A CLAIM made in NSW Parliament last week by Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council, Shaoquett Moselmane, that no Jews in pre-State Israel were “ever harmed” by Palestinians, has outraged political and communal leaders.
And subsequent comments by the Lebanese-born MLC that labelled the late Shimon Peres as being partly responsible for “the uprooting of the Palestinian people” have been condemned by NSW MPs, including Opposition Leader Luke Foley, who called them “disappointing and innapropriate”.
The tirade was launched by Moselmane during a debate about a condolence motion for Peres, penned by Christian Democratic Party MLC Paul Green.
It came barely a week after Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale caused outrage in Canberra by delivering a speech about Peres that was condemned by communal leaders and described as “disgusting” and “shameful” by Federal MP Michael Danby.
Read the article by Shane Desiatnik in the Australian Jewish News.