Letter
Moral silence or deliberate obfuscation?
Jaron Sutton’s article is for any genuinely moral government a call for explanation and remediation. For exactly the circumstances he exposes we are unlikely to see that from Albanese and Wong.
The official Australian government lack of action to support justice for Palestinians and hope for Israelis for a future not castrated by the shame of clearly having committed genocide is a matter of national shame for us. When the history of Australia dealing with the Israeli genocide upon Palestinians is documented, Dreyfuss’ name will appear as one who absolutely lacked the courage or decency to speak out for the good instead expressing support for the Israeli actions.
Yet Jillian Segal, a prime candidate to express outrage against a neo-Nazi rally loudly expressing antisemitism at least commensurate with her outrage expressed against those who protest for justice for Palestinians, remained at best extremely muted.
Why so? Blatant antisemitism is exactly the stated reason for HAVING an Antisemitism Envoy. Prioritising denunciation of support for the citizens of Gaza over naked antisemitism smacks of favouring repugnant Zionist objectives.
Let us all hope this is not the case: Australia is better than supporting Zionism.
— Richard Llewellyn from Colo Vale