'By hiding behind ‘Jewish safety’ to impose repressive laws, the government is using Jewish people as human shields and endangering us, because we will bear the resentment of the wider community.”'
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Michelle Berkon, JAO’48: 'Until I was six, I lived in South Bondi and went to Emanuel Kindergarten. This was my community. This is a huge sadness for me—most of the adults I grew up with had the blue tattoo on their arms and had lost children, parents, siblings and spouses in the Holocaust. This should be my community. Instead, many Jews like me have walked away because the descendants of these survivors have become, frankly, vile, racist, supremacist and ignorant people, which is heartbreaking.'
'With Muslim and Arabic people—again, I am not wishing to swap places or to compare suffering—these people are enduring genocide—but at least their own community embraces them. Whereas for us, the only community we have now is each other. Many do not have their extended families. Some do not even have their own nuclear families. They have lost their entire social circle. They have lost an enormous amount by standing up against genocide.'
'At Bondi, there were people yelling, “We hope Hamas rapes you to death and cuts off your head.” One of the worst, which I’ve heard several times, but it never loses its impact, is: “It’s a pity any of your family survived the Holocaust.” When a Jew can say that to another Jew, you know there is something astonishingly wrong, something profoundly twisted has happened. That is a level of depravity that is very hard to fathom.'
'These measures are deeply reactionary and anti‑democratic. Jillian Segal [the Albanese government’s special antisemitism envoy], who presents herself as defending Jewish safety, has a history of leadership roles in Zionist organisations. Her husband is a major donor to the far‑right group Advance Australia, which should tell you something about her priorities.'
'By hiding behind ‘Jewish safety’ to impose repressive laws, the government is using Jewish people as human shields and endangering us, because we will bear the resentment of the wider community.”'
'Minns’ new laws are about criminalising dissent—especially anti‑war and pro-environment, pro‑Palestine dissent—they’re not about protecting Jewish life. By invoking Jewish safety to shield imperial and corporate interests, the government fuels resentment against Jews while enabling future war crimes.'
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