A few days ago I posted how former Australian of the Year Grace Tame was whining she had lost speaking gigs because she lead chants of “globalise the intifada.”
She has since been interviewed by ABC Sydney Mornings host Hamish Macdonald, in what might have been seen as an exercise in damage control.
Alas, Grace Tame untamed disgrace only succeeded in digging herself a way deeper hole.
After being asked if she has reflected on her use of language and its effect on the Jewish community, she answers in the affirmative – before showing she hasn’t reflected at all – claiming she “stands with the oppressed.” She then denies Hamas murdered and raped Israeli women on October 7, before being confronted with the UN findings suggesting otherwise. What follows is a mealy-mouthed attempt to somehow walk back her comments, claiming she supports all victims.
And if that wasn’t enough, she throws in the antisemitic trope about a “shadowy cahort” for good measure.
After losing speaking gigs over her "Globalize the Intifada" chants, you might have thought former Australian of the Year Grace Tame might be in damage control mode.
— David Lange (@Israellycool) March 16, 2026
Alas, she just made things a whole lot worse for herself, denying Israeli women were murdered and raped on Oct 7,… pic.twitter.com/qqfchmNSYz
The Jewish community is understandably up in arms.
National Council of Jewish Women Australia president Lynda Ben-Menashe has condemned Tame’s comments.
“On October the 7th, thousands of male terrorists streamed over the border from Gaza, to torture, rape and murder Israeli people in the most heinous ways,” Ben-Menashe said.
“For Tame to claim this fact has been ‘debunked’ is repugnant. The terrorists themselves filmed their actions, the UN has accepted its veracity and made its own pronouncements, and organisations such as the Dinah Project have provided the legal case. The ICC announced arrest warrants for Hamas leaders, citing crimes including rape and sexual assault in detention.
“All this in addition to the powerful and heartbreaking statements from female and male survivors, witnesses and first responders.
“Many of the 251 hostages taken that day were regularly sexually abused during their captivity. Arbel Yahud, for example, has spoken of daily sexual abuse by her Islamic Jihad captors, which led her to three suicide attempts.
“For Tame to call this ‘propaganda’ is not only a wilful denial and distortion, but also an outrageous insult to both the survivors, and those who did not survive.
“We can only speculate about the reason someone who claims to fight for all victims of sexual abuse makes an exception when those victims are Jews.”
Executive Council of Australian Jewry head of legal Simone Abel said for a survivor of sexual abuse, “it is hard to imagine anything worse than another survivor discrediting or denying their abuse”.
“Grace Tame has engaged in the ultimate stonewalling by denying the sexual violence perpetrated by terrorist organisation Hamas on 7 October,” Abel said.
“In doing so she has shown that she is not an advocate for all survivors of sexual assault, but only an advocate for some. The Office of the UN Special Representative of Sexual Violence in Conflict has recognised that Hamas carried out sexual violence including rape and gang rape, as has the UN Commission of Inquiry. But apparently in the face of clear evidence Grace refuses to acknowledge what happened. She should be compelled to meet with the survivors and hear their accounts of sexual violence and torture.”
If the goal was to prove her critics wrong, she failed. If the goal was to prove she is fundamentally unfit for a public platform, she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams.
Let’s globalize the consequences against her. She deserves to be stripped of her awards, shunned, and never to get a speaking gig again.
