In Australia an “antisemitism envoy”, who is a prominent advocate for Israel was appointed by the center-left government. This appointment is controversial because her husband donated money to a staunchly right-wing lobby group—she denies any knowledge of this. However this fits a broader pattern of the opposition party, who are more conservative, calling for more action to combat antisemitism, leveling this indiscriminately against both the incumbent government and against independent Teals[1].
If you’ll accept my unabashed speculation—it appears in Australia the right wing are staunchly against antisemitism—which is giving me a bit of conceptual whiplash. Of course this could be the ol’ “the lady doth protest too much, methinks”
Not relevant to your question but for context: The Teals (they’re not quite “Green” and not quite conservative Blue) are assortment of independent representatives that have done well in traditionally conservative (affluent!) seats with a climate change conscious, anti-misogyny message. This also includes seats with high concentration of Jewish voters.
Thank you for pointing that out, there’s a negative missing in there. I meant to say they are “staunchly AGAINST antisemitism”. I’m rather embarrassed by my oversight.
In Australia an “antisemitism envoy”, who is a prominent advocate for Israel was appointed by the center-left government. This appointment is controversial because her husband donated money to a staunchly right-wing lobby group—she denies any knowledge of this. However this fits a broader pattern of the opposition party, who are more conservative, calling for more action to combat antisemitism, leveling this indiscriminately against both the incumbent government and against independent Teals[1].
If you’ll accept my unabashed speculation—it appears in Australia the right wing are staunchly against antisemitism—which is giving me a bit of conceptual whiplash. Of course this could be the ol’ “the lady doth protest too much, methinks”
Not relevant to your question but for context: The Teals (they’re not quite “Green” and not quite conservative Blue) are assortment of independent representatives that have done well in traditionally conservative (affluent!) seats with a climate change conscious, anti-misogyny message. This also includes seats with high concentration of Jewish voters.
>it appears in Australia the right wing are staunchly antisemitic—which is giving me a bit of conceptual whiplash.
Did you mean pro-?
Thank you for pointing that out, there’s a negative missing in there. I meant to say they are “staunchly AGAINST antisemitism”. I’m rather embarrassed by my oversight.