Mark Latham Faces Backlash After Telling Jewish Community to ‘Grow Up’ Over Antisemitism Claims

“But fortunately, here in Australia with our comfortable culture, [there are] There are no signs of serious anti -Semitic ideology in Sydney. “

Catley told Latham that his interpretation was “aggressive ..

“A white Australian man, so you don’t know what they feel.”

Peter Wertheim, Chairman of the Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Jewish Chief Executive Officer, said it was Latham that he should grow.

“A major increase in the last two years in the number and severity of anti -Semitic events in Australia, it has been well documented and looks open to everyone,” Wertheim said. Forerunner.

“If he cannot see the hate burst of hatred against the Jews that took place in the Opera House steps in October 2023 and all the events that follow as a qualitative deterioration in our public life.

“This makes it a part of the problem.”

Latham later returned to the subject while talking to NSW police commissioner Peter Thurtell and asked for the breakdown of the types of crimes and events recorded by the police.

Thurtell said that after the Israeli-Palestinian clash, there were 663 crimes determined by the police duty forces, which responded to community tensions.

Latham later announced that the inquiry line was about the Hate speech laws of the NSW Parliament in February.

Latham, “We have taken part in the legislation that many deputies have not seen as valid and we are trying to reach the truth of what is happening in our city,” he said.

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“It is not for a serious attack on the anti -Sydney, not only to overcome the synagogue and to shout something stupid, but to a serious attack on property or people.

After the discovery of an anti -Semitic vandalism, arson attacks and a Jewish synagogue explosives and directions, the government made a criminal offense to provoke racial hatred that could be punished with a fine of two years imprisonment or $ 11,000.

Months later, the police announced that the caravan was a scam by an underground world figure trying to influence a prosecution, and that more than a dozen other serious anti -Semitic incidents were believed to be the same offshore Gangster.

The revelations triggered a upper home investigation into what is known as the “Dural Caravan Event ,, which knew that it was potentially wrong and when it was within the Minns government.

Minns informed him that the police were the work of opportunistic organized crime gangs instead of a terrorist act of terrorism from the very beginning of the caravan.

It also led to a stance among five employees who worked for Minns and Catley with the investigation and challenged the calls to give evidence. Eventually, they were released and emerged before the investigation.

On Wednesday, the liberal deputy Susan Carter asked Catley what he had discussed about avoiding evidence with his staff.

“What kind of speeches did you make with your staff about the investigation into Dural Karavan?” Carter asked.

“No,” Catley replied. “But I thought you’ve dragged my staff before your Kangaroo court.”

Carter then read the statements that the minister talked to his staff about the calls and said, “Catley) was lying to this committee,” he said.

Both Catley and Carter shouted each other.

“Shocking and history will prove that you are wrong to do this, Cat Catley said.

I didn’t say, “You shouldn’t join them.”

“I said to them, ‘They shouldn’t ask you to join you’… I stand by him and I will stand with him every day of the week.”

Last week, Australia’s spy agency Asio announced that a swaddling attack on a bassy delicatesser in Bondi Beach was organized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

ASIO may also be linked to more attacks with Iran before confirming which events are under doubt.

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