- whatever that mean$.

[โ€“] JustSo@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

We do have an actual nazi problem though

Yeah can confirm Australian nazis are real.