By any measure, the decision to hold a 'martyrs' rally in Bankstown on Tuesday was inappropriate. Choosing the anniversary of the slaughter of October 7 to commemorate another opposing cause showed a total disregard for human feeling.

No matter what side you take in the Gaza conflict, or no side at all, it is clear how wrong such a gathering was. Choose any other day of the year and there is no problem. But choosing that day was wicked indeed.