You invite the gatecrashers and garbage of humanity, don’t beat at all surprised if your gesture is seen as weakness to be exploited rather than a generosity of spirit to be reciprocated.
In our own conceit and vanity and believing that all cultures are equal and striving in the same direction, that everyone below the surface was just like us and would acculturate, we brought this on ourselves…
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“…Mr Netanyahu wrote a blistering letter to Mr Albanese over his moves to recognise Palestine, telling him the decision would only make anti-Israel sentiment spread more rapidly here and likening it to “pouring fuel on an anti-Semitic fire”.
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞.
𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 — 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝟐𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐡𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐌, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲”.
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin said Mr Burke was “totally out of line” with his comments.
In its letters to Mr Netanyahu and Mr Albanese, the council said Mr Burke’s comments were “incendiary and irresponsible”, while Mr Netanyahu’s comments calling Mr Albanese “weak” could worsen social cohesion in Australia.
“These comments have played straight into the hands of opponents of Israel and anti-Semites, to the detriment of the Australian Jewish community,” it said.
But they were lauded by local pro-Palestinian activists.
𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭.
“𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧,” 𝐌𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠.