Breitbart.com reports: “A group called Stand for Palestine Australia announced it would hold a ‘Glory to Our Martyrs’ rally on October 7 – the anniversary of the horrifying Hamas terrorist attack that launched the Gaza war – in the western Sydney suburb of Bankstown.

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns said he was appalled by the ‘terrible timing’ of the event.

‘Terrible timing, shockingly insensitive,’ Minns said in a radio interview on Tuesday. ‘We understand that there is concern about innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza, but to do it … on 7th, seems like they are glorifying the actions of these Hamas terrorists, and not the circumstance of those that are living in Gaza.’

Minns appeared to be missing the point that for pro-Hamas activists, October 7 is exactly the right ‘timing’ for a martyrdom celebration. Stand for Palestine Australia posted a video statement from Palestinian activist lawyer Ramia Abdo Sultan arguing that Australia has not paid sufficient attention to the Palestinian cause, despite protests staged by Palestinians and their supporters in Sydney and Melbourne almost every weekend since the war began…”