Bashed in the street: Being Jewish and wearing a keffiyeh [Video]

A smattering of pro-Palestinian activists were mobbed by a large contingent of Zionists recently, illustrating how hard it’s become for communities to disagree with the unfolding genocide, writes Tom Tanuki.

ON MONDAY evening, a Zionist event was held at the Caulfield Hebrew Congregation to discuss ‘Israel’s challenges and opportunities in a new Middle East’. 

Speakers included former and current (The Israel Defence Forces) IDF personnel. A Jewish-led counter-protest was then planned to signal that ‘genocidal planning was not welcome on sacred Boonwurrung land’, as a promotional flyer stated. But that counter-protest was cancelled after a spate of Zionist death threats were taken seriously.

This happens to be the second time a planned anti-Zionist protest action in Caulfield has been cancelled with moments to spare, incidentally.

The earlier occasion was a planned solidarity action after Palestinian burger chain owner and activist Hash Tayeh’s Burgertory Caulfield outlet was burned down(an alleged attack we now know …