By now you have probably already heard about how a mob of anti-Israel protesters vandalized an Israeli-owned restaurant in Melbourne on Friday evening, not long after the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation was targeted in an arson attack while worshippers were inside.
It is frightening and sickening… and not altogether unexpected given the climate of antisemitism that has been allowed to grow and fester in Australia, especially since October 7.
One of those responsible for this spike in Jew-hatred is the face of anti-Israel hate in Australia, the detestable Nasser Mashni, whose violent past, terror support and antisemitism I have been all over on here like a glove.
He was apparently asked to condemn the synagogue arson attack. This was his response:
He couldn’t bring himself to simply condemn the attack. Instead, we got this rant.
And even though he eventually gets to some kind of “condemnation” towards the end, it is completely disingenous. I know this because of this comment under the Instagram post, which he liked:
Nasser Mashni liking a comment suggesting the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation synagogue arson attack may have been an "attack paid by some foreign entity." Sick. pic.twitter.com/IxFBPLbkL1
— David Lange (@Israellycool) July 6, 2025
The full comment he liked is:
Why are you being asked to condemn it? Have they caught who done it and what does it have to do with you? How do we know if it is not another attack paid by some foreign entity like the rest of them?
The implication is that this foreign entity is Israel, deliberately trying to “create” antisemitic attacks in a plot to increase pressure for hate crime laws against anti-Israel protesters. Or something.
And even if you suggest there is no implication of Israel being behind the attacks, you cannot deny that this comment suggests all the antisemitic attacks in Australia were in fact paid for by some foreign entity and are not the result of real antisemitism in Australia.
So by liking this comment, Mashni is showing his hand. He does not think he should condemn any antisemitic attacks, which he suggests may not even be antisemitic attacks.
Of course, as a purveyor of antisemitism and someone who even mocks the very idea of antisemitism, this is to be expected.
