Political reactions are hollow in echo chambers of outrage

Political reactions are hollow in echo chambers of outrage

BREN CARLILL: Pro-Palestine activists believe that anyone who doesn’t wholly agree with them is complicit in genocide.

Politicians’ reactions ring hollow in echo chambers of outrage

The West Australian/The Nightly – 7 July 2025   The shock and sorrow that politicians express after violent anti-Semitic incidents tends to ring hollow in the ears of Australia’s Jewish community. Let me explain why. On Friday night in Melbourne, in two separate incidents, a synagogue was set alight and an Israeli-owned restaurant was invaded by vocal, violent protesters. The attackers were shouting and motivated by now-common chants, like “…