“HATE IN OUR STREETS” declared the bold headline today, reporting on the recent attacks on a Melbourne Synagogue and a Miznon restaurant — both on Friday night. The story implies that this is news. Letter-writers are calling this a turning point. We know better.

The hate was in our streets on October 9, 2023, after Hamas’s murderous rampage and before any response from the IDF. Protesters shouted antisemitic slurs outside the Sydney Opera House. In the following months, there was deep debate as to what they actually said. Don’t get so worked up, they said. The protestors didn’t shout “gas the Jews” — they only said “F**k the Jews” and possibly “Where’s the Jews?”

We know better. If it looks like a duck and it quacks, it’s a........

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