Defending our rights as Australian Jews

Defending our rights as Australian Jews

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Like all Aus­trali­ans, Jewish Aus­trali­ans have the right to fight back against those who smear us, boycott us, make lists about us and pledge to destroy us.

We have the right to stand up to journ­al­ists who put their politics and prejudice above pro­fes­sion­al respons­ib­il­ity.

We have the right to lodge com­plaints where we feel reporting falls short of a broadcaster’s own standards.

We have the right to denounce influ­en­cers incite against us and direct their followers to harass and threaten Jewish women.

Members of our community have the right to par­ti­cip­ate in Whatsapp groups formed in response to Lawyers for Palestine, Archi­tects for Palestine, Teachers for Palestine and Creatives for Palestine.

We do so with pride and integrity for the good of our people and our society, and we will continue to do so.

Daniel Aghion KC

President, Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry

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