Comments on: Amnesty Australia permitting ugly antisemitic comments on its Facebook page

By: Eleonora

Eleonora — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:58:16 +0000

In reply to Kay. I have corresponded with the media (7news)for years and sent them documents, links etc.Perhaps you should watch the credits at the end of the news and you'll find like I did who sponsors them. Have you been to Martins Place (7) gone to reception? Are the bouncers there Arabs?? It seems they (7))are also "Die Hard" Labor supporters"continually bringing PM Mr. Tony Abbott down while praising Labor. Of course we all know where Labors sympathies lie. My question goes again to the mob of "Journalists" who or if ever intend to do in this regards as they are supposed to be standing for Honest Reporting???

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:18:15 +0000

My impression is that in Australia, the liberal Left perceives Arab culture as far more cutesie than it actually is. Many need a reality check. A visit to the Lebanon or Syria, would be a good start. When my French uncle used to stay in his uncle’s house in Beirut before the 70s,the Lebanon was a rather wonderful place to visit, as a break from Paris and Normandy. Now its like a person who has been run over by a trash dumpster and seemingly has no way back. If you want to go into a reactive depression, then watch a doco on these two countries.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:12:05 +0000

In reply to Naomi. Yes, dead right, Naomi. My situation is the same as yours. Well said!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:09:57 +0000

In reply to Marilyn. Yes, well said Marilyn!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:09:03 +0000

What an eye-opener! But for your article we would not have known about this. How amazing that AI have degenerated to such sluttie standards. It is downright alarming – but have they heard the alarm? [Lizzie in Central Vic]

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:50:28 +0000

What is Amnesty doing about the murder going on in Syria? Do they always turn a blind eye to these atrocities but focus on Israel trying to survive the attacks of all those HUGE neighbours, but oh I am so sorry world I forgot Israel is always the aggressor.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:57:35 +0000

A former head of Amnesty of Australia is Mara Mousstafine, a distinguished Australian of Jewish and Muslim background.

Why don’t you ask her what she thinks of your antisemitism, and of your bias, and of your failure to take facts into account?

Has any Islamic leader anywhere EVER unequivocally asserted that Jews have a right to their state? Netanyahu repeatedly says that Palestinians should have a state of their own. Yet the same is never said by any Palestinian leader. NEWS FLASH: the Islamic nations surrounding Israel WANT ISRAEL DESTROYED. Now there’s a human rights issue!

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:52:32 +0000

I will never give one more cent to this poorly directed hate allowing organisation. Ideas such as those printed by anti- Semitic ignorant people should not be permitted anywhere. The poor survivors of the holocaust, not one word of sympathy from anyone for them anymore.

By: Yael

Yael — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:20:14 +0000

A quick trawl through Amnesty’s site shows that it is full of vile comments ‘inciting hatred and/or violence’ despite this lukewarm Amnesty comment 3 hours ago that amounts to a very soft tap on the wrist:

“We encourage lively debate folks, but please do keep it respectful. Personal attacks or comments inciting hate and/or violence will be removed, and repeat offenders may be blocked.”

Shame, Amnesty.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:08:00 +0000

To all who may be financial supporters of Amnesty International: this is the time to cease your support and to let them know why you are doing so. I cancelled my automatic payments to them a year ago when I became aware of their anti-Israel bias (granted, probably several years too late). I had been an Amnesty supporter since the letter-writing campaigns in my student days in the 1970s, and I believed them to be a powerful force for easing the plight of political prisoners and for shining a light on human rights violations in repressive regimes. Dr. Wertheim is correct, however, in saying that “those days are long gone”. Pulling support for Amnesty and perhaps sending support instead to an Israel-friendly cause seem like appropriate gestures under the circumstances.