Two letters appeared in The Echo regarding the terrible shooting in Sydney a couple of weeks ago. One followed a concise and accurate summary of the situation from Bruce Porter. The other, from Dr Nicole Phillips, was a hectoring and overlong statement of perceived injustice, where The Echo, leftists, the ‘fake’ media and the Shire in general were the main culprits, along with people I know are not antisemitic.
They are aghast at the 70,000 Palestinians killed by Netanyahu and the IDF, and at the moment view Israel through that lens. It seems the Jewish diaspora do not want to hear that. Because we are against the Israeli government we are also antisemitic.
Along with Albo, Greens, local councils, teals, universities and the media, the good doctor points the pejorative finger at ‘hate marches’. I assume she means the hundreds of thousands of Australians who peacefully marched in support of the Palestinians. Why was this hateful doctor? Because Israel was being criticised? Because of the support of Palestinians? Or because everyone that marched was an antisemitic?
Two insane jihadists should not be used by anyone in pursuit of a cohesive argument against the government, many institutions, or Australians in general. Frydenburg, Howard, Hanson and now Dr Phillips have used this strategy. It’s an illustrious crew, to be sure, but it’s going for the lowest common denominator.
I believe if Israel acted as a responsible global citizen and stopped the apartheid system In place, stopped the neverending rate of expanding settlements and theft of Palestinian land, the absolute reliance on the US for their assistance, and maybe considered a Palestinian state, then this perceived antisemitism may end. How about the onus going on the UN (not Old Testament biblical) mandated Israel for a change?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
