The real estate, property development, defence and finance industries are all represented at next month’s antisemitism summit on the Gold Coast.

Some of the key individuals in the sponsor companies also have links to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and major charities contributing to Israel including the Jewish National Fund (JNF). It is unclear how much each sponsor is contributing or from where the sponsors are sourcing their funds.

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The “guardian” sponsor of the Combat Antisemitism Conference (CAM) is one of Australia’s largest privately owned companies, Southern Steel. The owner is Peter Smaller, who is worth $1.2 billion and is a board member and past president of JNF Australia. JNF Australia is registered with three separate Australian charities, totalling $16.6 million in revenue, much of which goes to Israel.

Southern Steel supplies Australia’s defence industries and is a partner with Bisalloy,........

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