Since October 7th, all the hidden anti-Semites have crawled out of the woodwork in countries throughout the world.
A particularly egregious instance of antisemitism occurred in Australia when Masada College, a Jewish school in the Sydney suburb of New South Wales, sent an email to Western Sydney Jump, a company that rents moon bounces and inflatable castles, inquiring about using their services for a school event.
Jump’s owner, Tanya Jones, responded to the principal: “I have owned my business for 10 years. I have the right to decline any booking at any time. There’s no way I’m taking a Zionist booking. I don’t want your blood money. Free Palestine.”
Jones even posted her reply on her Instagram account and posted a photo of 2nd graders at Masada and mocked them as Zionists. She later deleted the posts when the story caused an uproar, including demands for a police investigation.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns called for an investigation by Federal and State authorities. “It’s not in keeping with any part of our multicultural community. I condemn it completely.”
David Ossip, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, told The Australian: “Posting photos of six and seven-year-olds on social media and mocking them as Zionists is particularly sinister and disturbing. These are Australian kids, not participants in a foreign conflict.”
However, a police spokesperson told the Sydney Morning Herald last week that they were not investigating the incident as it was believed no crime had been committed.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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waiting to hear what the government does about this obviously bold discrimination based on race.
YWN please post a link to their google page so we can leave them constructive feedback
> a police spokesperson told the Sydney Morning Herald last week that they were not investigating the incident as it was believed no crime had been committed
A law web site for Australia claims that it is a crime as follows:
> if the material shared would be regarded as harassing or offensive
Seems perfectly clear from the context that she who posted the photos meant it to be offensive.
But even aside from that, there is a problem that even a generic photo (without this “Zionist” context) is considered dangerous, as reported below:
> Parents have been urged not to post photos of their children leaving for their first day of school on social media to keep them safe from paedophiles.
> Exploitation experts said Australian families were leaving themselves open to child grooming by making public their kids’ names and where they go to school.
> The Australian Federal Police said parents should use the most advanced privacy settings possible if they are going to post their back-to-school photos online.
Boycott this machsheifa’s business. Hopefully staring at an empty calendar will teach her a thing or two.