Antisemitism
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“This heinous antisemitic attack has seen a young family have their car destroyed and being too frightened to stay in their home simply because they chose to share the joy of Chanukah with the community,” said the director of the Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council.
“If someone comes here for the purposes of hate, they can leave,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the press.
“Is there any wonder the Islamist terrorist attacks in Manchester and Sydney cost the lives of so many Jews,” Israel’s deputy foreign minister asks.
“What is most concerning is not only the language itself, but the mindset it reflects,” the Federation said of a voice message that the principal left for a Jewish parent.
“Each of these Righteous Gentiles is a hero who confronted their mortality to save their Jewish neighbors from Nazi persecution during the Holocaust,” stated Stanlee Stahl, of Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
The victim reportedly said that the attacker was shouting that he wanted to kill Jews.
“It undermines your confidence in so many ways, because you have a certain perception of your own community,” Rep. Sam Liccardo told JNS of the incident.
Police confirmed that a 22-year-old woman was arrested for displaying a placard in support of Palestine Action, a proscribed organization.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will be invited “as soon as possible,” on the recommendation of the Australian government, according to Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The measure, submitted by a Jewish community leader, sets long prison terms for glorifying Nazis and denying the Holocaust.
“It was an attack on Jewish identity, on memory, and on the values that bind our democratic societies together. Such violence must be named for what it is: pure and simple antisemitism.”
A little more than half of British Jews, 51%, said they do not see a long-term future for themselves in the United Kingdom.
