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Jillian Segal’s push for the federal government to adopt a contested definition of antisemitism will face pushback from some concerned Labor MPs and party members, as Anthony Albanese mulls a response to his envoy’s 49 recommendations to stamp out anti-Jewish hate.

Amnesty International Australia has strongly rebuked the recommendations of Segal, the government’s antisemitism envoy, claiming they could have a “chilling effect stifling rights to protest and freedom of speech”.

In a statement, the charity criticised the recommendations as “vague and repressive” and said they risked “deepening community divisions”.

“The plan risks weaponising criticism of Israel and its commission of war crimes and genocide,” it said

Segal has downplayed some of her more wide-ranging recommendations, saying stripping universities of funding would be a “last resort”, and declining to provide specific examples of media coverage that she would see her office as having a role to “monitor”.

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[–] Sammmy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Jillian Segal’s politics are abhorrent, as is the conflation of anti-Zionism with racism or any kind of bigotry. This appeasement by Labor of a foreign backed, racist and supremacist movement and its championed Apartheid Regime needs to stop. I think Australians want it to stop. Jews have never been oppressed or especially targeted in Australia, by Australians, certainly not compared to aboriginal Australians, or even Muslims or Asians. Remember Bondi was by Pakistani ISIS (who, if you know little about Islam and history, probably couldn't care less about Palestinians). This positive-segregation Zionists are pushing for is not just unjustified and unfair, but will promote antisemitism, which is of course what Israel and Zionists want. Australian Jews, mostly fine people like so many Australians I'm sure, do not need their own special protection laws or special privileged treatment at the behest of Zionists and Israel. They deserve the same protections as the rest of us, proportional to realistic threat. Australian Jews are not like Aboriginal Australians, for who we do have special laws, we have those because we colonised their country and wrecked their ancient culture, deliberately. Indeed, Israel could learn from Australia how to do better by their indigenous people, , the Palestinians, even after the fact of settler colonisation.

What antisemitism there is in Australia, outside of Israeli-model admiring Neo-Nazi groups, is caused by the crimes of Israel and the deliberate and dishonest conflation of Judaism and Israel and Zionism, by Zionists themselves.

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Way to make 'antisemitism' a completely meaningless term, dipshits

[–] William_Nilliam@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

parenti-hands ruining the definition of antisemitism is exactly the point

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 32 points 6 months ago

Aftab Malik, the special envoy to combat Islamophobia, said his report and recommendations to the government would be delivered in August. It is unclear if the government will respond to the antisemitism and Islamophobia reports separately, or with a combined, holistic package of reforms.

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[–] Leegh@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

FYI, Jillian Segal’s husband runs a trust fund that donates to a far-right lobby group that regularly promotes anti-immigration, anti-indigenous, and Islamophobic propaganda, as well as donations to state branches of the liberal party (the major conservative opposition in Australia).

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

I wish we had Francesca Albanese rather than this dropkick Tony

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 months ago

Has the definition of “criticism” changed?

[–] Lisitsyn@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Our world has changed, the barbarians have breached the gates

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[–] Sammmy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

LOL every accusation, a confession. Jillian is standing by the gate they just breached, helping hold it open. The live streamed savagery of today's Israel has turned the world's stomach, and it's hard to imagine the lack of self awareness, or conscious bigotry, required to think Israeli Apartheid or the Gaza Genocide are morally acceptable.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 months ago

yet another reason not to visit prison dump island.. my partner and her family really wanted to go there and i've been fighting against it because I really have no desire to go there.. now they'll let it go