When peaceful protest, public debate, and even the AFL are dragged into the same frame as extremism, the question is no longer what antisemitism is – but who gets to define it.
Thank you so much for this nationally important contribution . We are blatantly losing any concept of democracy and free speech when a Zionist “antisemitism envoy” has been chosen by the Prime Minister , effectively to dictate what can be said by any member of the public , what can be taught or discussed in school and University curricula , and which community groups are to be permitted a grant from Government to support their perfectly reasonable existence . ( Shame upon you ,
Anne Aly ! No doubt you are obeying orders from Above , but you have lost your integrity as you agree to OBEY ).
It can be clearly seen , even at this early stage , that the “Antisemitism RC “ will be just as hollow and meaningless in its outcome as was the Robodebt RC , thanks to the charade of the NACC . The Australian government appears little more than a puppet of Israel and America . For shame !!
The Albanese regime’s actions since last year to elevate Segal has created what we have feared: a religious censor to police civic life with the effect of limiting our civil liberties. Why undermine the existing legislation and elevate one hate above all others?
Both Segal and Albanese have done more to undermine secularism and civil liberties in the last 12 months than most governments can do in two terms.
The claims about antisemitism are exaggerated for political advantage.
It is the outrageous behaviour of the Netanyahu Government which is causing increased antisemitism. Netanyahu seems determined to set the Middle East on fire so Israel can dominate the region as Greater Israel.
The latest example overnight is Israel bombing Iranian-Qatari gas fields to provoke Iran to attack gas fields in neighbouring countries. As they are weakened, Israel grows stronger.
Opposing such Israeli Government behaviour is NOT antisemitism - it is legitimate opposition to bad government behaviour.
Trump is too weak to stop Netanyahu, who has made Trump his puppet, unlike Biden and Obama who largely kept Netanyahu under control.
It should also be noted there is a double standard here. 'Semitic' is a term covering a group of languages, including BOTH Hebrew and Arabic. It is antisemitic to attack speakers of BOTH Hebrew and Arabic.
When Netanyahu calls for speakers of Arabic to be exterminated, it is Netanyahu who is being antisemitic. Yet Netanyahu's outrageous attacks are tolerated.
Balance must be restored. Both sides spreading hatred must be condemned if Australia is to have truly free speech.
When the scope of antisemitism is reduced to only Ashkenazi semites (ruling out the greater group of Arabic speakers of Semitic languages), then the Zionist-defined, self-serving definition is itself deeply antisemitic. As thousands of us told our government this when they legislated this abortion. Giving a Zionist lobbyist the office of Australian Antisemitic Envoy was always going to create chilling of dissent from those loudly opposing Israel's g3n0c1d3 in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and create reactionary antisemitism against Arabic speakers from Zionists, PHON voters, etc. And it's aiding the larger problem of (US-centered) Imperialist McCarthyism crushing dissent to Military Industrial Complexes everywhere:
Thank you so much for this nationally important contribution . We are blatantly losing any concept of democracy and free speech when a Zionist “antisemitism envoy” has been chosen by the Prime Minister , effectively to dictate what can be said by any member of the public , what can be taught or discussed in school and University curricula , and which community groups are to be permitted a grant from Government to support their perfectly reasonable existence . ( Shame upon you ,
Anne Aly ! No doubt you are obeying orders from Above , but you have lost your integrity as you agree to OBEY ).
It can be clearly seen , even at this early stage , that the “Antisemitism RC “ will be just as hollow and meaningless in its outcome as was the Robodebt RC , thanks to the charade of the NACC . The Australian government appears little more than a puppet of Israel and America . For shame !!
Thank you Eddy.
The Albanese regime’s actions since last year to elevate Segal has created what we have feared: a religious censor to police civic life with the effect of limiting our civil liberties. Why undermine the existing legislation and elevate one hate above all others?
Both Segal and Albanese have done more to undermine secularism and civil liberties in the last 12 months than most governments can do in two terms.
Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 It appears that the entire concept of Civil Liberties is being attacked in order to eliminate .
Also , no matter how much Albanese bleats about “social cohesion”, he has done , and continues to do , more to damage
Social harmony than any other Labor Prime Minister . That he fails to understand the damage he is doing is unforgivable .
The claims about antisemitism are exaggerated for political advantage.
It is the outrageous behaviour of the Netanyahu Government which is causing increased antisemitism. Netanyahu seems determined to set the Middle East on fire so Israel can dominate the region as Greater Israel.
The latest example overnight is Israel bombing Iranian-Qatari gas fields to provoke Iran to attack gas fields in neighbouring countries. As they are weakened, Israel grows stronger.
Opposing such Israeli Government behaviour is NOT antisemitism - it is legitimate opposition to bad government behaviour.
Trump is too weak to stop Netanyahu, who has made Trump his puppet, unlike Biden and Obama who largely kept Netanyahu under control.
It should also be noted there is a double standard here. 'Semitic' is a term covering a group of languages, including BOTH Hebrew and Arabic. It is antisemitic to attack speakers of BOTH Hebrew and Arabic.
When Netanyahu calls for speakers of Arabic to be exterminated, it is Netanyahu who is being antisemitic. Yet Netanyahu's outrageous attacks are tolerated.
Balance must be restored. Both sides spreading hatred must be condemned if Australia is to have truly free speech.
Dispiritingly wholly right.
When the scope of antisemitism is reduced to only Ashkenazi semites (ruling out the greater group of Arabic speakers of Semitic languages), then the Zionist-defined, self-serving definition is itself deeply antisemitic. As thousands of us told our government this when they legislated this abortion. Giving a Zionist lobbyist the office of Australian Antisemitic Envoy was always going to create chilling of dissent from those loudly opposing Israel's g3n0c1d3 in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and create reactionary antisemitism against Arabic speakers from Zionists, PHON voters, etc. And it's aiding the larger problem of (US-centered) Imperialist McCarthyism crushing dissent to Military Industrial Complexes everywhere:
https://michaelwest.com.au/civil-liberties-senate-to-approve-extraordinary-asio-powers/
And encouraging the removal of human rights norms from sectors which used to support them:
https://michaelwest.com.au/medicide-australian-healthcares-tight-links-israel-despite-gaza/
While all but the Greens (and a few leftist micro Parties) leave plebs in increasing austerity:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/27/kfnw-f27.html
Stop voting for shit political parties, and maybe we'll stop getting enshittification of our democracy.