It's commentary on the evidence, not conspiracy

June 10, 2025

Your correspondent has two problems: (i) the IHRA definition which falsely declares criticism of Israel is antisemitic, trashing the memory of the Holocaust (imagine if we couldn’t criticise Germany because it’s anti-Germanic) and (ii) the abundance of evidence of genocide that’s available pretty much in real time.

We see the dead bodies, the razed homes, farms and infrastructure, hear evidence from humanitarian aid workers, hear Israel’s leaders, civilians, settlers urging the continuation of the slaughter. Most recently, aid getting in is negligible, roads to aid stations have been declared combat zones, aid stations have become IDF targets.

Why is Israel criticised so much when pretty horrific things are happening in other parts of the world? Because after the Holocaust “Never again!” became the catch-cry. Yet it is happening again, the perpetrators being descendents of Holocaust victims. The Palestinian “crime” is fighting to maintain homes and land in face of colonisation foisted on them primarily but not only by the British. The genocide is enabled by money and bombs provided by the US, supposed leaders of the “free world” and Australia’s closest ally.

Yes, we protest. And will until it stops.