Australia to form royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi terror shooting
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Prime Minister Albanese says probe, country's most powerful form of government inquiry, will look at what drives antisemitism as well as circumstances surrounding deadly attack

Australia’s 120,000-strong Jewish community has long complained that Albanese hasn’t done enough to protect them from rising antisemitism following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and that his critical position on Israel has emboldened pro-Palestinian activists to target Jewish institutions. Albanese’s occasional statements of support for the community after the many attacks on Jews in the past two years have frequently been met with cynicism.

    • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
      21·
      1 month ago

      I thought that to. I think genevaconvenience has made a logical assumption, that Israel and Zionism are 1 to 1. This might not be correct especially for the individual who may know more or less about the origins of Zionism, and the Israeli State and yet have strong connections there.

      For instance, I have strong family connections to NSW but when I go there, the place as a whole feels quite different culturally.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
        31·
        1 month ago

        Zionism is the belief there should be a Jewish suprpremacist ethnostate. That is what Israel is.

        Anyone who believes Israel should exist is a literally Zionist.

        • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 month ago

          You’ve made an assumption that everybody today has that original view of Israel. Even though it’s historic origins aren’t disputed, its important to veer away from dangerous generalisations like this as much as possible, its what genocides are made of. Stopping ourselves from making generalisations about whole populations means we can always maintain the ability to comprehend the contextual nuances of one another, something I fear too many in Israel itself refuse to apply to Palestinians, but not all.

          Take Australia: Australia was a settler colonial penal colony. The world turned and the idea of what it would be then, is not necessarily what it is today. And importantly, its not what lots of Australians now believe about their country. Some people may think its still a settler colonial penal colony. The history certainly shows some peoples such as Aborigines have a more than fair claim to still believe that, but theres others that believe its a US satellite state, and yet others again who believe we are young and free.

          My point is, a country is made up of multitudes. No matter what a country’s founding beliefs are, they’re gona change, some will cleave to those beliefs, but others will see their country in a vastly different ways to the founders, and as their lives are lived the face of a nation will change, for better or worse.

          So historically yes that was it’s intention, and likely still has many subscribers to that intention. But, we can’t assume that is everybody who believes Israel should exist, or the only reason driving that belief.

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Likewise, I got family connections to the UK but I still think it’s somewhere that needs to be heavily chlorinated

        • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 month ago

          Oh my! I’m not sure how you mean that! 😂

          • Is that a dig at the UK for getting bullied to take chlorinated chicken from the US?

          • A dig at their privatised water shemozzle?

          • An obscure WW1 chlorine gas reference (this ones my over-active imagination for sure! 😂)

          Or,

          • just that its a dirty place that needs more cleaning!