Australian PM defends antisemitism response as Israel urges more action

If the Israeli government wants Australia to treat citizens the way they treat Palestinians, they are barking up the wrong tree. Once the Gaza war is behind us all the upset it has caused will die down and things will return to normal here.

While disgust with the actions against civilians and property by Israel has ceased for now, the memory will remain. This is not based in any way on religion, so antisemitism is not the applicable term to use. This is anger towards the Israeli government and unfortunately the most readily available Israeli buildings are generally churches or schools.

There is no anger towards god, or how Jews pray to god. It is not faith based, but nation based anger. The trap of calling any show of anger towards Israeli people as antisemitic is easy to fall into. There is a difference between anger at a religious belief, and anger at Government directed violence and destruction metered out to others.

Peter14

If the Israeli government wants Australia to treat citizens the way they treat Palestinians, they are barking up the wrong tree. 

Negative. The attacks against Jewish targets are in line with islamic immigration and have been there long before the latest Gaza conflict. It is not limited to Australia. That the islamic radicals (and sadly their ignorant Western supporters) are riled up by the biased media coverage is true, but this is not the root of the issue.

Australia has a deeply entrenched neo-nazi problem, which isn't surprising considering some of the policies coming out of Canberra. Burying one's head in the sand won't make it go away.

Australia has a deeply entrenched neo-nazi problem, which isn't surprising

No more than most western nations around the world. The US has a much larger White supremacy problem as does Russia which is even more fascist as its invasion of Ukraine has shown. Compared to them Australia doesnt rate a mention.

Australia has a deeply entrenched neo-nazi problem

Israeli gaslighting has run out of gas and honest folk know that fascist is as fascist does: bombs killing defenseless civilians and ethnic cleansing not graffiti spread hatred.

Zaphod...maaate....you decry anti semiticism as you should, but you cant then change gear into anti Islam.

Thats a double standard at the least.

Australia cities have seen large scale protests against...Muslim migrants...no special Police Task Force was established.

Thats a double standard you might endorse.

Leaving aside the current "bomb threat " case...no terror charges yet laid...the anti Jew stuff has predominantly been graffiti.

Not nice...but no equivalence with Israeli actions in Gaza.

People are angry at Israel.

Fringe elements will do graffiti.

Keep a perspective.

Plus Jewish lobby groups are using this and the current ALP stance on a ceasefire to do wedge politics in Australia and drive voter support to the Opposition LNP Party.

Now remember, when the complaints by the Australian yobbo class were AGAINST ISLAM

The LNP said "people have a right to be bigots "

Israel "urges more action " against nasty graffiti while Israel is the nation with the accused war criminal as PM.

Not buying this "urging "....ahh...get your own house in order Israel

A bunch of neo Nazis parading around on Australia Day did not commit the firebombing of synagogues, the threats of violence and actual violence against Jewish people, the selling of t shirts saying Bash Zionists, the hateful graffiti referencing killing Jewish people because of Gaza etc etc in Austalia. The hysterical anti Israel protests with threats of death to Israelis and the catch all word 'Zionists' quickly degenerated into 'Where are the Jews?' and 'Drive Israelis into the sea, from the river to the sea Palestine will be free'.

The hard left govt of the disgusting Anthony Albanese and his cabinet of fools, hypocrites and issuers of visas to people from Gaza and the Middle East who bring their hatred instead of gratitude that they are not forced to watch public hangings and if they are women submit to beatings and being covered up under the Hamas regime.

Jewish people in Australia are not deceived, most of them know exactly who responsible for all the violence and threats of violence that has taken place in Australia since this despicable mob governing Australia refused to do anything about rabid demonstrations full of hate speech against them.

The hypocritical Labor Govt and Party need the votes of the ME /Muslim demographic in Australia because more and more Austalians are gearing up to kick them out in this year's election for importing hardline anti Jewish people into Australia when other countries said no.

Israel has to step up its efforts to stamp out the perpetrators of these despicable acts, and look to deport them.

When denouncing the perpetrators and enablers of race based violent oppression and mass slaughter is deemed to be a racist act, you know that Orwell and Kafka wasted their time trying to warn us about the dangers of allowing reality denialism take root in the media, government, and courts of the society we live in.

That history shows that such societies either implode because of a generation that refuses to believe the lies kicks down the scaffolding holding it up, explode as the drive to impose the lies on others pulls apart the scaffolding holding it up, or rots away as the efforts to maintain the scaffolding consumes every more resources until it doesn't have the ability to adapt to the changes time brings.

So Blacksamurai...not a fan of the current ALP Govt. in Australia ?

They WERE voted in by Australians under our compulsory voting system.

Iknowall...offences happening in Australia...how would "Irael deport them "....the offenders.

GuruMickToday  08:23 am JST

Iknowall...offences happening in Australia...how would "Irael deport them "....the offenders.

Same way Israel is going to deport students from the US :)