Antisemitism has been systematically weaponised to silence criticism of Israel in Australia against journalists, students, athletes, artists, as well as denials of entry to the US, attacks on the UN, judicial bodies, officials, judges and, in recent days, rapporteurs.
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All attacks on our communities are abhorrent, everyone has a right to feel safe and we must all stand together against any forms of hatred and bigotry.
To this end, the Aust Human Rights Commission (AHRC) already has a National Anti-Racism Framework that rightly centres First Nations, applies a human rights lens, protects free speech, treats all communities equally and includes guidance across government, education, media and other sectors. This should be implemented.
Antisemitism has been systematically weaponised to silence criticism of Israel in Australia against journalists, students, athletes, artists, as well as denials of entry to the US, attacks on the UN, judicial bodies, officials, judges and, in recent days, rapporteurs.
These attempts to impugn and silence people for critical human rights advocacy to prevent or stop genocide, apartheid, forced starvation and ethnic cleansing, are now a breach of Australian discrimination law.
The Federal Court of Australia recently entered two principles into law per Stewart J: just as it is not antisemitic to criticise Israel, so too, is it antisemitic to blame all Jewish people for (or conflate them with), the actions of Israel.
This legal guidance should inform any media coverage, public commentary, and work going forward.
Importantly, since the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion on racial segregation and apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, anyone supporting illegal settlements or discriminatory Israeli policies is, in fact, supporting racism.
It would be impossible for anyone supporting racial segregation or apartheid to be involved in anti-racism policy. One self-evidently cannot attack racism, by supporting racism.
The essence of multiculturalism and the bedrock of our national vision of social cohesion is equal rights and treatment for all communities.
Which is exactly what the AHRC Framework is designed to do.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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