Australia’s antisemitic wave escalating and spreading

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From what I've seen of his content calling Friendly Jordies a clickbaiter is little more than an admission of unfamiliarity with his material.

I'm familiar, he finds his niche and draws in a particular demographic of followers. I don't disagree with a lot of what he says but I find his take a little superficial.

I haven't seen him rely on the sorts of sensationalism typical of clickbait, so it's really not fair to describe him as clickbaity. Superficial would be a separate criticism from clickbaity.

I'm certain you understand the business model he uses, Aussie podcasters are notorious for copying more successful established American versions.

but also your criticisms aren't related to the content of that specific video so it seems more like you're just looking to poison the well rather than engage with any claims made within that specific video.

What exactly is he saying? the gist is politicians on the right and Sky news are overplaying the antisemitism angle for votes and views. I don't find that topic suitable for entertainment (I understand he is trying to be entertaining to make the content more digestable to an audience who are already sold on the idea conservative media and politicians are POS).

However, the issue is more serious if you are Jewish. I invoked the spate of anti-Indian hate attacks in the mid 2000s which was taken seriously due to the fear that spread in the indian community. I am not sure why similar fears among Jewish Australians should be downplayed to serve some specific narrative over what is happening thousands of miles away in Gaza.

a degree of skepticism over the narrative being spun by right-wing and other pro-Israel media outlets might be warranted.

Indeed, and his audience will connect because of how he presents material. But there's a fine line whether you are dealing with antisemitism or other forms of racism. this dude is perhaps too young to remember how his own grandparents once thought of people who looked like my wife and daughter.

Younger Australians seem to conflate concepts without understanding intergenerational trauma or understanding wider implications.

So, does that mean Australian media should keep uncritically repeating Israeli talking points while treating pro-Palestinian narratives as the worst form of antisemitism, because Jews aren't safe anywhere but Israel and also that they should have higher loyalty to Israel than Australia because otherwise they're antisemitic too?

Did you even watch the video before trying to comment on it?

An Australian man was arrested and charged last Thursday for his role in the vandalization of a Jewish school and other greater Sydney area sites that were previously connected by authorities to an alleged plot by organized crime to distract law enforcement and scam them out of reduced sentences for the mastermind.

The 41-year-old Eastlakes man was charged on March 20 for the January 29 vandalism of the Maroubra Jewish day school Mount Sinai College, an Eastgardens shopping center, and a home in Maroubra and another in Eastlakes. Graffiti on the sites included phrases such as “Jew dogs” and “Jews are the real terrorists.”

During the search of the man’s home, police allegedly found prohibited drugs. The suspect was charged with group damaging property, group damaging property worth less than $2000, driving a vehicle without consent of the owner, driving with a disqualified license, supplying a prohibited drug, and two counts of possession of prohibited drugs.

Others charged with the antisemitic incidents
A 40-year-old Penshurst man had been arrested and charged for his involvement in the same incidents in the March 10 crime ring sweep. The Penshurst suspect was charged for driving a vehicle with a suspended license, taking and driving a vehicle without an owner’s consent, resisting police officers, failing to comply with orders to provide information, and giving false information for accessing digital evidence. He was arrested alongside a 30-year-old man, who was charged for possession of a prohibited electronic stun weapon and possession of prohibited steroid drugs.

According to a March 10 New South Wales Police and Australian Federal Police briefing, the Penshurst man and thirteen others were arrested in connection to a wave of arson and vandalism attacks against Jewish New South Wales targets, including the Dural caravan faux terrorism plot.

Law enforcement claimed that organized criminal elements were hiring petty criminals to target the Sydney area Jewish community in a manner that exploited antisemitism in Australia that had escalated since October 7. The criminals had submitted tips about terrorist attacks, including the Dural incident that appeared to target a synagogue with an explosives-laden caravan, in order to divert law enforcement resources and con authorities into cooperation deals. The mastermind hoped to provide information about fake plots in return for reduced sentences and other benefits. In one example, criminals fabricated a fake terrorist plot involving obtaining high-powered firearms, which a criminal offered to provide information to get drug trafficking charges reduced.

A 31-year-old Camperdown man was arrested for preparing vehicles with equipment for criminal action. He was charged with directing activities of a criminal group, five counts of accessory before the fact to damage property, and three arson-related charges.

An 18-year-old San Remo man, a 20-year-old Canton Beach man, and a 37-year-old held in a correctional facility were arrested for providing vehicles for a January 21 arson attack on a Maroubra kindergarten. The kindergarten was not a Jewish community facility but was in close proximity to a synagogue, and antisemitic graffiti was found at the scene. The fires caused an estimated $3.4 million in damages.

A 25-year-old Box Hill man and a 23-year-old arrested in a correctional facility were arrested and charged for allegedly spraying a Queens Park home, five cars, and a trailer on January 11. One home was tagged with the words “F*** Jews.”

A 33-year-old Wentworthville man was charged with two counts of intentionally damaging property in company, larceny, and driving with a disqualified license for his alleged role in a February 2 vandalism spree in King Lane, Randwick and See Lane, Kingsford. The suspect was supposedly involved in the spray-painting of multiple vehicles, garages, and walls, including with the slogan “F*k [sic] Jews.”