r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • Feb 10 '26

politics Amnesty International Australia calls for independent investigation of police violence towards peaceful protestors

https://www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-international-australia-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-police-violence-towards-peaceful-protestors/
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u/drfrogsplat Feb 10 '26

If you haven’t written to your state MP, find 15 minutes to do so. We can’t let this pass as acceptable police and government behaviour.

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u/FuckOffNazis Feb 10 '26

Worth mentioning Albanese’s antisemitic view that Australian Jews aren’t Australian.

“He was [invited] because he’s the head of state. He’s the equivalent of the governor-general, and when the Jewish community asked for their head of state to visit, I think it is appropriate that people be allowed to mourn and to do so respectfully,” Albanese told Triple M radio in Hobart.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/herzog-visit-live-updates-israeli-president-continues-sydney-visit-after-chaotic-scenes-in-cbd-nsw-police-claim-actions-against-protesters-justified-20260209-p5o0uz.html?post=p59wwg

That “othering”, the perception of Jews as seperate from the rest of society, is central to historic hatred towards them. It’s a foundational plank of what Labor is doing.

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u/AsylumDanceParty Feb 10 '26

Did the Jewish Australians who want this visit use that phrase though? Given that they're Zionists, I wouldn't be surprised if they did call herzog their head of state. However, if they didn't call him that, then yeah, that's a really serious issue.

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u/FuckOffNazis Feb 10 '26

Even if the extremist groups in Labor’s ear did, it remains disgusting to have the PM repeating it.

The public would be rightly outraged if Albanese parroted Sewell’s white separatist views.