Peter Dutton accuses police and Labor political leaders for the rise in antisemitism in Australia, while defending Israel and criticizing Foreign Minister Penny Wong's advocacy for Palestinian statehood.
Peter Dutton also accused Foreign Minister Penny Wong of being “reckless” in advocating for Palestinian statehood as essential to sustainable Middle East peace. Peter Dutton also accused Foreign Minister Penny Wong of being “reckless” in advocating for Palestinian statehood as essential to sustainable Middle East peace., has blamed police and Labor political leaders for what he calls an unprecedented and unchecked rise in antisemitism, declaring “something is rotten in the state of Australia ”.
“It would be concerning if – among our top-ranking police officers – there is a reluctance to enforce the law because to do so risks offending certain cultural sensitivities or stoking tension in particular communities,” said Dutton, a former Queensland police officer. Dutton likened those 9 October protests to the shooting murder of 35 people at Tasmania’s Port Arthur historic site in 1996, which heralded tougher gun laws in Australia.
“I believe there are two causes for this fallout: a failure of law enforcement to exercise power and a failure of political leadership from those in power.” “My message to this recalcitrant minority is simple,” he said. “You will not change us. If you do not subscribe to the Australian way of life, leave the country.”He said Australians who incited or engaged in violence should face “the full force of the law” and non-citizens who did the same “should have their visas cancelled and be deported”. He said this would be “the resolve of a future
Dutton said he believed Australians “have had a gutful of the politics of division and the preoccupation with difference”.
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