SBS Yiddish report with Alex Dafner: A 98-year-old Melbournian, Holocaust survivor, Annetta Able, received 1000’s support messages following her internet condemnation of Whoopi Goldberg’s statement that the Holocaust was not about racism

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SBS Yiddish report with Alex Dafner: A 98-year-old Melbournian, Holocaust survivor, Annetta Able, received 1000’s support messages following her internet condemnation of Whoopi Goldberg’s statement that the Holocaust was not about racism


The Australian Government, PM Scott Morrison and opposition Labor Party, joined the governments of the U.S.A, U.K. and Germany, in rejecting the Amnesty International’s accusation of Israel practicing Apartheid policies.

 

A Rabbi in Melbourne received virulent, abusive and antisemitic messages on his phone, similar to those received earlier by Jewish community leaders, following the Amnesty International accusation of Israel practicing Apartheid policies.

 

Jewish students’ representatives at the University of Sydney’s Student Representative Council meeting, were subjected to abusive shouting and attempts to silence them, during a debate over the council’s support of the boycott against the Sydney Festival, for its acceptance of funds from the Israel Embassy recently.

 

A 98 y.o Melbournian, Holocaust survivor, Annetta Able, received 1000’s support messages of support from around the world following her internet message and condemnation of Whoopi Goldberg’s regrettable statement that the Holocaust was not about racism as such.


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