What follows is the end of a journey by one citizen of Israel – a retired high-ranking IDF officer – who has had his view of the world vastly altered by events since October 7.

With the advent of world-wide organised protests against Netanyahu’s genocidal war in Palestine, the volume of opposition to any criticism of Israel has reached fever pitch. Those who engage in ‘the business of the Holocaust Cloak’ are lunging at the end of their chains like pitbulls at a cat parade.

These people are often NOT residents of Israel, NOT actually involved in the action, NOT at personal risk. They shout from their self-erected plinths because it is only in this cacophony that they feel estimable – it is their 15 minutes of fame, regurgitated ad infinitum.

We see doyens of righteousness, ranging from University administrators through Police forces and their masters, take up the cudgels against the demonstrators. It was forever thus: recall the action against the anti-Vietnam War protesters including the Kent State shootings. Our current government treads this path, though predictably the Opposition is ever more strident and obnoxious.

We have a plethora of ‘Jewish Representative’ groups in Australia, all claiming without mandate to actually be representative, beating the ‘antisemitic’ drum at the metaphorical drop of a yarmulke. Thankfully, we have also the emergence of groups of more culturally responsible Jews (a growing worldwide movement) who recognise that........

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