Australian Government Condemns Mahmoud Abbas’ Anti-Semitic Remarks

The Australian government has slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for recent antisemitic remarks about Jews and urged him to apologise.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the PLO executive committee and a Fatah Central Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 12, 2021. Source: AP / Majdi Mohammed/AP/AAPImages

More on this week's podcast: Federal Parliamentary Friends of Israel chair Deborah O’Neill, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and NSW Premier Chris Minns have joined a chorus of tributes to Jewish communal stalwart Jeremy Jones, who passed away last Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 64. Australian leaders send Rosh Hashanah messages to the Jewish community. shane Desiatnik reports.

Shana Tova from the Australian Jewish News!