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Sydney, Australia - Jews Suffered 650 Anti-Semitic Incidents, Double the Average |
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The 2007-08 tally was two per cent above that of the period ending September 30 last year.
These unsettling figures were revealed to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) annual conference in Sydney by researcher Jeremy Jones, who submitted his annual report on anti-Semitism in Australia.
Jones, who is director of community affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, said he was particularly concerned about anti-Jewish propaganda from extremist organisations, much of it published in fringe publications and on the internet.
In his report to the ECAJ, he noted "particular concern at the negative impact of material from a variety of overseas sources which has as its thesis an eternal enmity of Muslims towards Jews".
"During the 12 months in review, the combined number of incidents involving physical assault, property damage and direct, face-to-face harassment was almost three times the previous average," Jones stated.
He said online communities, Facebook and YouTube "have been the venues of crude and intense anti-Jewish prejudice being expressed openly and unashamedly.
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Dec 02, 2008 at 10:37 PM Anonymous Says:
i was in melborne for 12 days and i must have encounterd at least 50 of these remarks
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Dec 03, 2008 at 12:06 AM Anonymous Says:
i have been living in melbourne all my life and have hardly experienced any anti semitism at all
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Dec 03, 2008 at 05:52 PM Anonymous Says:
I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that about 1 year ago, Australia made laws that practically forbid private ownership of firearms. Law abiding citizens had to turn in their arms and now only criminals can possess firearms. Incidently, a true statistic, in addition to violent crimes going up, robbery and theft are up 44% since the gun ban. Why don't people and government get it. Take away law abiding citizen's guns, and up goes the crime rate. Because criminals don't care how or where they get their guns, only honest lawful citizens care about following the law. Go figure, stop the infringement on personal freedoms and put the fear of G-d back into the offenders. First they speak anti-semitism and write it, and then it escalates to where they are not afraid to committ violent acts.