Tensions between Israel and the federal government have intensified following the release of a highprofile report into the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, with Israeli officials accusing Foreign Minister Penny Wong of misrepresenting the findings. Israeli officials were angered by Wong’s response to former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin’s report on Friday, […]
Read MoreGREENS’ DIVISIVE RHETORIC IS FUELLING TERROR RISK, SAYS PM
Anthony Albanese has accused the Greens of fuelling the community divisions that have prompted the government to raise the terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”, saying the party’s support for long-running protests outside MPs’ offices is undermining social cohesion. The Prime Minister attacked the hard-left party after the nation’s domestic spy chief warned on […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Gaza truce plan fails at UN, Israel detains 500 terrorists at hospital
Washington has failed to pass a UN resolution on an “immediate” ceasefire as Israeli forces detained “hundreds” of Hamas fighters during a raid into Gaza’s main hospital. Israel plans to send troops into Gaza’s Rafah even without US support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday local time, as […]
Read MoreIt is anti-Semitism that is soaring, not Islamophobia
The prevalence of moral equivalence in the debate over the Israel-Hamas war was evident on the ABC Radio National Breakfast program on Wednesday. Presenter Patricia Karvelas interviewed opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham on a range of issues. Karvelas put this proposition to Birmingham: “Anti-Semitism is on the rise, Islamophobia is on the rise, in […]
Read MoreSheik Ahmed Zoud’s hate rants must stop, says Tony Burke
04 January 2024, The Australian, by Alexi Demetriadi One of Labor’s most pro-Palestine ministers, Tony Burke, has called on hate preachers in his electorate to face the full force of the law over their radical sermons and said he hoped his own government would soon legislate stronger protections against anti-Semitic hate speech. Local tensions over […]
Read MoreWhy are anti-Semitic screeds, ethnic hatreds being tolerated in Australia?
05 January 2024, The Australian, by Francis Galbally Last week, at a mosque in Sydney’s southwest, imam Sheik Youssef Nabha appeared to encourage people of Lebanese descent to stay in Lebanon, implying it was all right to be allied with Hezbollah, while stirring animosity against Israel and promoting anti-Semitism. On Tuesday, The Australian reported that […]
Read MoreAs a non-Zionist Jew, I’ve had enough
6 December 2023, The Age, by Jenna Price: Hello. My name is Jenna Price and I’m Jewish. It’s a line I use when I find myself facing raging antisemitism.
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