Peter Goers

ABC host slammed over anti-Israel rant

COMMUNAL leaders have condemned a diatribe by Adelaide media personality Peter Goers, demeaning Israel as “guns and Moses … one long persecution of Palestinians”.

In an attack in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail, the ABC Radio Adelaide 891 host claimed Israel “perfected apartheid”.

“Other people go on a holiday to sit on a beach. I go to Jerusalem where three people were shot by trigger-happy Israeli soldiers in the street while I was there, including one unarmed child who raised his arms and said ‘Allahu Akbar’ – God is great. Israel’s God is greater. His people are armed.”

Goers claimed Israel neglects Australian war graves, while promoting ties between World War I Anzacs and the Jewish State.

Read the full article at The Australian Jewish News.