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Free calls to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan
We're making it easier to stay in touch with friends and family in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

If you’re a Telstra customer with family and friends in the Middle East or Afghanistan, we know that getting in touch is what’s most important right now, not the cost of the call. That’s why calls are now free from Australia to Israel, the Palestinian territories, or Afghanistan.

From 12:01am AEDT tonight (Wednesday, 11 October), we’ll be providing free calls to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Afghanistan to help you get in touch with those you care about.

This applies for both pre-paid and post-paid mobiles as well as home phones and will be free until 24 October.

Please keep the comments respectful

I am posting for anyone that might find this useful.

Update: Extended for another month.

Update, 24 October: We have been closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan and know how important staying connected with loved ones is right now. We have made the decision to extend free calls to until 11:59pm AEDT on 21 November 2023.

Update, 21 November 2023: We have been watching the heartbreaking situation in the Middle East, and know that continued connection with family, friends and loved ones is what’s critical for many of our customers right now. To help support you, we’re extending free calls to Israel and the Palestinian territories to 21 January 2024.

Update, 21 November 2023: At the time this offer was published, we also offered free calls to Afghanistan following a series of devastating earthquakes. As the region moves into recovery phase, we won’t be further extending free calls to Afghanistan.

Update, 19 January 2024: We know how important it is for many of our customers in Australia to continue to stay connected with this region right now. To help support you, we're again extending this offer of free calls to Israel and the Palestinian Territories until 31 March 2024.

Update, 26 March 2024: We know staying as connected as possible with friends and loved ones in these regions remains critical. That's why we're extending free calls to Israel and the Palestinian territories until 30 June 2024.

This applies for both pre-paid and post-paid mobiles as well as home phones and will be free until 30 June 2024.

Remember: due to the unfolding situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan, infrastructure damage may prevent some calls from getting through.

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              • 1st-Amendment on 13/10/2023 - 16:42

                @bob19:

                Animals are not as cruel as the terrorists who kill babies, cut off their heads and take some as hostages.

                You clearly haven't watched many nature docos then. I'd take my chances with Hamas over a Chimpanzee.

            • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 06:46

              @fookos: Treat people like animals and then act surprised when they bite…?

            • subwoofer on 13/10/2023 - 19:22
              +2

              @fookos: The animals are the people that incarcerate children under 12 and subject them to physical and sexual abuse. The people that harvest and sell Palestinian organs when they die without their consent. It's the people that subject the Palestinians to a kangaroo court where the conviction rate is 99.9%. It's the people that take advantage of Mothers and their terminally ill children and give them a choice to either become snitches or they deny treatment to the child. It's the people that subjected Gaza to a blockade where they count the calories that enter Gaza boasting at times they want to put Gazans on a Diet. Animals indead.

        • sarah965 on 12/10/2023 - 19:23
          +18

          What about the 75 years of torment Israel has imposed on Palestine ? Please don’t talk about fair with that crap

          • abacus on 12/10/2023 - 20:01
            +8

            @sarah965: Israel left Gaza in 2005 in the hands of Hamas. Google it. The billions given to Gaza went on terror tunnels and hundreds of thousands of missiles to kill civilians.

            • mrkorrupt on 12/10/2023 - 20:16
              +18

              @abacus: You know that Israeli did not stop the blockade, restricted the movement of Palestinians and also continued killing and building illegal settlements, stop spreading lies

              • Roe Jogan on 13/10/2023 - 09:25

                @abacus: skynews lol yeh thats a factual site alright lmao, owned by jews

            • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 06:49
              +1

              @abacus: Here is Gaza, you can’t leave easily, you, food, medical supplies, any consumer goods can’t come in, we blew up your airport, we blocked your coast and no boats can come in.

              You are ‘free’ to do what you want.

              Free South Africa from Apartheid!! I mean Gaza, sorry.

            • Ifndefx on 13/10/2023 - 21:28
              +1

              @abacus: Lmao by leaving you mean they surrounded it and if you left you couldn't return. Gaza was literally an open air prison. Give your head a good old wobble and sit this out champ.

          • pauliau on 12/10/2023 - 20:18
            +6

            @sarah965: Well when your country is literally run by a terrorist organisation what do you expect!!

            • mrkorrupt on 12/10/2023 - 20:19
              +9

              @pauliau: To the arab world, they see IDF as a terrorist organisation

              • gto21 on 12/10/2023 - 21:16
                -1

                @mrkorrupt: Some groups view the IDF as a terrorist organization. Some hold the belief that any land they have once conquered should always remain under their ownership, and this perspective may extend to other countries, which they might also label as terrorist entities.

                • garage sale on 13/10/2023 - 07:04

                  @gto21: land grab and hold long enough the map changes, look at russia and ukraine, china builds islands where there was no land and redraws borders … thing about land is it’s a limited resource and populations and need for resources grows.

                  • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 07:08

                    @garage sale: What's your argument? Hamas and/or Israel require additional resources?

                  • Nuggets on 13/10/2023 - 07:45

                    @garage sale: Part of the issue is that both peoples have historical claim to the land.

              • MrThing on 13/10/2023 - 07:14
                +2

                @mrkorrupt: Well lucky the IDF dont run israel

                Hamas on the other hand do run Gaza

              • subwoofer on 13/10/2023 - 19:23
                +1

                @mrkorrupt: IDF is one of the most technologically advanced well fed terrorist army in the world

            • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 20:29

              @pauliau: stop talking about Israel like that, they dont like it

            • mrkorrupt on 12/10/2023 - 20:30

              @pauliau: Palestinian Authority is not supported in Palestine at all, they have sold out for the last 15 years and gave everything to the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority did nothing, zero, did not improve the situation one bit

            • sarah965 on 12/10/2023 - 23:20
              +4

              @pauliau: Hamas was formed as a resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation of Gaza and West Bank.

          • gto21 on 12/10/2023 - 20:53
            +8

            @sarah965: Hamas governs the Gaza Strip. And Hamas does not accept to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

            • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 06:56
              +2

              @gto21: Why are you adding the Jewish in there? If it was Christians or atheists holding it they still wouldn’t recognise Israel as a state. It was Palestinian land.

              The religion factor just adds more animosity and you add it to garner more sympathy and make it seem like they are a bit more crazy with a religious reason being the main factor.

              Current Israelis are the most recent invaders. Apartheid rulers. This within one generation of their own people subject to genocide. For shame.

              • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 07:05

                @nathand: Many of them endorse Hamas, the organization known for its controversial actions, including violence and sexual assault. Embracing governance under Hamas, a group responsible for killing and sexual assault, carries significant repercussions.

                • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 08:25
                  +1

                  @gto21: Ok don’t answer the question and make some unrelated statement about some people endorsing Hamas.

                  There were many Jewish ‘organisations’ that committed atrocities when they took over Palestine and many of the leaders of those groups that perpetrated violence were not punished and actually became Israeli Prime Ministers like Ariel Sharon who was in the Alexandroni Brigade that perpetrated the Tantura Massacre against Palestinians, extra judicial executions and sexual assaults. So Israel accepted war criminals for their leaders as well.

                  Violence on both sides, evil begets evil I’m afraid and the seeds were sewed 70 years ago in this current conflict by Israeli invaders.

                  • gto21 on 13/10/2023 - 11:23

                    @nathand: They committed acts of violence, including killing and raping women. Recently, there have been reports that the killing of babies was not fabricated. Any nation with a strong military would do the same.

              • garage sale on 13/10/2023 - 07:10

                @nathand: israel is a religious state, if you are born outside of israel but are of the faith you are entitled to citizenship. religious states are always of concern, europe went through the enlightenment and separated religion from state, some parts of the world haven’t regardless of which religion.

              • 1st-Amendment on 13/10/2023 - 16:48
                +1

                @nathand:

                It was Palestinian land.

                Have you heard of the bible? Do you remember who was living there in that story?

                Quick history lesson, the Muslims conquered that area in the 1500's ruled for 500 years then lost it in WW1.
                You can argue who you think should rule it, but the land predates Islam by thousands of years, so it's a tough argument to say they were there first.

            • subwoofer on 13/10/2023 - 19:25

              @gto21: No such thing as 'isreal' Palestine from the river to the sea.

          • Iwantthatbargain on 12/10/2023 - 23:10

            @sarah965: Palestine chose to go extremists way. They could have progressed scientifically and technologically if they wanted.

            • sarah965 on 12/10/2023 - 23:22
              +3

              @Iwantthatbargain: How could they when Israeli would not allow them to. Their agenda has always been to annihilate the Palestinians. Palestine was a progressive peaceful state before the Illegal occupation of Israel.

            • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 00:39
              +3

              @Iwantthatbargain: Palestine never really got the choice, it was forced on them by israel and the UN

              • pauliau on 13/10/2023 - 01:10
                +1

                @Drakesy: Right o, you do realise it was actually Israel’s land (it was actually called the Land of Israel) to start with since about 1000BC… looong before Palestine came into existence.

        • NuttyGoodness on 12/10/2023 - 19:24
          +14

          You do know Hamas and Palestinians are different people, right?

          • Wolfenstein98k on 12/10/2023 - 20:48
            +7

            @NuttyGoodness: However Hamas was elected (after which they immediately banned any future elections), but they still command high support in polls.

            Thankfully not all Palestinians support Hamas, but most do.

            Hopefully after this, many desert them.

            • alidli on 12/10/2023 - 21:32
              +2

              @Wolfenstein98k: I'm afraid though that after the IDF let rip with their "revenge" in Gaza, many more will want to join Hamas.

              • Roe Jogan on 13/10/2023 - 21:25

                @alidli: seems like the logical move after you get your house blown up

              • Ifndefx on 13/10/2023 - 21:33
                +1

                @alidli: That is almost inevitable at this stage, if not now later. Fight fire with fire is not really a good recipe in this context. There will be a lot of memories, a lot of anger. Somehow peace needs to be established.

                • alidli on 14/10/2023 - 17:05

                  @Ifndefx: I know suggesting this may sound a bit crass, but both sides now have a similar amount of people that are dead, so why not call a truce and spare everyone that's still alive any more suffering and heartbreak.

                  Come on America and Europe you need to do something NOW.

      • Wolfenstein98k on 12/10/2023 - 20:49

        Yes, until the hostages are returned. They announced that.

      • Ifndefx on 13/10/2023 - 21:20

        Isn't that a war crime, since Israel has declared a war ?

    • ChatCPT on 12/10/2023 - 19:17
      +4

      The telephone lines / mobile reception and electricity has been cut to Gaza, how they gonna answer the call? Using telepathy?

      thats why telstra can afford to make it free!!
      palestine isnt going to answer the calls
      israel doesnt need free calls
      Telstra looks good for PR
      Telstra wins

    • Wolfenstein98k on 12/10/2023 - 20:44
      +2

      Telstra doesn't control Gazan telecom infrastructure.

      But they are fully subsidising all calls there and to the West Bank and Israel too.

    • George Washington on 12/10/2023 - 22:09
      +1

      Qantas should offer free airplane trips to the above mentioned countries

      • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 00:42

        Imagine qantas doing something altruistic
        Just imagine.

        Joyce;"Frydenburg, wanna throw some money our way so we can run fully subsidised repatriation flights and use it as a marketing opportunity about how we're keeping australians safe?"

        Frydenburg:"But virgin can do it as well"

        Joyce: "Shhhh, but we're AUsTrAlIan and poor"

      • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 06:59

        Airport in Gaza was destroyed decades ago by Israel, maybe connection through Qatar or something?

        • 1st-Amendment on 13/10/2023 - 16:49

          maybe connection through Qatar or something?

          Er… how are you connecting exactly? All borders are shut.

    • mrkorrupt on 12/10/2023 - 23:37
      +4

      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/11/israel-ha…

      Israel just attacked Syria's airports in Damascus and Alleppo

      • Drakesy on 13/10/2023 - 00:42

        Oh but we cant forget about the rumoured baby beheadings

      • Sim69 on 13/10/2023 - 00:50
        +2

        Not saying that particular fact isn't correct, but do you really thing Qatari state media are a reliable source for Israel issues?

        • Techie4066 on 13/10/2023 - 01:02
          +1

          Al Jazeera quoted their source. The report is from SANA, Syrian state media. Looks like it's true because I see flight 6Q742 diverting away from Damascus Airport on Flightradar24.

          • Sim69 on 13/10/2023 - 03:04

            @Techie4066: Yeah, hence why I said "Not saying that particular fact isn't correct"

            • nathand on 13/10/2023 - 07:02
              -1

              @Sim69: I wont do my own research but will make outlandish statements about well known news media organisation.

              I’m not saying they aren’t reputable but I only watch Fox and Sky News for my reports for the truthiness, you know from reputable news media sources from the US and Australia.

              • Sim69 on 13/10/2023 - 16:54
                +1

                @nathand: How is stating that Al Jazeera are Qatari state-owned "outlandish"? It's a well known fact

                • subwoofer on 13/10/2023 - 19:26

                  @Sim69: They should say the same thing about the ABC

                  • Sim69 on 14/10/2023 - 18:19
                    -2

                    @subwoofer: Sure, except Australia is a democratic country with a free press while Qatar is a dictatorship with censorship of and restrictions on the freedom of media. Additionally, Qatar don't even recognise Israel as a country.

                    • subwoofer on 14/10/2023 - 18:44
                      -2

                      @Sim69: isreal is not a country, it's colony that's built on the destruction of an entire nation. As for free press here, when was the last time you saw a Palestinian on national tv telling their side of the story? never, Just yesterday they gave the police 'extraordinary' powers to search and detain Pro Palestinians if they show any support for Palestine like a Palestinian flag. It seems as an Australian you have to pledge your loyalty to…. isreal

                      • Sim69 on 14/10/2023 - 19:06

                        @subwoofer: Unlike Palestine, Israel is recognised as a country by the UN. This is just a basic fact and I don't see why you would argue against it. Also, the ABC literally interviewed a Palestinian politician on 7:30 four days ago.

        • Roe Jogan on 13/10/2023 - 09:31

          oh right.. so I should listen to the jewish owned news channel in the west right?

    • Nedward on 24/10/2023 - 11:16

      "Israel, The Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan."

  • illusion99 on 12/10/2023 - 18:40
    +4

    Why is Afghanistan suddenly grouped in with Israel?

    • Blitzfx on 12/10/2023 - 18:41
      +23

      Earthquake

    • straafe on 12/10/2023 - 18:43
      +2

      Because of their recent 6.3 magnitude earthquake, id assume.

      • DrScavenger on 12/10/2023 - 18:45
        +8

        Imagine if that happened in a part of world that we care

        • PuppieWayne on 12/10/2023 - 18:50
          +1

          Well..i know you aren't talking about America.

        • mountaineer on 12/10/2023 - 18:56

          From your smart phone to your super investment to your entertainment to your workstation, yep that's why you care.

    • twjr on 12/10/2023 - 18:44
      +4

      It's not being grouped with Israel. There was a major earthquake there over the weekend and several thousand people have died.

      • illusion99 on 12/10/2023 - 18:45
        +25

        Funny how little press that got

        • twjr on 12/10/2023 - 18:48
          +17

          Spot on. I was going to include something in my comment about how our media all seem to have a soft spot for Israel but stopped short.

          • brendanm on 12/10/2023 - 19:28

            @twjr: Oy Vey!

          • Trishool on 12/10/2023 - 21:16
            +8

            @twjr: It's not just having a soft spot for Israel, but for the western world in general. If Donald Trump got caught picking his nose, that would get more air time than a flood killing hundreds of people somewhere in Asia.

            • twjr on 12/10/2023 - 23:35

              @Trishool: Undoubtedly that's part of what's driving the media coverage. Although I'd probably narrow it to the Anglosphere rather than the West. We get relatively poor coverage of events in Western Europe versus US, UK and NZ. However, there is particularly soft coverage of Israel by both media and political institutionsb over and above the Anglocentric coverage.

        • Blitzfx on 12/10/2023 - 18:51
          +6

          War sells more news clicks obviously.

          Stocks in Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE all went up. War is profitable to a lot of people.

          • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 18:58
            -2

            @Blitzfx: raytheon, this company here.. you might think the earthquake was a coincidence the same way if it rains you would logically think its an act of nature and if anyone points anything out remotely close to what I'm about to say would be labelled a conspiracy theorist.. there was a podcast episode uploaded 2 months ago (1.4m views now) where the guy who was a contractor for raytheon said they have a weapon in Antarctica that creates earthquakes. the guy in the video has testified to the US congress under oath
            edit: here i found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckecs0PKI4

        • Techie4066 on 13/10/2023 - 00:43

          I saw plenty of news stories about it. But it's not Afghanistan's first earthquake, even just this year.

  • johnkash on 12/10/2023 - 18:41
    +7

    Inb4 political forum thread

      • Bladeyyy21 on 12/10/2023 - 19:01
        +32

        Not at all a Hamas supporter and they are definitely terrorists - no excuse for murdering innocent people. But I just find it incredibly ironic that the IDF would label anyone a terrorist.

        • Deviner on 12/10/2023 - 20:05
          +8

          The word "terrorist" is always used by one side of the conflict.
          The other side will consider themselves rebels or freedom fighters.

          I'd love some unbiased, reliable news sources to cover this.

          The reports are horrendous and it's hard for anyone to defend, no matter how much you disagree with Israel, but the main stream media is, largely, in bed and in the back pockets of Israel, so you just never know.

        • Creamsoda on 12/10/2023 - 21:18
          +3

          the IDF not only labelled Hamas terrorist but Palestinians as Animals.

          • looky-here on 13/10/2023 - 02:04
            +1

            @Creamsoda: Palestinians as animals or Hamas as animals? I think I read that quote but it looked more like they were talking about the perpetrators of the attack.

    • CommuterPolluter on 12/10/2023 - 19:12
      +1

      Yes, opinions in this thread are surprisingly mixed. I wonder how long it will take the JIDF shills to take notice and flood in.

  • JuryWheel on 12/10/2023 - 18:42

    Anyone share a brief summary as to what the hecks going on over there ATM….? Sorry for my ignorance 😞

      • retailsaver on 12/10/2023 - 19:02
        +68

        You forgot the preceding part where Palestinians had their country stolen, were murdered and herded into the world's largest prison, whilst their captors (and most of Western media) cry foul when there is obvious retaliation because of this.

        • niknikniknik on 12/10/2023 - 19:07
          +11

          No previous act warrants Hamas going into Israel to abduct, assault and behead civilians including women, children, and babies. At a time when peace deals were being brokered, this has doomed the region for years if not decades to come. Feel how you want about Palestine, but even the thought of trying to support what Hamas did is inhumane and a left wing indoctrination.

          • notJV on 12/10/2023 - 19:15
            +22

            @niknikniknik: The fake news of beheading kids women has been busted.

            • Toffcuz on 12/10/2023 - 19:22
              +3

              @notJV: Can you please show me how that its been busted? I have other people watching this video and believing it. I want to show them that its fake because i know it is!

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