Many are hoping and willing the hostages’ deal to be the beginning of some sort of mutually acceptable outcome for the Middle East, but the NSW Greens prefer to see the conflict as an opportunity for war profiteering.

Somebody in the NSW Greens headquarters chose to observe the second anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attacks by sending out a remarkably insensitive email to raise money, urging supporters to “help end the occupation and stand with Palestine” by donating $25, $50, $75, $99, $250 or more to the Greens’ campaign fund.

Greens donations web pageCredit: NSW Greens

The October 7 email exhorts supporters to attend last Sunday’s Palestine rally in Hyde Park and ends: “P.S. Donate today to help end the occupation and stand with Palestine.“

Lest supporters not get the message, the headquarters included a heart-rending photograph captioned: “Gaza war crisis........

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