Anti-Israel hate mob ignores premier's call to cease disruption

Groups refuse to halt weekly Melbourne marches despite a Middle East ceasefire and rising concerns over antisemitic attacks.

Anti-Israel activists in Melbourne have vowed to continue their weekly marches through the city centre, rejecting Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s calls to end the protests despite the ceasefire in Gaza.

The marches have effectively made the city a no-go zone for Melbourne's Jewish community who have lived in fear since the Hamas terror attacks 15 months ago.

Australia Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser Mashni said his mob would not stop demonstrating. “Our protests, which take many forms, continue unabated, because this ceasefire is not the end – it is a pause in Israel’s ongoing genocidal violence, doing nothing to change the lived reality for Palestinians who continue to live under illegal Israeli occupation and apartheid,” he claimed. “We have a lot of work ahead to hold our own government accountable.”

The Free Palestine Coalition Melbourne echoed this stance, accusing Allan of interfering in their activities. “Jacinta Allan and Australian politicians should be doing their role of applying pressure to ensure the ceasefire is enforced, not micromanaging our solidarity efforts,” a spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in the United States has raised concerns about the safety of Jewish communities in Australia. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who met with Australian ambassador to the U.S. Kevin Rudd, said the protests had turned parts of Melbourne into no-go zones for Jewish people.

“We’re not attacking the right of individuals or organisations or communities to protest,” Cooper said. “Let them do so, but not in a way in which everyone else, in this case specifically Jewish [communities], are barred from their own downtown.”

Allan has condemned the ongoing demonstrations for causing “disruption to our streets.” She added, “If they can find a space for a ceasefire in the Middle East, surely we can find a space for these protests to come to an end in Melbourne.”

While a ceasefire is in place in Gaza, activists insist their demonstrations will continue until what they call “ongoing injustices” are resolved.

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  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-01-22 20:59:35 -0500
    What liars the anti-Israel mob are! Their supposed grievances will NEVER end. It’s in their cultural nature to whine about supposed Jewish oppression while launching rockets into Israel and terrorizing Jews all over the world.

    It’s time ALL leaders crack down on these public antisemitic tantrums. I’m fed up with these foreigners telling us to support their hate fests. They either must learn our ways or take their bigotry back home.