On Sydney – David Issacharoff in Haaretz:

‘It was one of the first Hanukkah candle lighting events in the world this year as the sun began to set in Australia, many hours ahead of the rest of the globe. But instead of a festival of light, a dark massacre took place in Sydney, killing 11 people at the time of writing, including a Holocaust survivor.’

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‘"I feel very sad and scared for my community, and fearful of what's to come," said Jess Bricker, who grew up in Australia and now lives in Tel Aviv, and is active in the Jewish-Arab movement Standing Together. She told Haaretz she was incredibly heartbroken by the horrific attack, but cautioned that the pain, trauma and fear the Jewish community could now be "exploited" by politicians "to enact policies that discriminate against others, while few actual measures will be taken to make Jews in Australia and elsewhere safe."

The Israeli government, in its response, chose to actualize her worries and exploit the attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bashed Australia's "weak" leadership, and said the country's policy of recognizing a Palestinian state and its criticism of Israel's conduct in its Gaza offensive over the past year are what "pour fuel on the antisemitic fire."
At the same time, on X, Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister, Amichai Chikli, shared a post by far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders about the attack, which included the words: "No more terror. No more killings. No more Islam. Enough is enough."’

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‘Any deliberate attempt to exploit pain after such an attack does not serve justice for the dead; rather, it plays into the hands of those who carried out the attack.’

Read the article here.

The current Israeli government will exploit anything than be exploited. Too many politicians elsewhere are like them.

Abusing the fight against antisemitism as coverup for islamophobia has been going on for years. Mr. Wilders specializes in this, but he has become largely irrelevant.

I repeat, those who hate Muslims hate Jews, maybe Jews for the moment a bit less, just for the moment.