Anthony Loewenstein

Now, I'm not saying that's something I support.

I do not.

But not necessarily means that that's a threat to Jewish people.

It may make them feel scared or...

uncomfortable and i think some of the debate around this is sort of missing that broader point obviously in london the last 24 hours two people have been stabbed there's no way to see that except for seeming anti-semitism and hatred of course but one of the things that i think is not really being questioned and i fear the royal commission will not really analyze it much at all this year obviously we've still got you know eight or so months to go is

What is the real connection between Israeli actions in the Middle East, Palestine, Gaza and beyond, and attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions when you have the majority of mainstream Jewish organizations supporting Israeli actions?

Now, obviously, the caveat to that is no one's justifying, I'm not justifying attacks against Jewish targets.

Full stop.

Never have, never will.

But it's an important conversation to have because when it comes to mainstream Jewish voices, many of whom have put in thousands and thousands of submissions to the Royal Commission, many of which will be heard in the coming months, they have not principally been heard yet.

And there are some more critical...

Jewish Voices, I'm involved with the Jewish Council of Australia and a number of us, not me personally, but a number of us have put in submissions to have a more critical perspective about the pretty undeniable connection and link between Israeli violence against Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians in the Middle East and attacks against Jews or Jewish institutions.

And I fear that that conversation is not really being had, deliberately so, by many in politics and the media.

Good question.

I mean, certainly some of the reporting before the announcement today suggested that there has been a number of security services and others not wanting certain information to be released.

Now, you can look at that in a benign way.

Certain intelligence should not be released publicly.

But also, I fear there's a bit of ass covering potentially going on here.

There was a report that came out.

last week in the Nine Papers, City Morning Herald and The Age, talking about how some of the security services, this was not mentioned in the interim report today, by the way, but certainly I suspect it'll become part of the conversation as the year goes on, suggesting that the two killers, alleged killers, one obviously is dead and one will be facing trial