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Second Jewish group slams Bandt By Alexander Darling and Chip Le Grand The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has joined the Zionist Federation of Australia in linking the Greens’ leader’s demise in the seat of Melbourne to the party’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“Jewish law precludes us from celebrating the misfortunes, of others, but the fact that the people of Melbourne decided to purge Adam Bandt from the federal parliament is a good thing,” said Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the council.
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin. Credit: James Brickwood
“Bandt led a political party in this country to become institutionally antisemitic,” he said.
Bandt has frequently spoken against antisemitism. After Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, he said: “There is no place for antisemitism or Islamophobia in the push to end the occupation of Palestine and build a lasting peace.”
In June 2024, Bandt reiterated what had become his party’s three-point mantra. “The Greens condemn antisemitism. The Greens condemn Islamophobia. And the Greens condemn the invasion of Gaza.”
The council’s other co-chief, Peter Wertheim, said the electoral backlash against the Greens presented the party with a historic opportunity to change course from the far left to the political centre.
yesterday 6.32pm
Election not vote for status quo: Pocock By Alexander Darling ACT senator David Pocock was re-elected over the weekend, nearly doubling his primary vote.
But if Labor wins 28 Senate seats as expected, it will need only the Greens or the Coalition to pass legislation through the upper house.
Senator David Pocock. Credit: Dominic Lorrimer
On ABC News 24, Pocock said the election was no
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