Anthony Loewenstein

that Gaza was radicalising, that they were aligned with Islamic State, that they therefore saw what was happening in Gaza and that somehow radicalised them.

Now, that could be true.

Of course, we don't really know.

It's conceivable.

But I think there's a danger in seeing it in a very black and white way because essentially there are millions of people around the world, including in Australia, who were angry, are angry, outraged by Israeli actions, which doesn't, of course, mean that they pick up guns and shoot people

at a Bondi event.

I mean, that sort of goes without saying, but if there is a suggestion or an implication that supporting Gaza, supporting Palestine, as many Jewish people such as myself do, that therefore there is a potential of that leading to violence.

When the vast majority of violence that's been committed in the last two and a half years, not for a second denying the horrors on October 7, but the vast majority of violence has been committed by Israel.

against various targets in the Middle East, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.

So that's the kind of conversation that I fear is not happening.

And many in the media and politicians don't want to have that conversation.

It's much easier as we see in the US and the UK and elsewhere to simply say,

A lot of people hate Jews.

A lot of people hate Israel.

Therefore, everyone is now attacking Jews on the streets and synagogues and attacking them.

And of course, there have been attacks.

And I do fear, as a Jew, that attacks on Jews is increasing.

Anti-Semitism is a problem.

It's a growing problem.

But if you analyze that by simply saying that everything about