Published: 17 September 2024
Last updated: 29 January 2026
The recent appearance of a red triangle on Australian shores is a sign that the transplanted tensions from the Middle East have reached a new and dangerous stage.
The red triangle is a military symbol of Hamas, itself a banned terrorist organisation in Australia.
It is not a ‘Free Palestine’ sign nor an expression of support for Palestinian civilians who are victims of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Like a swastika – itself now a banned symbol– the red triangle aligns its users with those who want to murder Jews. It signals support for a violent organisation committed to the annihilation of Israel – the home of almost half the world’s Jewish people – the organisation responsible for the murder, rape and kidnapping of thousands of Israelis on October 7.
The red triangle has gained popularity among pro-Palestinian campaigners only in recent months, drawn from combat footage published by Hamas using an inverted red triangle as an arrow to indicate Israeli military targets, just before they are struck.
While it echoes the red triangle on the Palestinian flag – which dates back to the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1917 – its contemporary iteration is as a violent, military symbol.
Raising a red triangle is a death threat. It is a symbol of the violence that has brought the Israel-Palestine conflict to its current desperate state. It certainly has no place in Australia.
There is a concerted campaign to blur the boundary between those who support a Palestinian state and those who think it’s acceptable to murder Jews and annihilate Israel to achieve it.
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Laini14 October at 06:04 am
As of 14th October, you can add another incident of the red triangle being used – Labor MP Peter Khalil’s electorate office was doused with red paint, a red triangle was painted on the outside of the building and a hole was drilled in the door where an unknown substance was allegedly released. ABC reported on it today.