David Lockwood

David Lockwood is an adjunct associate professor of history at the University of Adelaide. His research interests include colonial and post-colonial India. His most recent publication is The Politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948 (National University of Singapore Press, 2024). He is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

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Beware misguided attempts to protest the horrific Israeli genocide

Beware misguided attempts to protest the horrific Israeli genocide

On 6 December last year, a fire was lit in the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne. Considerable damage was done and one person was injured. A few days later, on 11 December there was a similar fire at a synagogue in Sydney. Anti-Israel graffiti was sprayed on walls and a car set alight (which the two assailants had apparently stolen for the job). In the absence of anyone claiming responsibility, we can assume that both these incidents of vandalism (sorry, ‘terrorism’) were misguided attempts to protest against the Israeli genocide against Palestine.

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