Yesterday I posted the “two faces” of Nasser Mashni, the president of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), who presented the peace-loving guy in a suit on television, but turned into the angry, “”resistance”-supporter with a keffiyeh at the “Palestine” rally in Melbourne.
On television, he bemoaned protesters being lumped in with “10 or 15 people” who “used some antisemitic slurs” and the idea that “anyone who attends the rallies supports the actions of the past week” (i.e. the Hamas massacre).
Naturally, at yesterday’s rally in Melbourne, we saw examples of antisemitism and terror support from more than “10 or 15 people” – including some of the speakers:
Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud – Anti-Jewish slurs pic.twitter.com/Xts8OPbVIk
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) October 15, 2023
"from the river to the sea, death to every Israeli pic.twitter.com/eiqZmgCd45
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) October 15, 2023
“Free Palestine” rally underway at the State Library @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/A5wpc9ocey
— Eliza Rugg (@Eliza_Rugg9) October 15, 2023
And here is yet another rally participant (this time from Sydney) who surely does not represent most participants (sarcasm intended):
Sydney man calls to wipe out Jews.
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) October 15, 2023
Claims he works on aircraft. pic.twitter.com/0zYTDzABU7
But let’s be honest. The mere fact these people held such rallies in response to Hamas massacring, raping, and abducting Israeli civilians is itself an affront to human dignity.
