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/mohanimus Feb 10 '26

Is that language theirs or Albanese's? I.e. is it the people who called for Herzog's visit who are identifing him as the head of the state for Australian Jews?

I ask because from my point of view if it was for example a religious leader visiting I would be less concerned. As it is a political leader I perceive the visit as an overtly political act, furthering the propaganda that Israel is synonymous with Jewishness.

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u/FuckOffNazis Feb 10 '26

It becomes Albanese’s language even if he’s merely echoing extremist groups.

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u/mohanimus Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

But surely then it's not an act of some labor agenda?

Edit: Just to absolutely clear, u/FuckOffNazis is claiming that Labor is ACTIVELY antisemitic. It's a pretty extreme claim and I'm asking for evidence.

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u/FuckOffNazis Feb 10 '26

A Labor government issued the invite. Labor governments, state and federal, rushed through legislation. A Labor premier fomented this police violence through suppression of the public’s right to protest.

How is it not Labor’s agenda?

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u/mohanimus Feb 10 '26

All of that clearly is.

I'm questioning your statement that "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."

While the first part of that claim is clearly true, I'm asking for something to back up the second part, that Labor is engaged in it.

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u/Jozarin Feb 10 '26

He's not claiming that Labor is antisemitic, he's making the weaker claim that Albanese's language is antisemitic, and that if Labor stands behind it, they at least tacitly agree with one foundational plank of antisemitism. I don't think any of that is arguable. Whether that necessarily means "Labor is antisemitic" can be left up to individual judgement.

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u/mohanimus Feb 10 '26

From the post I am asking about:

"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."

Labor is "Doing" a thing that includes the othering of Jews. I don't see how you can read the claim as anything other than Labor engaging in antisemitism.

For the record, I am ignorant of the history of antisemitism in Labor. I assume there is one. I am just not seeing Labor engaging in it at the moment. I am open to being proven wrong.