Have we just woken from a bad dream or is this for real? The Anthony Albanese government’s appointment of a Zionist envoy to combat antisemitism is truly dystopian.

This is from a government that is materially aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Australia has form when it comes to racism.

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Before and after World War II, Australia placed strict limits on how many Jews it would allow in. Of 180,000 displaced persons allowed entry, only 8000 were Jews. Concentration camp survivors were specifically excluded, as were those with disabilities or mental illness and southern Europeans, especially those from places with strong anti-fascist resistance movements such as Italy and Spain.

The organised Palestine solidarity campaign has been vigilant about refusing to give any room to antisemitic language and behaviour.

Like other Jewish activists in the Palestinian rights movement,........

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