The pro-Palestinian celebration in Sydney showed clearly that Hamas is alive and well in Australia. This was a celebration of the barbaric and inhuman behaviour of their brothers in Israel. Killing 260 young people at a music festival, kidnapping hundreds to spirit them into Gaza, going door to door killing whole families, young, old, babies and videoing as they were proud of their spree of death and destruction. If they were not able to get into a house, they set fire to it and killed the people as they ran out to escape the fire. These barbaric actions were celebrated in Australia by Hamas factions in our midst.

The bigger question for Australians and the Greens and Labor individuals that blindly support Hamas is how they have the audacity to display their barbaric proclivities in public? And how long until they turn this on ordinary Australians who will not capitulate to Islamic law? Have no illusions, these people are devoted adherents to sharia law, which has a whole set of very different cultural beliefs, that include cutting off limbs, even heads if their laws are not obeyed. Their culture is totally abhorrent in Australia and other parts of the civilised world, but for some reason they feel comfortable living amongst us and showing their true values to us.

I’m sure living here in Australia is far more comfortable than living in countries they have come from, even if they adhere to prayers and traditions many times a day to continue following their faith. They live in enclaves here in Australia, so they don’t have to mix with those of us who do not adhere to their barbaric cultural beliefs, and they are continually fed a diet of hate by their leaders, so clearly shown in videos from their demonstrations not for Palestinians, but for the murder of Jews. This is clearly their jubilation.

My biggest question is why the Australian government and police forces are not protecting Australians by making it clear to these people if they want to continue living in Australia, in addition to following their faith they must adopt Australian values.

Values like treating all Australian citizens like members of their own community and respecting other communities in the way they insist we respect them and their faith.

How are such groups allowed to run rampant and wild, and terrify police in areas around where they live? Why are Australian citizens warned not to go into areas of the city they live and pay taxes in, because they could be in danger from these Hamas supporters? Doesn’t it make more sense for a sovereign country like Australia to make sure these types of communities never feel comfortable enough to threaten any other Australians? If they are familiar enough to order a ‘do not go near them’ warning, they obviously know them well enough to know the dangers they present to fellow Australians. Why has this not been addressed and dealt with?

The lie they tell, and naive Australians fall for is they are drawing attention to the plight of Palestinians in refugee camps. I call this out as a lie, because the world has been pouring billions of dollars into Palestinian causes to improve their lives, but that money has not been spent on improving anything about the lives of Palestinians still living in refugee camps. The majority of that money has lined the pockets of the leadership, and what is left is spent on building tunnels to attack Israel and paying Palestinians a weekly wage to kill Jews. Yes, ‘pay for slay’ is considered more important than education, infrastructure or improving the lives of the Palestinians they claim to care so much about. They hide weapons, and fire rockets from the very homes and schools and hospitals the majority of Palestinians are forced to live near. I guarantee most Australians genuinely care more about the wellbeing of Palestinian people than these crazed supporters of Hamas do.

Many Australians have no idea that Israel gave Gaza to the Palestinians in 2005. They painfully uprooted over 10,000 Israelis who had thriving businesses and lives in Gaza. Many of them left those same businesses intact, so Palestinians would truly have a base to start new lives.

Instead, the Gazans destroyed everything that was given to them in a matter of days once the Israelis left. Yes, strange as it sounds, Israel was stupid enough to believe that ‘land for peace’ might really work. It did not. All they got was a new border of enemy combatants, and this current massacre of their civilian population.

If you google ‘Gaza’ and ‘luxury’ you will find all sorts of wonderful hotels, shops, things that would shock you because you have been led to believe Gaza is a hell-hole type of prison for Palestinians. That is because the Palestinian leadership leaves most Palestinians in refugee camps and uses this to gain sympathy from us in the Western world. But watch and listen to the clips from the demonstrations in Sydney and hear how proud they are of Hamas and the murderous way they dealt with the civilian population in Israel.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are far from pro-Palestinian. They are about the complete destruction and annihilation of Israel. They are about support of Hamas, a terrorist organisation.

I call on the Australian government to recognise that they urgently need to find a way to rid Australia of these radical extremists, more than a thousand of whom showed up at this disgusting display in front of the Opera House, so that they are afraid to voice their ancient barbaric values, and Australian citizens are not afraid to go wherever they want in their own cities and towns.

Lily Steiner is an active member of the community, radio host on www.J-Air.com.au and lifelong advocate for Israel. She is an entrepreneur and Founder of American Business Gateway. LilyHighOnLife.com Podcasts – Change Your Attitude Change Your Life.