Shadow home affairs minister James Paterson and a prominent Australian Jewish leader have strongly rebuked the ABC for having chided Sky News Australia for its frequent coverage of the rise of antisemitism across the nation.
The ABC has been torched for its"lack of concern" on the"massive increase" of antisemitism in Australia as Labor's"lack of moral clarity" raises a cause for concern.
Senator Paterson said antisemitism had become an “unprecedented crisis” in Australia over the last eight months. Picture: Sky News Australia Senator Paterson said it had become an “unprecedented crisis” in Australia and over the last eight months Jewish entities such as the Executive Council of Australian Jewry had tracked a 700 per cent increase in antisemitism.
Mr Paterson said it was a “national disgrace” the ABC had not focused on the “mainstream” sentiment of the Jewish community and instead produced a documentary on Jewish anti-Zionist activist and journalist Antony Loewenstein. Mr Rubenstein said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “history” on his support for Palestinians was “no secret”, and although he accepted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, he did not understand the “realities of the situation of the last two decades”.
On the point of Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s refusal to rule out supporting a Palestinian state, even if Hamas continued to play a role in governance in Gaza, Mr Rubenstein said it showed a “lack of moral clarity” and a “complete contradiction” of the government’s position.
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