More talk?
Despite Israel's campaign in Gaza, the sadistic murderers of Hamas look to be very much still in charge. And yet, in Israel, they are worried about Australia.
Our Israeli brethren are dealing with a lot at the moment.
The wounds of October 7 are still raw in a nation that has endured 16 months of war. An impossible choice was made in agreeing to the hostage-ceasefire deal that is seeing the release of some of the hostages who were kidnapped.
Israelis are looking on as the Palestinian terrorists responsible for some of the worst attacks that have killed their loved ones in recent years walk free in exchange. The nation waits with fading hope and broken hearts for any news on the fate of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.
Meanwhile, despite Israel’s campaign in Gaza, the sadistic murderers of Hamas look to be very much still in charge.
And yet, in Israel, they are worried about Australia.
So much so that Israel’s Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli saw it fit to write to Jewish Australians last week to express his “deep admiration for your incredible resilience during these challenging times” and that “now, it is our turn here in Israel to stand with you”.
And that was before a weekend which saw antisemitic graffiti attacks in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
There was a lot of talking in Canberra as Parliament resumed on Tuesday about antisemitism. A motion was even passed condemning it. But talk and condemnations mean nothing unless they are followed by real action.
We know this all too well after nothing was done in response to the vile, hateful mob that gathered at the Opera House on October 9, 2023.
We know this all too well as hate preachers in Western Sydney escaped charges after inciting violence against Jews.
We know this all too well as we have seen nothing done about the weekly rallies in our cities calling for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state.
We know this all too well after the government rejected the Royal Commission into hate against Jews on campus that its own appointed envoy was asking for. Jillian Segal has also been ignored in calling for minimum sentences for offenders and her call for a National Cabinet to deal with antisemitism was only heeded when the problem was already out of control.
Talk is cheap. It is time to act – and hopefully, it is not too late.
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