Australian Counter-Terrorism Police Ram a Vehicle Containing Five Islamic Men Heading Towards Site of Sunday's Hannukah Slaughter

Authorities believe two cars loaded with Islamic men were headed to the scene of the Hannukah slaughter to commit further terroristic violence.

They rammed the car because, it is reported, they believed they had to stop the car immediately.

An unmarked police car rammed a vehicle carrying a group of men believed to be travelling towards Bondi beach, possibly planning a "violent act".

New South Wales police said there was no connection between the counterterrorism operation and the investigation into the Bondi terror attack on Sunday, in which a father and son opened fire on Chanukkah celebrations, leaving 15 dead.

No connection, huh? None at all?

You're ready to declare that so soon?

Well, that's standard practice in Australia now. One of their top "journalists" declared that the attack on a Hannukah celebration, attended by Jews, by a pair of bearded Muslim men "had nothing to do with religion."

The Super-Karen "journalist" is full of "facts" that she knows without any need for investigation.

The ABC's global affairs editor has sparked controversy by claiming Sunday's deadly attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach had 'nothing to do with religion'.

Speaking on the ABC Politics Now podcast on Tuesday, veteran reporter Laura Tingle insisted the terrorists' actions were unrelated to their faith.

Her comments came despite mounting reports Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, specifically targeted the Jewish celebration, and that homemade Islamic State flags were found in their silver hatchback.

The ABC itself reported that Naveed had previously been investigated by ASIO in 2019 over alleged links to an ISIS cell in Sydney.

Podcast host Patricia Karvelas said the pair 'absolutely are radicalised... they were targeting Jews. It is antisemitic, but we are ascribing all sorts of things, right?'

Tingle hit back: 'Their actions are not based on their religion'.

The veteran journalist also dismissed claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Australia was targeted for recognising Palestine.

'I don't think that really stacks up,' she said.

'I can't quite see how recognising Palestine leads to greater antisemitism, because if you think about it, it reduces the anger in the pro-Palestinian lobby I would have thought, and thus should actually reduce the temperature.'

Uh-huh. Either that or it convinces they that their low-level insurgency is a winning strategy, given the cowardly appeasement offered to them, and encourages them to ramp the jihad up still further.

Either/or.

An ABC spokeswoman defended Tingle, saying her role is to provide analysis.

'Laura Tingle is a senior and highly experienced journalist whose role as ABC Global Affairs Editor includes providing her assessment and analysis,' she said.

'The conversation on the podcast concerned terrorism and radicalisation and the comment was about separating religion from radicalisation.'

The two terrorists had ISIS flags -- Islamic State flags, that is.

Nothing to do with religion, huh? The actual terrorists say different.

Heavily-armed tactical officers in an unmarked police Land Cruiser drove into a white Hyundai hatchback carrying several men who were travelling from Melbourne in the direction of Bondi beach, local media said.

Police said tactical operations officers had contained two cars in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool after a tip-off that a "violent act was possibly being planned". Seven men were detained.

posted by Ace at 04:30 PM

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