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Scrooge McDeal on 12/10/2023 - 18:30 telstra.com.au (1541 clicks)
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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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          • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 22:40

            @derekek: thats the joke, they wouldn't, AU is just paranoid for no reason..

  • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 20:01
    +4

    Israel and its Zionist regime has made it very clear they want to exterminate all arabs (and all non Jews AND even Christians) from this land. look up Zionist attacking Christians in Israel videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z581dbGqr08 like they own it or something.. they were people living there before they claimed it as theirs, look it up everyone got access to google:
    Philistines, and other indigenous peoples inhabited the area (c. 3000 BCE onwards).
    The Kingdom of Israel is established (c. 1000 BCE). this is where they claim it was theirs from this point forward lol like people weren't already living there

    • SolidlyIrresponsible on 12/10/2023 - 20:33
      +2

      lollllllllllllllllllll

    • pauliau on 12/10/2023 - 21:42
      +1

      Quoted, Roe Jogan: “ Israel and its Zionist regime has made it very clear they want to exterminate all arabs (and all non Jews AND even Christians) from this land. ”

      And yet who started lobbing the missiles over the fence first? Who is the aggressor here?? Just wake up dude.

      • Roe Jogan on 12/10/2023 - 22:38
        +11

        are you kidding? Israel has been bombing and stealing Palestine land for the past 50 years. eating into Gaza territory for the past few years too with illegal settlements that go against UN laws which the UN has condemned Israel for with no consequences because they operate above the law. they get a bulldozer and snatch the woman and children out of the house and kick them to the ground, and they topple the house, you can look this up online there are many videos the western media obviously does not cover it, but i have a feeling you will believe what you want to believe

        • pauliau on 12/10/2023 - 23:40
          -2

          Yep, as said by a true Philistine wearing war coloured glasses eh… here’s a tip, maybe just turn off Al jazeera for a more ‘balanced’ view.

      • sarah965 on 12/10/2023 - 23:27
        +5

        @pauliau Mate go educate yourself first !

  • furiousgeorge on 12/10/2023 - 20:07

    False flag.

  • alidli on 12/10/2023 - 20:17
    +2

    Food for thought….America let Pearl Harbour happen.
    Egypt had already warned Israel that Hamas were planning something big.
    America was just about to hand over a few billion dollars to Iran that they had been withholding due to sanctions.
    American politicians and other Zionist sympathizers around the world are desperately trying to blame Iran for masterminding this atrocious attack.

    I'd also warn the American navy not to get too close to Israeli shores….anyone remember the USS Liberty?

  • Xizor on 12/10/2023 - 20:27
    +1

    This is always the problem with wars that don't get finished with a overwhelming defeat, especially when mixed with primitive religious ideologies that rule over and easily exploit a society. On a hiding to nothing but a cycle of suffering and repetition. Insane decision to go on a civilian slaughtering rampage as their objective, but ah well, rinse repeat 2 bunches of nutters giving the majority of us less of a reason to care. If only they didn't breed and bring more people into their hatred.

  • duncan1987 on 12/10/2023 - 20:30
    +2

    How about the people in Gaza concentration camp？Something looks fair, but not really in the real world.

  • noscopedJFK on 12/10/2023 - 20:53

    Good Telstra

  • Tamagotchi Breeder on 12/10/2023 - 21:02

    HAMAS in a nutshell:

    https://youtu.be/t6of72XgiUg?si=-69FG7fCxlxE2Stn

    • alidli on 12/10/2023 - 21:13

      Al Aqsa will be destroyed so that "prophecy" actually happens.

  • Grish on 12/10/2023 - 21:12
    +7

    So all of this is because the Brits didn't perform a clean hand over of "their" land in the middle east?

    Ie. they didn't "tame" the locals, like they tended to do when it was for their own occupancy…

    Just dropped a pile of Jews amongst a stack of Arabs and walked away. What could possibly go wrong…?

    • TheRealCher on 12/10/2023 - 21:54
      +2

      The Europeans did not conduct themselves very well in the wake of ww1…CF drawing lines through various other parts of the Ottoman Empire and installing barmy armies …

      Intriguingly there was a long opposition amongst many Jewish folk to Zionism as an actual physical/geographical return. Initially it was conceived as a "state of returning", so to speak, rather than a State to return to. It was seen as an almost end days occurrence, not to be confused with Jews for Jesus/messianic Judaism and Eric cartman's push for the red cow to show up. South Park has taught us much about geopolitics.
      However, with the rise of Nazism came the big push for a Jewish state and although the Balfour declaration said that non-jewish inhabitants of Palestine were not to suffer, well, that worked as well as any western European signed declaration has when it comes to the rights of all people.

      That said, the Jews had suffered multiple genocides and expulsions from said western European leaders for millennia.

      Sorry to ramble…
      Great interview with former Israeli pm Ehud Olmert here on ramifications, historical arrogance of Bibi etc https://youtu.be/Uar3I_LUSyM?si=sp5BB1ZUBqQXJ68I

      Finally, it's long been argued that Hamas and Hezbollah were funded by CIA/Israel to destabilise Arafat's plo and cement the more hardline approach to an expansionist Israel https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-c…

      Will say it just in case - what we are seeing, the decimation of human life, the sheer disregard for humans and the disgusting treatment by any militant organisation calling for the annihilation of a people and their country is horrific.

      • SolidlyIrresponsible on 13/10/2023 - 01:00

        And also lets not forget that the local Jewish population had more then a few tackles with the local Arab population before 1947 under the British mandate. Actually ironic that both Arabs and Jews were Palestinians at that point.

        • TheRealCher on 13/10/2023 - 17:30
          +1

          Yeah ..that was not going well. There's an interesting novel to be written using speculative history about what might have happened if western nations/empires had accepted Jewish people and refugees, instead of shutting up shop in many cases. The USA were the first to say we stopped the boats…
          Weirdly the Nazis wanted to establish Madagascar as the exile place … Not even going to try and understand that one.

          If we go far enough back though, it's been under Moslem empires where Jewish people were respected and treated comparitivekt well as opposed to Christian regimes, like Spain or France.

          Whole thing is a mess. So much suffering.

  • nGu on 12/10/2023 - 21:20
    +2

    Sometimes I see threads like this and I'm reminded that OzBargain is an alt-right forum where people post bargains on the side

    and if you feel so strongly that it is not, then please explain the jokes every time a tragedy occurs in a middle eastern country, or how there's conspiracy-posting or people parroting right-wing conservative views on this current event

    • Ghost47 on 12/10/2023 - 21:34

      Damn that level of spice deserves an upvote whether you are right or wrong.

    • Clear on 12/10/2023 - 21:35
      +1

      OzBargain is really diverse. Rebranding OzBargain to be Chinese during April Fools was hugely controversial due to what the communist party does to ethnic groups, but when the Ukraine war started there were troves of people bring pro-Putin.

      • nGu on 12/10/2023 - 21:46

        Mhmm. I think we all know by now how the people here feel about Chinese people.
        The pro-Putin stances here baffled me for a bit until I realized how they educate themselves on world politics. US media outlets are a hell of a drug.

        • Clear on 12/10/2023 - 21:53

          Overall the main demographic here is Asian too. Always funny seeing the racists finding that out and getting upset.

  • Phlume on 12/10/2023 - 21:50
    +4

    What a shit-show this post has become. A simple good will gesture from Telstra and respectful post from OP turned into a deranged political argument. The political intrigue should be moved to the forums. Can Scotty and the mods lock this post?

    • brendanm on 12/10/2023 - 22:58
      -1

      Can Scotty and the mods lock this post?

      Reeeee stop doing things I don't like!?!?!

      This happens every time Telstra does this virtue signalling generous offer.

      • Phlume on 12/10/2023 - 23:05

        This isn't the forums though, this is a deals page.

        • brendanm on 12/10/2023 - 23:17
          -4

          People can comment on deals.

          • Phlume on 12/10/2023 - 23:21

            @brendanm: Very astute, your observational talents is wasted here on Ozbargain.

            • brendanm on 12/10/2023 - 23:38

              @Phlume:

              Very astute, your observational talent is wasted here on Ozbargain.

              Or

              Very astute, your observational talents are wasted here on Ozbargain.

              Take your pick

              • Phlume on 12/10/2023 - 23:44

                @brendanm: no i doesn't think ill do that

                • brendanm on 12/10/2023 - 23:50
                  +2

                  @Phlume: I thought you would have appreciated my astute observation of your poor grammar 😔

                  • Phlume on 12/10/2023 - 23:53
                    -1

                    @brendanm: I say, jolly good show old chap. Quite a vim display of wit and patter.

                    • brendanm on 13/10/2023 - 00:06

                      @Phlume: Thankyou, I appreciate it. See, if you had your way and the thread was locked because you didn't like the content, you never would have been able to witness that.

      • MrThing on 13/10/2023 - 07:20

        Reeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • payton on 12/10/2023 - 23:00

      click the X on the corner and head to your preferred safespace

    • capslock janitor on 13/10/2023 - 01:02

      Just turn off your notifications mate

  • Tuffstuff80 on 12/10/2023 - 22:24
    +5

    No such thing as Palestinian territories it's just PALESTINE

  • thekensai on 12/10/2023 - 22:31
    +1

    israelis gonna get harassed by thousands of hate calls from australia, thanks to telstra

  • jv on 12/10/2023 - 22:31

    Any good deals on hommus ??

    • King Tightarse on 12/10/2023 - 22:38

      It's Same-sex attracted these days, JV - you cant call them that any more..

  • Big Lez on 12/10/2023 - 23:18
    +7

    All the Brits fault

  • capslock janitor on 13/10/2023 - 00:10
    -1

    Why afghabistab

    • alz on 13/10/2023 - 08:06
      +1

      Massive earthquake

  • capslock janitor on 13/10/2023 - 00:12
    +6

    Zionism🚩
    Judaism☑️

    FreePalestine

    From Israeli occupancy and oppression

    • Circly on 13/10/2023 - 00:36
      +1

      Looks like Israel will free Palestine from Hamas.

      • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 10:16

        its called genocide by israel, funded by america

        • Creamsoda on 13/10/2023 - 12:03
          +1

          Genocide will only occur with non-US allies. US allies will be called self defence or liberation of the oppressed.
          If you read the headlines Palestinian deaths are been labelled "dead" while Israeli deaths are been labelled "killed".

  • Eeples on 13/10/2023 - 00:43

    One of the most important tasks for a country is to keep its citizens safe.

    Israel has failed at that.

    So, it needs to change its strategy.

    Telstra’s offer of free communication could be a hint.

    • alz on 13/10/2023 - 08:07

      Yep, Israeli's to start using free calls service to call up embassies around the world for a visa.

      • Eeples on 13/10/2023 - 08:34

        Most likely I was calling for genuine talks tor a two state solution.

        But, the possibility for that, sadly, seems even further away today than it did last week.

    • pauliau on 13/10/2023 - 01:20
      +2

      Defo a few on here tonight 🤪. ASIO is watching and will have them under suicide bomber watch soon 🥸

      • Roe Jogan on 13/10/2023 - 20:26

        lol you got negged to oblivion with your pro Israeli comments on this post so now ozbargain is over ran by hamas ay

    • poincare on 13/10/2023 - 03:54
      +1

      I wonder how many Zionists here. Could they be hunting deals on lands to occupy?

      • pauliau on 13/10/2023 - 09:38

        Well at least a Zionist will only throw a Bible at you. Hamas only throws misilles.

        • Toffcuz on 13/10/2023 - 14:13

          Bible ? Do they actually believe in the bible ? You are a fool !

        • poincare on 14/10/2023 - 04:24

          Bible!
          Zionism is an ideology to occupy the land of Palestine, it is not a religion. You can imagine what they did to replace the Palestinian people with people of their selection from around the world. If interested, do the research.

  • bcYield on 13/10/2023 - 01:15
    +1

    Also good for spammers xD

    Now need a number to call … (greeting purposes)

  • Aerith-Waifu on 13/10/2023 - 05:52
    +2

    I wish they can line up all the generals of both sides and do a John Wick shoot out.

    Whoever the side wins it's the end of it.

    Actually Mortal Kombat kind of making sense as well now you think about it

  • garage sale on 13/10/2023 - 07:35

    i’d imagine this thread is probably going to be analyzed and peoples positions , emails and other things tracked if the govt or authorized agency has concerns.

  • alz on 13/10/2023 - 07:42

    From the river to the sea, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE

    • kaleidoscope on 13/10/2023 - 07:52

      from hamas or israel

      • alz on 13/10/2023 - 07:58

        What part of Hamas, PIJ, PLF, PIJ etc.. are Palestinians don't you understand?

        • kaleidoscope on 13/10/2023 - 08:20

          Not sure about any of it…

    • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 08:31

      that was only a few people at the protest, doesnt represent everyone else, chill.

        • Eeples on 13/10/2023 - 08:47
          +2

          In the current climate taking an Israeli flag to a Palestinian rally seems pretty provocative to me.

          Police say he was arrested for his own safety and for disturbing the peace.

          What do you want to see happen… violence? (Rubber bullets is your solution; good grief).

          Let’s be clear…. It would be great to live in a world where flags of those two groups could be unfurled side by side…. peacefully. But, it isn’t this week.

    • capslock janitor on 13/10/2023 - 08:58

      Maybe he was removed for safety

  • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 08:30
    +4

    electricity and water has been cut to gaza, no power, cant even charge phones

      • mrkorrupt on 13/10/2023 - 08:54
        +3

        Most solar panel systems don't work without electricity especially if they are connected to the grid to ensure they don't supply power to the grid when power is cut off intentionally.

        https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/hamas-israel-confli…

        Israel just used Chemical Weapons

          • prhino on 13/10/2023 - 09:32
            +2

            @TheCandyMan2020: White phosphorus was actually deployed by Israel.

            The beheading story may be bogus.

            https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/white-house-walks…

            • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 09:34

              @prhino: the beheading story is bogus, theyre comparing hamas to isis now, israel wants any reason to invade, you need to fabricate barbaric stories to justify barbaric actions, so now israel is going to wipe gaza off the map and murder atleast a million with no where to run, all boarders are closed, no water, no electricity, to think this is happening in 2023 absolutely baffles me.. gaza has been living in in 75 years of apartheid, similar to what happened in south africa !

              • pauliau on 13/10/2023 - 09:42
                +2

                @johnfuller: Well people in Glass houses shouldn't throw stones #missiles#. They choose and supported Hamas. They deal with the consequences.

                • prhino on 13/10/2023 - 09:49
                  +2

                  @pauliau: Nope, Terrible 'logic,'.

                • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 10:00
                  +3

                  @pauliau: What do you expect them to do? Put feedback into the box for Benjamin Netanyahu to read? think with your brain for a little .. gaza on a normal day prior to all this mess, they have IDF walking through gaza back and forth harassing women and children, abusing them, groping their women, what would you do?

                  Even israelis that dont follow the same agenda get abused by their own people

                • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 10:02
                  +1

                  @pauliau: they didnt choose hamas .. its the only ones giving it back to israel .. it doesnt mean they are part of hamas .. if the bikies do something .. do they represent you?

                    • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 11:13
                      -1

                      @pauliau: voted? lol what government? hamas is not a political party, there was no voting that occured.

            • Creamsoda on 13/10/2023 - 12:10

              @prhino: They did the same for Iraqi to justify the invasion "killing babies from incubators" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony
              total lie and fabrication. sickening.

        • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 09:18
          +3

          Israel has used white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, putting civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries.

          As per international laws, the use of white phosphorus shells is prohibited in heavily populated civilian areas

          Israel gets away with war crime. Palestinians / Gazans cant even defend themselves. Hamas is sending rockets, this doesnt represent what the palestinians want, thats literally Iran's work.

          • pauliau on 13/10/2023 - 11:10
            +1

            @johnfuller: Please go and spew your false apartheid agenda somewhere else mate, ozbargain is not the place. The rest of us will go and believe real facts rather than AL jazeera BS.

            • johnfuller on 13/10/2023 - 11:14
              +1

              @pauliau: al Jazeera is the closest thing youll get to the truth, good to see your pro death against innocent lives

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