The Middle East eruption and its repercussions in Australia; post-mortems on the Indigenous Voice referendum.
Laura Tingle is right: the fracturing of our body politic over the Voice in terms of our national disunity and disregard for the truth in political affairs could not have come at a worse time, with the dramatic deterioration in the Middle Eastern situation . What is needed now is united Australian support for ordinary Palestinians and Israelis caught up in this dreadful conflict without the adolescent party and crossbench infighting.
Once the dust settles on this crisis, all sides must redouble their efforts to establish the two-state solution.As an Australian Jew I am deeply disturbed and disillusioned at the lack of sympathy from so many of my fellow Australians and many parts of our media .
Doubtless there is a skerrick of truth in the comment that “weakness is provocative”, but who in their right mind would accuse Israel of weakness?I find it somewhat inconsistent that Josh Frydenberg, who “grew up in a tolerant and multicultural Australia”, has labelled anti-Jewish chants outside the Sydney Opera House “a national disgrace” but seemed quite comfortable with his former Liberal colleagues politicising the recent referendum and denying a Voice to our Indigenous population.
People don’t become ignorant or racist overnight. Misinformation is always afoot in an election, but any impact is at the margins and almost certainly did not influence the outcome of the referendum.rightly concludes that it was a “contest with no winners”
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