Former Coalition Prime Minister and faithful Pentecostal Scott Morrison was in good company as one of various politicians of the right (and far right) hue invited by Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli.

The occasion was the second international conference on combating antisemitism, January 26–27, at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, ambitiously titled “Generation Truth”.

The attack by two Islamic-State-inspired gunmen last December 14 on people attending a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach had supplied Morrison with a hot script.

Anthony Albanese’s government had been under pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allegedly going soft on Palestinians and Morrison was in hearty agreement. He claimed that Labor had “walked away from the Jewish state while antisemitism has taken root in Australia”, feeding the hate through Labor’s unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood.

In keeping with various right-wing Christian groups, Morrison believes Israeli interests need to be protected and treasured against other, undesirable members of the book. Christians and Jews can make a common alliance against their enemies, even if evangelical Christianity has a well-stocked reserve of antisemitic attitudes.

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