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A special envoy from Australia stated that at the recent International Holocaust Day Remembrance Day at Auschwitz that "Australia was on everybody's lips."
www.abc.net.au
Supposedly the fact that some anti-semitic activities and a potential terrorist attack in Sydney and Melbourne meant that Australia was in danger of becoming anti-Semitic.
Even "Krystallnacht" was invoked. One would have thought the fact that overseas powers and local criminals were largely responsible for the activities in Sydney and Melbourne might have received more mention. Nor is there any anti-semitic policy in the Australian goverment on either side. We don't have storm trooopers, Hitler, Himmler, Goring, an SA or SS and nazi symbols are banned, although some manage to get away with similar symbolism. Luther's anti-semitism would be almost entirely unknown in Australia (Christ finds it hard to enough to gain ground), and there are no goose stepping parades with flaming torches.
Our foreign minister did call for restraint by the Jewish military in Palestine, and was immediately condemned as anti-semitic. The pope was treated similarly for doing the same thing. Meanwhile the state of Israel goes on settling parts of the West Bank and nothing is said.
I'm hard of hearing but my experience is that the average Australia says next to nothing about the Jews. Semitism hardly rates a mention. We'd probably have more concern with Moslems in view of terrorism, mostly overseas, and we lost a lot of people in the Bali bombings.
There are two sides to the story.
Australia 'on everyone's lips' at international Holocaust event
Australia was "on everyone's lips … for all the wrong reasons" at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Auschwitz last week, the nation's antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says.
www.abc.net.au
Supposedly the fact that some anti-semitic activities and a potential terrorist attack in Sydney and Melbourne meant that Australia was in danger of becoming anti-Semitic.
Even "Krystallnacht" was invoked. One would have thought the fact that overseas powers and local criminals were largely responsible for the activities in Sydney and Melbourne might have received more mention. Nor is there any anti-semitic policy in the Australian goverment on either side. We don't have storm trooopers, Hitler, Himmler, Goring, an SA or SS and nazi symbols are banned, although some manage to get away with similar symbolism. Luther's anti-semitism would be almost entirely unknown in Australia (Christ finds it hard to enough to gain ground), and there are no goose stepping parades with flaming torches.
Our foreign minister did call for restraint by the Jewish military in Palestine, and was immediately condemned as anti-semitic. The pope was treated similarly for doing the same thing. Meanwhile the state of Israel goes on settling parts of the West Bank and nothing is said.
I'm hard of hearing but my experience is that the average Australia says next to nothing about the Jews. Semitism hardly rates a mention. We'd probably have more concern with Moslems in view of terrorism, mostly overseas, and we lost a lot of people in the Bali bombings.
There are two sides to the story.
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