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Free, Non-Stop Flights for Aussies Fleeing Lebanon, from Cyprus to Sydney @ Qantas

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beatthatflight on 04/10/2024 - 20:46 qantasnewsroom.com.au (1199 clicks)
Last edited 04/10/2024 - 22:02

In a break from my regular travel deal posting, hopefully this'll help someone who needs to get out of Lebanon fast.

Qantas will operate two non-stop flights between Cyprus and Sydney, to help Australians in Lebanon get home on behalf of the Australian Government.

The flights will be operated using a Qantas Boeing 787 and will be able to carry up to 440 Australians back home.

The first service is expected to depart Larnaca in Cyprus on Monday evening (local time), arriving in Sydney on Tuesday.

The second direct Dreamliner service is expected to depart on Wednesday.

The national carrier will operate these assisted-departure flights free of charge for the Australian Government, with no cost to those travelling on the flight. The airline is working to obtain the necessary approvals.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is coordinating registration for Australians wanting to return home.

Qantas has called for pilots and cabin crew to nominate their interest in operating the flights. This is expected to be oversubscribed as it was with the special assistance flights from Tel Aviv in October 2023, when 900 cabin crew expressed their interest for 70 positions.

These assisted-departure flights will impact some customers booked to travel on our international network, and customers are being contacted directly with alternative travel arrangements. We’re working to minimise the impact as much as possible and appreciate their understanding.

ADVICE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

Australians who want to leave Lebanon via Cyprus should register at DFAT’s Crisis Portal. If you have already registered with DFAT you do not need to register again.

For urgent consular assistance, Australians should continue to call the Australian Government’s 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305 (from overseas) or 1300 555 135 (from within Australia).

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            • rooster7777 on 04/10/2024 - 23:11
              +3

              @The Milk Man: You've written a few weird things, but now you've lost it!
              I agree with what you wrote about ukraine…. BUT..
              Are you suggesting palestinians took over the christian country of israel or something?
              Or are you suggesting that the conflict in lebanon has nothing to do with israel and its various occupations?
              Or are you suggesting that lebanon has been a christian country for the last 5,000 years?

              • The Milk Man on 04/10/2024 - 23:15
                +2

                @rooster7777: I did not write what you said I wrote my man.

                I am talking about Arabs in Lebanon, not Palestinians?

                Palestinians make hardly 3-4 million people on this globe. not my pick with them.

                • rooster7777 on 04/10/2024 - 23:54
                  +4

                  @The Milk Man: If you care to reread slowly…. you'll notice I didn't say you wrote any particular thing…. I was asking what you meant. That's what "are you suggesting" followed by a question mark means.

                  Thanks for the chuckle… misunderstanding my questions followed by a question mark… by writing the statement "I am talking about Arabs in Lebanon, not Palestinians?" Were you asking yourself if that was what you meant… or hit the question mark by accident?

                  I'm lost at what the point is you were trying to make in the post.

                  • The Milk Man on 04/10/2024 - 23:58
                    +6

                    @rooster7777: You're portraying hatred.
                    You not technically saying hatred does not resolve you of inciting it and fueling a negative conservation towards people's way of lives you've chosen to be the reason of your dismay, despite the fact Zionism is the belief in a Jewish state for the Jewish people in its home land

                    despite Jewish people being of varied opinions and origins, you keep classifying them as a whole entity who is crude

                    despite synagogues act as the equivalent of mosques and churches, but you've never commented about how imams in Gaza and the West Bank preach to murder their neighbours? :)

                    Why won't you though?
                    why won't you acknowledge your ugly ideology for what it is?
                    bloodthirsty for the sake of bloodthirst.

                    never coexistence with any person.
                    never care for your neighbours.

                    • rooster7777 on 05/10/2024 - 00:31
                      +3

                      @The Milk Man: It's like you've been drinking alcohol milkman… the more it goes on, the more your emotions are creating an angry garbled picture.

                      I've got no idea what:
                      'You not technically saying hatred does not resolve you of inciting it and fueling a negative conservation towards people's way of lives you've chosen to be the reason of your dismay, despite the fact Zionism is the belief in a Jewish state for the Jewish people in its home land'
                      is supposed to mean, and your demeanor doesn't warrant the effort to interpret it

                      I've never said "jewish people as a whole entity who is crude"

                      You're right…. I've never made comment on what is said in mosques. I do wonder though, about the parallels in WW2 german occupied nations. Are you suggesting clergy (regardless of religion) had no role or part in resistance against the nazis?

                      Why won't I acknowledge my ugly ideology as bloodthirsty for the sake of bloodthirst?
                      You must be stark raving mad! I've never expressed any desire for killing in this post (or any other that I can recall) Au contraire, I've been the one critical of violence and inhumanity, and you are the one justifying it… How can you twist it so wrongly?

                      • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 00:33
                        +3

                        @rooster7777: why didn't you acknowledge my comment of you twisting my words earlier?
                        always the victim, never the perpetrator

                        womp womp

                        • rooster7777 on 05/10/2024 - 00:45
                          +2

                          @The Milk Man: I haven't twisted any of your words…and honestly I'm not sure what you're talking about.
                          My best guess is somewhere round where you made a statement, and hung a question mark on the end of it.

                        • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:32
                          +2

                          @The Milk Man: I swear you lost the plot, I come from Lebanon and have lived the majority of my life there. Christians and Muslims live in peace and harmony for the most part (we have churches and Mosques right next to each other) until Israel was invented illegally.

                          The militia you talk about was created to protect Lebanon from the neighboring threat called Israel backed by the US and originally by UK.

                          You clearly are going off information you found Wikipedia and have no clue what you're talking about.

                          • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:34
                            +6

                            @itsmoe: are you crazy?

                            Christian Lebanese were terrorized by Sunni muslims, pushed out of their homes and isolated from their lives.

                            Christian Lebanon and Israel lived in peace and actual harmony, until Hezbollah has taken over and degraded yoru whole livelyhood to act as an iranian proxy

                            you are clearly too young to understand what you're saying

                            "captivity" is not "harmony"
                            the fact the Christian lebanese choose submission over a civil war is not "harmony"

                            • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:39
                              +1

                              @The Milk Man: Lol, have you ever been to Lebanon? What a joke, yes there are external involvements in the region but to say that jews and Christians live in harmony is a joke in itself. The real Christians in Lebanon which is the majority of them know well enough that the jews hate Jesus, so why would they live in Harmony with them?

                              Israel is occupying Palestine and if it wasn't for Hizbullah as bad as they are, Israel would be doing what they did to Gaza right now just for resisting their occupation.

                              You must be brain washed to think otherwise.

                              • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:44
                                +4

                                @itsmoe: Hezbollah is resisting what…?
                                i can't see them successfully resisting their bladders at this point in time. :(

                                • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:48
                                  +3

                                  @The Milk Man: Israel is hiding behind its planes, let them come in on foot inside Lebanon and you'll see the resistance. You're clearly okay with innocent people getting killed in the name of Zionism. I applaud you.

                                  • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:48
                                    +4

                                    @itsmoe: they are on foot in lebanon and they're melting your country :(

                                    • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:51
                                      +1

                                      @The Milk Man: Only time will tell.

                                      • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:59
                                        +2

                                        @itsmoe: your country is on the brink of extinction, Syria 2.0

                                        even without this war, lebanon was failing to keep up with itself

                                        Hezbollah has dragged it into its demise, you're too childish and foolish to see what once was a prosperous, peaceful lebanon that was a world leading exporter, now harboring pathetic terrorist groups.

                                        goodluck with that mentality

                              • gasman70 on 05/10/2024 - 02:20
                                +5

                                @itsmoe: Lebanon is almost 70% Muslim. It was once majority Christian.

                            • gasman70 on 05/10/2024 - 15:29
                              +1

                              @The Milk Man: ….after getting kicked out of Jordan for trying to overthrow their king/government.

                          • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:37
                            +2

                            @itsmoe: Listen to your elders -
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lIGVyeM9Xg

                            • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:40

                              @The Milk Man: I love how you didn't link the one with Mahdi where he puts Piers in his place by stating pure facts. Also, Piers is owned by Jewish media and is a little puppet to the matrix.

                              • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:42
                                +5

                                @itsmoe: she is lebanese, she grew up in Lebanon, she is a pro-lebanese activist, anti-iranian activist.
                                she is sharing your history
                                you are ignoring your history because you were told by your captors that they are correct

                                Why is Brigitte Gabriel an issue in your opinion? she's your people.

                                i don't care about piers?

                                • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:46
                                  +2

                                  @The Milk Man: Yes because one cooked lady represents all of Lebanon. Lol man get out of here.

                                  Did you hear the part where she was exposed for being funded by Jewish organizations? She's clearly bought out just like Piers is, he wouldn't speak out against his handler who is contributing massively against the killing of innocent children in Gaza and now in Lebanon too. War crimes after war crimes.

                                  • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:47
                                    +4

                                    @itsmoe: Piers is arguing against her opinions when she speaks about her 'pro israeli' narrative, and he's arguing she's wrong?

                                    you're an ignorant child, just saying literally anything to try and sound right

                              • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:47

                                @itsmoe: OK what are those "pure facts"?

                    • Thejedi on 05/10/2024 - 00:54
                      +4

                      @The Milk Man: And you choose to ignore the state endorsed genocidal statements and actions of israel …
                      You're losing credibility with each comment.
                      Hypocritical

                      • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:29
                        +1

                        @Thejedi: What state endorsed actions? Please bring forward facts.

                      • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:32
                        +1

                        @Thejedi: By the way here is what Ethnic cleansing really looks like: https://x.com/khalidi79397/status/1841691125150617718

                        I'll wait for you to present similar stats for "Palestinians"

                        • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:41
                          +2

                          @AncientWisdom: Yeh let me get my information of a meme off X lol.

                          • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:48

                            @itsmoe: OK present counter information then.

                            • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 01:50
                              +3

                              @AncientWisdom: I don't have to because that information is only a way to divert from the real issue which is the genocide Israel is doing against oppressed people for over 70 years and also killing children, women and elderly which you seem to be loving.

                              Well done to you too.

                              • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:55
                                +1

                                @itsmoe:

                                I don't have to because that information is only a way to divert from the real issue which is the murderous Islamist Jihad taking place for over 1300 years and killing/raping/slaving children, women and elderly which you seem to be condoning and supporting wholeheartedly.

                                Fixed it for ya

                                  • gasman70 on 05/10/2024 - 12:26
                                    +3

                                    @itsmoe: Islam is not a race. It's a 'religion'.

                                  • AncientWisdom on 07/10/2024 - 19:33
                                    -1

                                    @itsmoe: Talking against Jews is antisemitic by the very definition and history of the word.

                                    I haven't said a thing about the 2 billion Muslims (that was in your head), just about the Jihadists amongst them. Would certainly be nice if more of them were speaking up against Jihad though.

                              • odysseus on 05/10/2024 - 02:35
                                +3

                                @itsmoe: "Divert from the real issue"

                                Like you were doing by lying about, and trying to slur Ukraine, who is an innocent victim, earlier in this thread.

                                • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 08:43
                                  +4

                                  @odysseus: I never said or implied that Ukraine should be destroyed like Isreal destroyed Gaza, all I'm saying is that Gaza has been occupied for nearly a century, Ukraine wasn't.

                                  Israel killed 40 thousand in less than a year, Russia didn't. You people are a bunch of racists and the world sees it.

                                  • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 11:51

                                    @itsmoe: You're right, for the most part, Russia targets military personnel

                                    unlike the Palestinians, who started a war bt slaughtering 1,350 in cold blood over the course of 17 hours.

                                    in the name of peace and prosperity, of course of course.

                                    • odysseus on 05/10/2024 - 14:01
                                      +1

                                      @The Milk Man: Not really right.

                                      They're not "military personnel". They're people defending Ukraine from the attack, who joined just to help defend. Doctors, sportspeople, vets, working in voluntary "self-defence units", medics, refugee evacuants - and many firemen and SES equivalent. They weren't in the military before the invasion.

                                      And of course, there are many civilians, plus all the civilian infrastructure destroyed.

                                    • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 16:46
                                      +1

                                      @The Milk Man: The occupation of Gaza started on the 7th of October and so did the start of humanity? Are you serious? Israel has not killed many many innocent people in the last 70+ years of the occupation? Not just in Palestine but also in Lebanon Syria and other neighboring countries, or do those not count in your book?

                                      What Hamas did was extremely unacceptable, some of the news was bullshit and a lot of the people that died, died because of the IDF helis and tanks killing everything and everyone in their way. So are you willing to condemn the unjust occupation of Gaza and the killing of 30+ thousand innocent people just because Israel wants to get rid of Hamas?

                                      Realistically speaking, Israel has caused more hurt to those people that now they would want to fight Israel even more and making Israel less safe.

                                  • odysseus on 05/10/2024 - 14:07
                                    +2

                                    @itsmoe: Rubbish. You claimed "Also Ukraine is known to be one the most corrupt countries if not the most in the world. Lol" when it wasn't even:
                                    - relevant
                                    - true
                                    - a justification for an attack or invasion on them.

                                    And since you brought it up - Lebanon is actually rated as having 50% more corruption than Ukraine. Yet you tried to denigrate support for Ukraine by slurring them for that.

                                    And since you now brought up deaths - yes, Russia killed that number in less than a year in Ukraine as well. In Mariupol ALONE, Russia is estimated to have killed 25000-100000, and that was done in a few months. After destroying the whole city.

                                    It shouldn't be a contest, but you try to make it that way, and worse by lying about it as though Ukraine's suffering is not as worthy. What the world sees is your disgusting deflection, trying to draw attention away from other's suffering.

                                    • itsmoe on 05/10/2024 - 16:38

                                      @odysseus: I never justified the Russian invasion, and I am 100% against wars and killing all in all especially when it comes to innocent children and women. Don't put words in my mouth.

                                      All I'm saying is, Ukraine is an independent country, where as Gaza isn't and never was because of the Israeli occupation. Simple. You can't deny it even if you try to.

                                      But, the west seems to like to send billions of dollars to help Ukraine defend itself as it should, but they let Israel kill defenseless innocent people in Gaza and Palestine for the last 70+ years and still send them billions of dollars to help them with the genocide.

                                      Double standards much? Or is it because they are Arabs and not jews? Makes you wonder.

                                      • AncientWisdom on 07/10/2024 - 19:36

                                        @itsmoe: "Palestine" is not a country only due to them being hell bent on not recognising Israel and seeking to destroy it. They could have had a state a long time ago if they were content to co-exist in Peace. This is well documented so if you're going to say it's wrong you'd better be able to back it up e.g. the second intifadaha

                                        • itsmoe on 08/10/2024 - 08:57

                                          @AncientWisdom: Well I can play the reverse card on you, it is also well documents that Palestine existed way before Israel was funded in 1947 and recognized as the illegal terrorist state it is now. So don't play the what came first, the chicken on the egg because in 1947 when the Palestinians took the Jews in open arms as the rest of the world was killing them, the Jews were not as nice when the Nakba happened and nearly 1 million people were pushed out of their homes and lands just because the Jews believe they were promised that land and are never allowed to go back.

                                          With that logic, Israel should have recognized Palestine and the aboriginal people of the land. But they hate Muslims and Arabs and technically everyone else who isn't a Jew. It's a fact.

                                          • AncientWisdom on 14/10/2024 - 13:27

                                            @itsmoe:

                                            1. Palestine wasn't established before 1947, it was the name of the British mandate in the area (which included Jordan for example - are they calling for Jordan to be returned to Palestine?)
                                            2. The Arabs definitely did not welcome the Jews with open arms or indeed were even very nice to the Jews that were already living there - see the Hebrom pogroms in the 1930s for example (but these go as far back as the Arabs lived there)

                                            Jews are indigenous to Israel so not sure what's this about aboriginal recognition.

                      • The Milk Man on 05/10/2024 - 01:38
                        +2

                        @Thejedi: what genocide?

      • cheaponos on 04/10/2024 - 22:02

        Just don’t send them to Springfield in Ippy. We know what happens in places named Springfield.

    • CommuterPolluter on 05/10/2024 - 10:44
      +3

      Why should any of them get visas? We’ve got enough economic migrants.

  • Levathian on 04/10/2024 - 20:59
    +37

    Cheap easyjet flight from London to Cyprus then jump on this.. what a bargain.

  • Donmega123 on 04/10/2024 - 21:01
    -5

    Lebanese are pretty tough and patriotic they may stay and fight

    • HamBoi69 on 04/10/2024 - 21:04
      +3

      Just like their flatbreads

    • universe on 04/10/2024 - 21:07
      +48

      Nah they'll fly back and riot protest here instead

      • HangryCakeStore on 04/10/2024 - 21:13
        +3

        Hopefully they don’t risk the safety of innocent tourists and families in the city this long weekend!

        • mrossco on 04/10/2024 - 22:35
          +1

          Terrorist cleansings, I think you'll find, which are targeted exclusivley at Hamas and Hezbollah. Carry on!

          Being Palestinian or Lebanese has nothing to do with, other than they pander to terrorists.

          • karkashian on 04/10/2024 - 22:46
            +3

            @mrossco: Dutton just entered the chat

          • Rick Sanchez on 05/10/2024 - 05:58

            @mrossco: You realise most people are powerless to what their government does, and how these global politics play out?

            Don't oversimplify things like that, you forget the majority of people who suffer from these events are innocent and want nothing to do with it.

            Or continue to assume they're all like the flag waving hezbollah idiots at the protest. I'm going to assume you're a dumb racist hick.

          • itsmoe on 08/10/2024 - 08:59

            @mrossco: bahahaha, so you think the 40,000+ killed including children are all Khamas? You are so delusional.

  • suzta on 04/10/2024 - 21:03
    +4

    This is good because just hours ago on Ten news they said Aussies had to leave at their own cost and that flights were about $23k per person. I thought that was terrible - only the rich could flee.

    • dyziplen on 04/10/2024 - 21:16
      +25

      To be fair the war can be seen from a mile away. This is not a surprise in any shape or form.

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-01/australians-in-lebano…

      This was August 1st.

      https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/officials-sound-alar…

      This was October 2023.

      I also remembered an article but can't find it now, it went along the lines of them having gone through so many wars and what not, a new one is of little concern.

    • gromit on 04/10/2024 - 21:49
      +8

      Warnings to leave Lebanon immediately have been ongoing for weeks with extra warnings that costa and flight availability would be bad for people that waited.

      • buckster on 05/10/2024 - 07:44
        +3

        Exactly, it's stupid that after so many warnings the taxpayer now has to foot the bill for people too stupid or blind to pay attention to the warnings

    • DingoBlue on 04/10/2024 - 22:31
      +6

      That’s probably what the government is paying for these flights. It irritates me that Qantas are trying to make it sound like they’re making it free.

    • DingoBlue on 04/10/2024 - 22:34

      I just priced it at $4000 if you can wait five days. You’d be paying stupid money in that sort of timeframe anyway.

  • BarrytheBargain on 04/10/2024 - 21:03
    -3

    I don't think the people will want to leave, I hear they are having a blast

  • foreverphoenix on 04/10/2024 - 21:04

    Anyone fancy a one way flight to Cyprus?

  • xoape on 04/10/2024 - 21:06
    +18

    Targetted

    • mantra on 04/10/2024 - 21:44
      +2

      i thought the same, although can we fly to Lebanon at the moment?

      paying for a trip there, getting free trip back, honestly sounds like the oxbargain way, lol

  • Pennywiser on 04/10/2024 - 21:06
    +1

    Respect

  • Wilson Wallace on 04/10/2024 - 21:08
    +15

    God Bless my country Australia, I always kiss the ground I walk on today. for my mother country Lebanon, you’ll always have my heart and will always wish for peace for you and the people.

  • lordra on 04/10/2024 - 21:10
    +27

    I heard the government has been calling for Aussies to get out for months now. So when people ask what the government is doing, their defence is, "we told you to leave ages ago, but you didn't." (shrug)

    Who knows?

    • DogGunn on 04/10/2024 - 21:12
      +2

      Does it really matter? The situation has clearly got worse now.

      It's not as if people wait for these flights to come about.

      • JudoChop on 04/10/2024 - 21:18
        +39

        I think it does matter that people ignored our governments plea that they come back to Australia but now expect the government to arrange their passage to Australia.

        • illumination on 04/10/2024 - 21:20

          expect the government to arrange their passage to Australia.

          How did you come the conclusion that it was expected though?

          • JudoChop on 04/10/2024 - 21:29
            +12

            @illumination: Well they refused to heed the warnings to get out of Lebanon for many weeks. Now they want to leave Lebanon.

        • DogGunn on 04/10/2024 - 22:03
          +4

          I get the sentiment, I do. But some have likely been there for quite a while.

          I think it would be fair enough for the government to require payment from someone who only arrived in Lebanon in the last month and are then taking this evacuation flight.

    • BarrytheBargain on 04/10/2024 - 21:17
      +9

      Sounds right, anyone who didn't get out earlier should sort their own way home and not have to rely on free flights.

      • xtremehell on 04/10/2024 - 22:19
        +1

        Average yearly incomes there are something like $4k. Flights out alone were apparently $1k each or more.

        Western govts like Canada at this time were suggesting these people take out loans to pay for it. Many of these non-chartered commercial flights out were cancelled anyway (10 years since MH-17 and all).

        While these western govts are of course part of the collation that is providing Israel with the incredibly expensive bombs they are dropping on Beirut, making their own citizens unsafe. While also spending on protecting non-citizen Israelis (the US fired 12*SM-3 interceptors at up to 27mil each on Monday), not to mention Ukraine.

        But yeah, providing their own citizens a flight out is a bridge too far when it comes to the priorities, spending limits, and organizing skills of advanced western govts.

        • The Araldited Wallet on 04/10/2024 - 23:03
          +9

          They presumably didn’t have trouble finding the money to fly there. And, as a citizen of another country you intend to return to, surely the cost of the return journey would be factored into travel arrangements prior to travelling to their homeland…

          Or is that a bridge too far?

            • The Araldited Wallet on 04/10/2024 - 23:44
              +1

              @xtremehell: That’s the trouble with these kinds of conversations.

              After a while they stop being about what someone says, and becomes about what the other person suspects they believe.

              Give it a rest, champion.

        • buckster on 05/10/2024 - 07:49
          +1

          It's pretty cheap to "blame" a government for the ignorance and stupidity of individual people who could not be bothered leaving an impending conflict zone when given two months warning that it was likely that Lebanon would be drawn into the conflict.

          And we're talking Australian residents returning, who should be able to afford 4k flights as they either are citizens (aka have jobs here) or PR/TR (meaning they need to return often enough anyway and should have money prepped for a return flight anyway)

          It's just dumb and lazy and dumb all over again

    • CookieJacker31 on 04/10/2024 - 21:28
      +5

      Just Ozbargainers waiting for free air fares.

  • clubhonda on 04/10/2024 - 21:14
    +18

    There's been plenty of government warning for those in Lebanon to get out. I have very little sympathy for those who makes the decision to stay and then expects the government to bail or rescue them. If the situation worsens, it's on them. Same as those who ignore bush fire warnings to evacuate and choose to stay - you wanna stay, why should others risk their lives to try and save you for being an idiot?

  • foreverphoenix on 04/10/2024 - 21:15
    +8

    On a serious note that’s not a deal… it’s not a product for consumption

    • The Milk Man on 04/10/2024 - 21:29

      I mean… limited time offer is technically a deal 🥴

    • spaceflight on 04/10/2024 - 21:31

      On a serious note that’s not a deal…

      Why isn't it?

      it’s not a product for consumption

      So the people in Lebanon shouldn't accept the offer?

      • Trishool on 04/10/2024 - 22:36
        +6

        I doubt they're checking ozbargain while in Lebanon to hear about 'deals' like this.

        • EBC on 04/10/2024 - 23:21
          +4

          I'm in Greece and I'm checking Ozbargain daily. Certainly possible someone in Lebanon is checking too.

          • Trishool on 05/10/2024 - 01:10
            +1

            @EBC: As far as I remember, Greece isn't in a war situation. It would be odd for someone to care about deals in Australia while sitting in a country under attack

            • buckster on 05/10/2024 - 21:45

              @Trishool: Greece is always at a verbal war with somewhere, about some stolen ancient idea or food or whatever

        • markathome on 04/10/2024 - 23:35

          I always check OzBargain on holidays. Doubly so if there's not much to do and the tourist locations are shut, as is probably the case in Lebanon atm.

        • spaceflight on 05/10/2024 - 10:09

          Their family and friends might be

  • JudoChop on 04/10/2024 - 21:16
    +14

    No cost to the people who didn't listen to the government or weren't smart enough to anticipate that there was going to be a conflict. After all, they had to be aware that Hezbollah was firing rockets into Israel on a near daily basis and that it was a matter of time until Israel attempted to put an end to that scenario.
    The cost is once again born by taxpayers. Qantas aren't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

      • Levathian on 04/10/2024 - 21:22
        +6

        This rubbish again? How do you think the US government would respond if Mexican cartels were firing rockets at El Paso and San Diego on a daily basis? Or if they crossed the border and raped and killed 1500 people?

        • rooster7777 on 04/10/2024 - 21:54
          +5

          The difference being that mexican cartels haven't occupied and terrorised the entire US population.
          Don't you pay any attention to what is going on in the world?
          Even though all credible news sources have shown most of the rape story to be israeli bollocks, some people still bang on about it.
          I guess you'd be hurling hate and contempt at the poles trying to break out of the warsaw ghetto in WW2…. saying they crossed the barbed wire border that WW2 germany ringed around the last traces of "unoccupied" poland.
          Are you a blind zionist… or simply someone who can't comprehend the effect of being under illegal occupation for over 70 years by a brutal inhumane regime?

          • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 01:34
            +3

            @rooster7777: Please enlighten us to how Israel has been occupying Hezbollah's lands? In fact pretty sure last time I checked it was Hezbollah that was occupying the south of Lebanon…

            • rooster7777 on 05/10/2024 - 02:07
              -4

              @AncientWisdom: "last time I checked' israel was a nation that has repeatedly invaded and occupied lebanon, and hezbollah was not a country, but a group of people.

              Considering the duplicity of one who shares your views, and that questioned my links/motives, while failing to declare that he's spent a year and a half in israel and is thus likely jewish….I'll declare again that I am australian of british ancestors, of no religion…. thus bringing no baggage into this discussion.

              It's not something I'd normally ask, but given your user name, do you bring any ingrained views or bias to the discussion?

              • AncientWisdom on 05/10/2024 - 02:16
                +3

                @rooster7777: Where did you see I spent a year and half in Israel?

                Logically you can be just as biased as any one else whether from Israel, Palestine etc. But you would be a lot less educated about the situation and your knowledge would not be first hand knowledge. Have you ever even been to Israel?

        • Devils Advocate on 04/10/2024 - 22:04
          +1

          If the US responded by killing 40,000 Mexican civilians including 16,000 children, I bet people wouldn’t be happy with the US’s response either.

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