A much more balanced stance than is offered by Dutton, though I don't understand why antisemitism is worse than any other form of hatred?
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anti-semitism
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.
Is it possible to criticize Israel for its actions at war without it misinterpreted as being targeted against Jews in particular?
Reading the other comments it seems like the letter was drafted by the Zionist Federation of Australia which would explain the support for Israel. The unconditional support people are throwing at Israel is confusing, yes Hamas attacked first but Israel didn't have to fight back and drag everyone into this complex argument about who is right and who is wrong. Self defence has got to be the weakest reasoning when it would appear that more Palestinians have been brutally killed than Israelis
I kind of think homogenising all Jewish people as being pro-israel is it's own form of anti-semitism. There have been a lot of Jewish people, both in Israel and around the world, who have voiced their criticism of Israel's actions.
Where's the actual statement they all signed? Weird it isn't linked or quoted in-full.
The excerpts are not controvercial, but is that the whole thing?
I'm a bit peeved about the post title.
The article heading is:
Former prime ministers join to condemn Hamas, urge Israel to protect civilian lives
The post title is the first sentence, which gives a very different impression.
Hasn’t Keating been vocally backing the Chinese Communist Party’s claims to Taiwan recently as well?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
All of Australia's living prime ministers except for Paul Keating have joined to express their support for Israel and call for solidarity with Jewish Australians, in a rare statement undersigned by former leaders of both major parties.
The joint statement by Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and John Howard also called upon Hamas to release hostages taken in the October 7 terror attacks, and urged Israel to avoid civilian casualties and sustain humanitarian access into Gaza.
Mr Keating yesterday published a statement saying he would not sign onto the letter "drafted by" The Zionist Federation of Australia.
The United Nations has called on Israel and Hamas to negotiate a "humanitarian pause" to allow aid into blockaded Gaza.
The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network said it was alarmed that the group of prime ministers had "allowed themselves to be used" by the pro-Israel lobby.
"The statement's reference to 'Australian values of love and respect' rings hollow, given that the former prime ministers failed to acknowledge the tens of thousands of Australians expressing their horror about Israel's behaviour, and ignored the anguish that many thousands of Palestinian Australians are currently feeling," the advocacy group's statement read.
The original article contains 583 words, the summary contains 196 words. Saved 66%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
As was pointed out by another user, it's preferred when posting news to stick with the original headline