Accused of Antisemitism: Herald Sun, Israel lobby v Dandenong Clr Rhonda Garad

In Australia, it strives to silence Israel’s critics by limiting anti-ionism to anti-Semitism. Emma Thomas Dandenong Assembly Member Reports about the Rhonda Garad case.

At the beginning of this month, the Büyük Dandenong Municipal Assembly, local council member. Rhonda corrected the accusations of anti -Semitism against Garad. The accusation stated that after Garad made a few re -submissions in his social media accounts, he used Israel that he used a great massacre of the Palestinians ”and“ death to IDF ”and trend hashtag.

Melbourne -based News Corp Tableid on July 1 and journalist Carly Douglas, Herald SunHe contacted Garad about the duties that Garan said he was standing to Douglas. Later in that morning, Douglas contacted the Great Dandenong Municipality Council to comment.

Douglas asked the Council: “Does the Council believe that this is an acceptable behavior from a council member?

Douglas did not show who accused the task of being anti -Semitic.

Dandenong Council’s response

In response to Herald Sun’s questions, the Büyük Dandenong Municipal Assembly claimed that the council did not support CR Garad’s re -tweets in relation to IDF, Israel or Zionism ”.

“Some of his tweets support the anti -Semitic language and will probably cause pain, crime and harm to the Jewish community. […] Real political interpretation should never lead to hatred, abuse or hatred towards people on the basis of beliefs, races or other protected characteristics. “

Garad – and the Council does not show any other way – that none of the tasks support the anti -Semitic language, or the malicious, abuse or hatred against Jews or the Jewish community continues to encourage hatred. He labeled the Council’s claims against “slander ve and is looking for a public apology.

The objectives of Garad’s duties are the ideology of Zionism, not the Israeli state, the army and the Jews or the Jewish community, as the council’s own media reaction states.

Australian law Reviewed

According to the final decision of the Australian Federal Court Wertheim etc. Haddad–

Israel’s critique, policies, institutions and ideologies are different from anti -Semitism.

Such criticisms – “inflammatory or hostility” – is a legitimate political expression. “All Jews in Australia or Israel do not support Israel’s invasion of Palestine or the IDF’s murder in Gaza.”

Garad sees the actions of the council as part of a greater tendency of organizations and institutions that work to silence and suppress and suppress the actions of the council against genocide and human rights violations. Definition of IHRA To do this with anti -Semitism, anti -Semitism and the criticism of Israel.

Usually said MWMThis silence takes place quietly and behind the curtain. The Great Dandenong Municipality Council put this in writing.

The use of a different operational policy from the official policies of councils and other organizations means that they operate outside their established governance frameworks. Garad said,

From the governance perspective, they became ‘bandit actors’

By putting this in writing, Garad said, “The Council effectively explained that it operates in accordance with the definition of IHRA.

The implementation of such a policy will be inconsistent with the Australian laws.

Zionist pressure

Garad does not claim to represent the Council in his social media accounts. In addition, members of the Assembly are independent of the councils and have the right to free speech.

The members of the Assembly are elected by their communities to represent this community. While the Great Dandenong spokesman wrote in his statements for Herald Sun, this community is really culturally and religiously diverse, hosting many people who are deeply and personally affected by Israel’s ongoing attack on Palestine.

Accordingly GaradMany of them lost their family members (a family over 60 years of age) as a result of the actions of Israel and their army.

Garad published his statement about the Council’s duties in social media on July 9th. don’t write “In the name of our community, which is very deep by this genocide, is determined to speak. revelation “How do institutions like councils enter the Zionist edition.”

The next day, Garad received a personal invitation to attend the 2025 Australian Local Government Antisemitism Summit in Gold Coast in September this year. The event is organized jointly by the International War Antisemitism Movement, including local Zionist organizations, including the Executive Council of the Australian Jews and the Christian Zionist clothing.

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Dr. Emma Thomas is a researcher and writer in the Great Sydney region. As a historian, he spent the last fifteen years to study and teach universities in Australia and the United States. One of the first things he taught to all his students is that views and evidence -based arguments are not the same.