PAULINE Hanson has been slammed by Jeremy Jones for declaring a war on Australian “tolerance, community harmony and social cohesion”.
Jones, who is the director of international and community affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), said that Hanson’s bigotry should be exposed for the evil which it is.
“Racism and bigotry is always unacceptable, and it is additionally repugnant when espoused by an elected member of Parliament,” he said.
“When [I was] Executive Council of Australian Jewry president, I successfully complained about One Nation’s Queensland Branch’s breach of anti-racism law, but even if One Nation had never promoted anti-Semitism we would be just as concerned with its return to political life.”
Read the article in the Australian Jewish News.