GLEN Eira Mayor Mary Delahunty has denied claims of the council being “anti-Semitic”, following the decision to knock back a One Nation event hosted by a conservative Jewish group.
The claims were sparked from an unusual invitation by IDF Training gym owner and community leader Avi Yemini to One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts, to speak to members of the Jewish community in Caulfield next month.
The pair was invited to speak about Islamic immigration and other controversial topics such as changes to Freedom of Speech laws.
But the council refused to allow the meeting to take place in the Caulfield town hall or any other Glen Eira Council building.
And Mr Yemini says he has now been forced to host the meeting at his gym on December 4.
Read the story by Suzan Delibasic from the Caulfield Glen Eira Leader.