while the bondi pogrom happened because there were two nuts who slipped through the net and revealed their nuttiness with tragic and disgusting consequences it is right to say that a culture of anti-semitism helped foster it. thing is that didn't happen overnight (not by a long shot) and it's dumb to think that if the government had clamped down on pro-palestinian protests that that would have eradicated anti-semitism. for that reason the libs are wrong to attack the government and say that albo is responsible for what happened. yes, the state could have done more to protect the jewish community but to imply that the government was kind of on the bridge handing the nuts ammunition is wide of the mark and interferes with what should be a bipartisan attack on an agreed enemy: nutty fundamentalists.
the libs are in a fight for political survival and are clutching at straws but not all jews blame the government. the boos directed at albo might have been louder but there were just as many people clapping on bondi last sunday.
it's also important to separate the pro-palestinian protests from what happened last sunday. no doubt there are some anti-semitic nuts amongst the protesters but there are also reasonable people who want peace in the region and justice for both israeli and palestinian.
the libs are in a fight for political survival and are clutching at straws but not all jews blame the government. the boos directed at albo might have been louder but there were just as many people clapping on bondi last sunday.
it's also important to separate the pro-palestinian protests from what happened last sunday. no doubt there are some anti-semitic nuts amongst the protesters but there are also reasonable people who want peace in the region and justice for both israeli and palestinian.


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