Could the election results give some indication?
Recently I’ve been wondering if the forthcoming election might give an indicative answer to just how large or small the influential Jewish lobby (AIJAC and the like) is within the Jewish community itself.
Reading her bio at the end of her excellent article (Ice Hockey Australia branded antisemitic….), I thought “another one” when I read that Cathy Peters is Jewish. There are a “lot” of Jewish people who oppose the genocide in Gaza, no doubt at great personal cost in some cases. In terms of influence, money talks … right across the spectrum of groups, causes, industries, ethnicities. That’s far from a Jewish preserve. But votes also count.
A lot of Jewish people live in close proximity to each other so might voting results indicate how pro-Israel or anti-genocide Jewish people are in electorates that have a significant Jewish population? Or are those who are anti-genocide not living in close-knit Jewish areas? If booth-by-booth results could give some indication, it might, hopefully, encourage Labor to be more bold in word “and deed” in condemning Israel and supporting Palestinians by knowing, while they might lose pro-Israel lobby dollars, they will gain more votes, and integrity, by being actively anti-genocide.
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