"The Jewish Council of Australia is a movement of over 1000 Jews nationwide. We’re ramping up pressure on (Prime Minster's name) to act – and working side by side with our Palestinian allies to demand that our government pressure Israel to stop killing Palestinians. We are a bold and growing Jewish movement that won’t stay silent in the face of genocide. This government will hear us – and we won’t let them look away."
Republished from The Jewish Council of Australia, 7 May 2025.
Good for you. When your group succeeds in changing the behavior of Israel, and that of the Jewish political leaders both inside and outside Israel, I'll be impressed.
Until then, we must understand that the fact that some people in a group oppose the behavior of the group does not exonerate the group. Consider this example. There are protests by Americans on college campuses against the US complicity with Israel on its genocide. Does the fact of those protests mean that the US is no longer complicit?
But with all the faked antisemitism nonsense that has been part of the lives of this population for years and the overreactions by governments in favour of Israel, any movement showing resistance to such things with a preparedness to go public in this way is surely a positive.
As for those College campus protests, no one deserves more respect in my view than anyone who bucks the system like all of those people have done....against the odds and now being harrassed by the likes of ICE, the Stormtroopers of the current US regime.
Every bit counts. There are a lot of people to convince... perhaps over 300 million alone in the US and a lot of apathy as well. Yes. Time is against them.
Who we should be identifying publicly are the citizens who voluntarily joined the IDF.
Heartless murderers, one and all. Imagine one of them as your next door neighbour posing as a loyal citizen. Worthy of a serious investigation.
Here is one, Andrea
"The Jewish Council of Australia is a movement of over 1000 Jews nationwide. We’re ramping up pressure on (Prime Minster's name) to act – and working side by side with our Palestinian allies to demand that our government pressure Israel to stop killing Palestinians. We are a bold and growing Jewish movement that won’t stay silent in the face of genocide. This government will hear us – and we won’t let them look away."
Republished from The Jewish Council of Australia, 7 May 2025.
Good for you. When your group succeeds in changing the behavior of Israel, and that of the Jewish political leaders both inside and outside Israel, I'll be impressed.
Until then, we must understand that the fact that some people in a group oppose the behavior of the group does not exonerate the group. Consider this example. There are protests by Americans on college campuses against the US complicity with Israel on its genocide. Does the fact of those protests mean that the US is no longer complicit?
Such an argument is thus nonsensical.
Yes, Jim. I do understand what you are saying.
But with all the faked antisemitism nonsense that has been part of the lives of this population for years and the overreactions by governments in favour of Israel, any movement showing resistance to such things with a preparedness to go public in this way is surely a positive.
As for those College campus protests, no one deserves more respect in my view than anyone who bucks the system like all of those people have done....against the odds and now being harrassed by the likes of ICE, the Stormtroopers of the current US regime.
Every bit counts. There are a lot of people to convince... perhaps over 300 million alone in the US and a lot of apathy as well. Yes. Time is against them.
Who we should be identifying publicly are the citizens who voluntarily joined the IDF.
Heartless murderers, one and all. Imagine one of them as your next door neighbour posing as a loyal citizen. Worthy of a serious investigation.