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Antisemitism Report 2010 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2010 Executive Council of Australian Jewry Antisemitism Report 2010 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2010 THIS REPORT WAS WHOLLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY JEREMY JONES AM, TO ASSIST UNDERSTANDING OF ANTI-JEWISH VIOLENCE, VANDALISM, HARASSMENT AND PREJUDICE IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA Jeremy Jones is Director of International and Community Affairs, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and Honorary Life Member, Executive Council of Australian Jewry This document should not be reproduced or distributed, and the original work not quoted, without the express permission of the author. 140 William Street, East Sydney, NSW 2011, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 9360 5415 Facsimile: +61 2 9360 5416 E-mail: [email protected] September 2010 REPORT ON ANTISEMITISM IN AUSTRALIA 1 October 2009– 30 September 2010 THIS REPORT WAS WHOLLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY JEREMY JONES AM, TO ASSIST UNDERSTANDING OF ANTI-JEWISH VIOLENCE, VANDALISM, HARASSMENT AND PREJUDICE IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA Jeremy Jones is Director of International and Community Affairs, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and Honorary Life Member, Executive Council of Australian Jewry This document should not be reproduced or distributed, and the original work not quoted, without the express permission of the author. 140 William Street, East Sydney, NSW 2011, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 9360 5415 Facsimile: +61 2 9360 5416 E-mail: [email protected] November 2010 CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 The Year in Review 3 1.2 Racism in Australia and Antisemitism 5 1.3 Forms of Antisemitism 6 2.0 COMMON THEMES IN ANTI-JEWISH RHETORIC 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 ―Jewish Power‖ 10 2.3 ―International Jewish Conspiracy‖ 10 2.4 Holocaust Denial 11 2.5 Jewish/Nazi Analogy 13 2.6 Holocaust Denigration 13 2.7 Jews as ―Un-Christian‖ and Judaism as ―Anti-Christian‖ 14 2.8 Jewish Stereotypes 15 2.9 ―Street‖ Antisemitism 15 2.10 The Effect of Vilification 15 3.0 INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE, VANDALISM AND INTIMIDATION 17 3.1 Introduction 17 3.2 Reports for Year 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009 17 3.3 Serious/Violent Incidents 18 3.4 Telephone Intimidation and Hate Mail 21 3.5 Graffiti 22 3.6 Hate Email 23 3.7 Leaflets, Posters and other Miscellaneous Harassment 24 4.0 ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA AND THE COMMUNITY 27 4.1 Introduction 27 4.2 Mainstream Society 31 1 4.3 Middle East Politics 39 5.0 MUSLIM AND ARAB SOURCES 44 6.0 THE LEFT 55 7.0 CHRISTIANITY 61 8.0 ON-LINE MEDIA 63 8.1 General Issues 63 8.2 Websites Based in Australia 64 8.3 Electronic E-Mail, Newsgroups, Lists and Clubs 67 9.0 ANTISEMITIC ORGANISATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 70 9.1 Introduction 70 9.2 One Nation 73 9.3 The Australian League of Rights 75 9.4 Neo-Nazis/White Supremacists 76 9.5 The Adelaide Institute and Toben.biz 81 9.6 The Australian Civil Liberties Union 92 9.7 Bible Believers 92 9.8 The LaRouche Cult 97 9.9 Far Right ―Creativity‖ and Quasi-Christian ―Churches‖ 100 9.10 Miscellaneous Activists 104 9.11 ―New Age‖ Groups 109 10.0 RESPONSES TO ANTISEMITISM 110 10.1 Introduction 110 10.2 Political Leadership 110 10.3 Moral Leadership 111 10.4 Education 111 10.5 The Racial Hatred Act, 1995 113 10.6 State and Territory Anti-Racism Laws and Criminal Law 114 10.7 Media 114 7.7.1 The Australian Press Council 114 7.7.2 The Australian Broadcast Authority 114 7.7.3 Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations 115 7.7.4 Right of Reply 115 10.8 Other Sanctions 115 APPENDIX 1 Report on Antisemitism in Australia 2009 116 APPENDIX 2 Selected Serious Incidents of Anti-Jewish Assaults and Harassment 1990-2010 121 APPENDIX 3 The Last Word: Transparency 126 APPENDIX 4 The Last Word: Community standards 128 APPENDIX 5 The Last Word: Bigotry's Facilitators 130 APPENDIX 6 The Last Word: Quick Off The Mark 132 APPENDIX 7ATTORNEY-GENERAL, HON ROBERT McCLELLAND MP SPEECH TO THE CYBER RACISM SUMMIT, SYDNEY, TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2010 134 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Year in Review During recent years, there has been a great deal of discussion and debate internationally on a perceived rise in antisemitic prejudices and anti-Jewish activity. The end of the Cold War did not bring a new civility to inter civilisational dialogue, but has seen a flourishing of crude ethno-nationalisms, intensifying of racist rhetoric and, all too often, failure of political will to confront antisemitism. Serious historical and philosophical works have explored the tenuous place of Jews who identify as such in the New Europe, while distance in time and emotional estrangement from the Nazis‘ Genocide has allowed public discourse to be conducted in a manner almost unimaginable during the late 20th century. The constant stream of overt antisemitism from the Arab Middle East, as well as from other identifiably Moslem sources, has not been effectively countered. To some extent, it has been both tolerated and conscripted by sections of the political left who see themselves as engaged in struggles against some or all of the USA, capitalism, the legacy of colonialism or amorphous ―establishments‖. Antisemitism from far-right wing sources continued to be propagated and some traditional anti-Jewish tropes emerged with slight variations so as to appeal to contemporary audiences. While perceptions of the place of Israel in the international body politic plays some part in informing discussions relating to Jews and to antisemitism, it is a gross oversimplification to treat Israeli policies, Zionism or the relationship of Jews to Israel as the driving force or most compelling influence on this situation. Having been a participant in a number of international meetings, including the notorious NGO Forum at the United Nations‘ 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Asia/Pacific Regional Interfaith Dialogues, International Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian dialogues and many formal discussions in Australia for more than twenty years, the author of this paper is well aware of the problems, dangers and challenges presented by individuals, organisations and some State actors who promote one or more antisemitic tropes to further local, national and even global political agendas, This Report considers the presence of antisemitism in Australia in 2010, which should be understood as a local phenomenon and also in a broader, international context. It also covers a distinct 12 month period, which also can be constructively contrasted with preceding reporting. In Australia, in 2010, to accuse any person or organisation of antisemitism is to allege that their behaviour is antisocial and unacceptable. Unlike in some contemporary societies, no one with aspirations to public credibility admits to holding antisemitic views or to associating with openly antisemitic organisations. Individuals and organisations associated with the political left who promote extreme anti-Israeli racism, which sometimes included offensive and gratuitous anti-Jewish imagery, are keen to assert that they are not antisemitic and even some far-right and neo-Nazi groups publicly profess to be "anti-Zionist" rather than anti- Jewish, although the material they distribute can give the lie to any such distinction. Promoters of often-crude anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, including Holocaust deniers who allege that the Holocaust is a Jewish confidence trick played on gullible Christians as one part of a raft of anti-Jewish slurs, generally claim they are only "researching" historical or topical subjects. 3 It is worthwhile, in any assessment of antisemitism in Australia today, to consider the observations of the Community Security Trust, the English experts on contemporary anti- Jewish activity and discourse. The Executive Summary of their ―Antisemitic Discourse in Britain in 2009‖ included these comments ― Explicit antisemitism about Jews is rare in mainstream British discourse. It is, however, disturbingly common for older antisemitic conspiracy themes to be evoked by modern depictions of ―Zionism‖ and ―Zionist‖. Antisemitism is a matter of concern for British Jews, and many other observers, but it does not prevent Jews from leading a full life as British citizens. Rhetoric against ―Zionism‖, ―Zionists‖ or ―pro-Israelis‖ is fostering hostility against British Jews and their representative bodies. In 2009, the Gaza conflict caused Israel to be compared to Nazi Germany and its supporters to be compared to Nazis. Previously a fringe phenomenon, the Nazi comparison is now widespread and also appears in mainstream media. This causes significant upset to Jews and is an antisemitic abuse of the memory of the Holocaust. The play “Seven Jewish Children” typified the emerging trend to depict Israel and Zionism as a mass Jewish psychological reaction to the trauma of the Holocaust. The ugliest medieval accusation, the Blood Libel, claiming that Jews steal children in order to use their blood, was strikingly revived in 2009. This feature of medieval village antisemitism now returned as a shocking example of antisemitic rumours in today‘s global village. Two senior journalists at The Independent newspaper wrote separately about the supposed power of America‘s ―Jewish‖ lobby. It is quite common for The Independent and Guardian newspapers, in particular, to depict a dominant US ―Zionist‖ lobby in America: which risks reflecting and encouraging antisemitic Jewish conspiracy allegations. The term ―criticism of Israel‖ continued to be used as a catch-all defence against the raising of Jewish concerns about antisemitic manifestations, public speakers, groups, websites, agitprop and other phenomena.‖ Much of this is reflected in Australian society. The period in review included the 2010 Federal Election, which passed without any notable change in the prevalence of antisemitic acts. Despite efforts by anti-Jewish groups and individuals, matters of specific concern to Australian Jewry, such as community security and funding support for Jewish education, were discussed publicly in a manner which was generally free of prejudice.
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