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Josh Bornstein’s article published on the #ABCNews site clearly and uncontroversially details what has gone wrong with the #RC into #antisemitism. He concludes that, following Justices #Fagan and #Stewart rulings, the RC’s report will not provide the political and ethical guidelines that are required of it. So, was this alledgedly #zionist push to have an RC following the Bondi massacre a total waste of time and money. In my view yes, but it did, and will continue to highlight the power of the #ZionistLobby and the #Israeli govt can project onto Australian domestic affairs. We’ve been warned. Now it’s for our #labor govt to set the record straight and review our #ForeignPolicy stance toward the Israeli govt and its #genocidal state apparatus.

“In recent years, the Australian community has been riven by a highly combustible debate about antisemitism, Zionism, criticism of Israel and the boundaries of free speech. The institutions that should provide leadership through the imbroglio — including governments, universities and the media — have faltered, seemingly unable to withstand strong political pressure. The lines between our respective democratic rights and obligations have become impossibly confused.

The royal commission represented an opportunity for a rigorous, disciplined examination of all these issues with the potential to offer the intellectual and moral leadership that might lead us to a better place. We await its final report later this year. But for now, we can say that, in its public hearings, it has failed to provide the leadership we needed.”

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/josh-bornstein-the-two-mistakes-of-antisemitism-royal-commission/107097812