{"id":20439,"date":"2025-05-05T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T05:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=20439"},"modified":"2025-06-03T06:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:52:56","slug":"how-australia-faked-anti-semitic-attacks-to-save-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/society\/how-australia-faked-anti-semitic-attacks-to-save-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"How Australia FAKED Anti-Semitic Attacks to SAVE ISRAEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>\n\n\n\n

Weaponising Antisemitism: How a Manufactured Crisis Changed Australian Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We interviewed legal experts, reviewed police reports and followed the timeline of events \u2014 and what we found was staggering. In late 2024, Australia was gripped by what was framed as a terrifying rise in antisemitism. From firebombed childcare centres and vandalised synagogues to explosive-laden caravans and graffiti echoing Nazi slogans \u2014 it felt like Jewish Australians were under siege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fear was taken seriously. National cabinet was convened, emergency laws were passed and major universities adopted new definitions of antisemitism that included criticisms of Israel<\/a> and Zionism. Free speech and protest rights were rapidly curtailed, all under the banner of fighting hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there was just one problem: it wasn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Antisemitism Hoax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As confirmed by New South Wales Police, the supposed wave of anti-Jewish attacks was orchestrated by an underworld criminal network with no ideological motives. It had nothing to do with antisemitism. Investigations revealed the perpetrators staged the events to mislead police and manipulate government resources. Even the infamous \u201cGas the Jews\u201d chant was later exposed as doctored, amplified by pro-Israeli influencers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the laws were still passed \u2014 even after politicians were briefed about the hoax. Civil rights groups and legal experts raised concerns, accusing the government of misleading the public to fast-track draconian legislation. Calls for a parliamentary inquiry have so far gone unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laws Now Used to Silence Dissent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The aftermath is deeply troubling. We spoke with lawyer Majid Kheir, who is defending a protester charged under the new laws. His client, a pro-Palestinian<\/a> demonstrator, displayed a poster comparing Israel to Nazi Germany \u2014 a political statement, not an endorsement of Nazism. Initially let off, he was later charged with displaying a Nazi symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than acknowledge the intent of the protest, authorities are relying on vague laws that blur the line between hate speech and political expression. Even more concerning, the NSW Attorney-General personally intervened in the case, defending the constitutionality of the rushed legislation \u2014 while still leaving his own inflammatory posts on antisemitic attacks untouched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bigger Picture: Power and Politics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At a national level, the situation is no better. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus visited Israel in January 2025 to repair diplomatic ties \u2014 while the country stood accused of genocide. He posed with leaders like President Isaac Herzog, who infamously declared all of Gaza collectively responsible, and also met with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a pro-apartheid hardliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreyfus has repeatedly argued that criticism of Zionism \u201cabsolutely can be\u201d antisemitic. But when antisemitism is redefined to shield a violent regime from accountability, it stops being about protecting Jewish Australians \u2014 and starts being about protecting power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Won\u2019t Forget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This wasn\u2019t just a policy failure. It was a coordinated effort to silence protest, protect an apartheid state and gaslight a nation. In years to come, we\u2019ll remember who pushed these laws, who stayed silent and who used antisemitism as a weapon to shield genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We won\u2019t forget. And we won\u2019t stop speaking the truth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weaponising Antisemitism: How a Manufactured Crisis Changed Australian Law We interviewed legal experts, reviewed police reports and followed the timeline of events \u2014 and what we found was staggering. In late 2024, Australia was gripped by what was framed as a terrifying rise in antisemitism. From firebombed childcare centres and vandalised synagogues to explosive-laden caravans […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[134],"class_list":["post-20439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Thumbnail-3-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

How Australia FAKED Anti-Semitic Attacks to SAVE ISRAEL<\/a><\/blockquote>