On Australia Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, No Anti-Semitism Please
We are approaching two very important commemorations – Australia Day on 26 January and International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January. The latter is particularly significant, as it is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp.
We do this at a time when our nation is facing a crisis of social cohesion, the lack of moral clarity and will to act in our government, and forces that would gladly tear the fabric of our society apart.
Cultural Marxists who jump on every bandwagon, including Indigenous rights, and the rise of antisemitism since October 7 with Islamo-fascists and neo-Nazis – all unlikely bedfellows, have been on the streets every weekend for 15 months now, ripping up the peace and safety of Jewish Australians and holding all Australians to ransom.
Delayed Response
It has to stop, and stop now. The national cabinet finally met, over twelve months too late, and shamefully only came up with a national database on antisemitism, which already exists. We applaud the belated but robust efforts of New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and NSW police to get on top of this, with 10 arrests to date for the numerous acts of antisemitism in NSW.
Prime Minister Albanese was finally dragged over the line to hold the national cabinet after the firebombing of a childcare centre in Sydney, and to set up the Avalite police task force to deal with antisemitism after the Adass Israel synagogue firebombing in Melbourne, which burned while he played tennis.
It was finally announced yesterday that Deputy Police Commissioners from the states would meet monthly to deal with antisemitism, presumably with the AFP.
We are allowing government-funded programs to trash the heritage and legacy of our nation and challenge Australian values. Also, the Victorian government has cancelled the Australia Day parade and handed over Melbourne to pro-Palestinian/”Invasion Day” marches.
Anti-Semitism at Anti-Racism Conference
Outrageously, QUT’s anti-racism conference on 22-24 January, leading up to “Invasion Day” on 26 January, had a list of anti-Israel speakers peddling antisemitism. One offensive image, which appeared in a presentation by Sarah Schwartz of the anti-Zionist Jewish Council of Australia, featured a caricature labelled “Dutton’s Jew”, maligning both Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Jewish people. The slide included a list of racist stereotypes.
ECAJ President Daniel Aghion KC reported it to the Parliamentary Human Rights Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian universities. He condemned the display,
“The image is clearly intended to stigmatise as evil and racist any Jewish person who might support the Coalition. It is ironic that such an obvious and disgraceful racist trope has been used at an event that billed itself as an anti-racism symposium.”
Australia Day is an opportunity to show the best of our nation, though we know it’s not perfect, and to enjoy and celebrate living in one of the best nations on earth. It is not a time to divide the nation or to vilify any group of Australians. We value our Indigenous heritage, say sorry when we need to and make amends where we can. We also value the nation of immigrants that we have become, leading to the rich tapestry of our nation.
Also, remember our armed forces who have made Australia a safe nation and who contributed to a safe haven for Jewish people in their ancient homeland of Israel in two world wars. Shamefully, our policies on Israel have trashed our relationship with our ally, Israel, the only democratic nation in the Middle East.
As we remember the six million Jews and many others slaughtered by the Nazi Holocaust and their liberation from the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau 80 years ago on January 27, we call on the Australian government not to send Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who is hostile to Israel, but to send someone with a heart for the Jewish people and Israel to make us proud.
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Republished with thanks to Indigenous Friends of Israel. Image courtesy of Adobe.
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During this month we have been praying for our Nation and home, Australia, and we continue to lift up her Government, and all who call this wonderful land their home! Sadly, we’re facing something in our land which brings so much grief and pain, and that is antisemitism, which I thought, perhaps naively, would never happen here in this beautiful land that we call home. Therefore, we pray that the God who placed all of us here in this land, for His purposes, would forgive us our sins, against Him and against each other, and particularly, against His people, the Jewish people. God said in Genesis 12:3, concerning Israel, “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed by you.” “God bless Israel and her people, and God bless Australia and all who live in her”.
Beautifully said, Trina ! For about 50 years we have had WEAK leadership in Australia which has permitted attacks on our Jewish + Christian Beliefs by Laws which are contrary to God’s teachings with serious repercussions. President Trump has inspired us , but, the Leaders of the major Parties in OZ intend to stick with the Woke Rubbish+ to give us more of it . They have failed to take serious action against anti-Semitism .
Over the centuries the Jewish people have been shamefully persecuted in Europe. I remember that every Good Friday until 1976 Catholic priests cursed the Jews for ” being responsible ” for the death of Jesus. In WW1 many under-age Jewish lads volunteered to fight against the Germans + Austria-Hungary, but, in WW2 Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust ! Lucky survivors came with my Christian family as DPs by ship to Australia, where, until now they enjoyed peace ! I am pleased NONE of my family were ever involved in the centuries of persecution of the Jews! My mother’s brother was taken to a Nazi concentration camp where he met a Russian girl whom he married. My father’s distant cousin , young + very beautiful, Nives Portolan , hid a Jew , + , as punishment was sterilised + used by the Nazis as a whore. She was liberated by the British. I have had many Jewish friends in SA+ was very well treated by my Jewish employers. My 2nd cousin Giorgio Gjergja married an Australian Jewess, +, my parents + I enjoyed many parties at the home of my parents’Jewish neighbours. . We all have a right to feel safe, but, the Govt has let us down badly. It is disgraceful that Wong gave millions to the Palestinians ‘for food “. No doubt it was used to buy weapons !
Thanks you for your heartfelt comments and prayers.