{"id":2187,"date":"2026-04-30T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2187\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:33:50","slug":"premier-says-hes-powerless-to-stop-intifada-event-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2187\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier says he\u2019s powerless to stop intifada event in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of complaints about an upcoming Sydney event described as \u201cJew hatred\u201d have been made, but Premier Chris Minns has again refused to take any meaningful steps to prevent it from taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Minns on Thursday said the \u2018Why It\u2019s Right to Say: Globalise the Intifada\u2019 forum, scheduled to be held next Tuesday in a City of Sydney council-owned building, should not go ahead in light of the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/nsw\/bondi-terror-attack-royal-commission-initial-report-has-jewish-community-on-edge\/news-story\/c47965473bf93d12bdc46d2ae1089ca2\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"c47965473bf93d12bdc46d2ae1089ca2\" data-tgev-label=\"news\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interim royal commission report <\/a>highlighting an \u201cunprecedented increase\u201d in anti-Semitic incidents.<\/p>\n<p>But the Premier insists he has done all he can about the event, despite having still not picked up the phone to Lord Mayor Clover Moore to request that it be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked to do so by the Jewish community a week ago, but said on Thursday it was \u201cmore appropriate\u201d to voice his objections publicly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes anyone believe I have some mystical influence over the Lord Mayor?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Minns conceded the event was the \u201clast thing we need in our city right now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo keep the public safe is the number one obligation of any government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane said she and Mr Minns had been copied in on more than 900 emails complaining about the event.<\/p>\n<p>Former prime minister Tony Abbott urged Mr Minns and the council, led by Ms Moore, to \u201cshow some leadership\u201d and \u201cstep in and cancel the event\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not mess around here,\u201d Mr Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Globalising the intifada\u2019 is basically calling on people around the world to conduct violent campaigns against Jewish people \u2013 knifings, shootings, bombings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely appalling example of Jew hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abbott was among a number of <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/nsw\/sporting-legends-and-prominent-australians-demand-city-of-sydney-cancel-intifada-forum\/news-story\/eb9bedcc0df84113c07ecbf7a699e8ba\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"eb9bedcc0df84113c07ecbf7a699e8ba\" data-tgev-label=\"news\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">prominent Australians who voiced their opposition to the forum<\/a>, which is to be held at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre, in Thursday\u2019s Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>He was joined by former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, and Olympians Dawn Fraser and Nova Peris.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Frydenberg labelled calls to \u201cglobalise the intifada\u201d as \u201creckless, dangerous and unAustralian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Federal opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser described the event as \u201cthe City of Sydney allowing public property to be used for the purpose of people calling for the murder of their fellow citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Leeser said anti-Semitic incidents \u201ccontinue unabated\u201d, also referencing an article \u201cglorifying terrorist organisations\u201d in <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/education\/higher-education\/university-of-sydneys-honi-soit-faces-backlash-over-article-calling-for-support-for-global-intifada\/news-story\/5005c1126616d469e36553418ebf9f50\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"5005c1126616d469e36553418ebf9f50\" data-tgev-label=\"education\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a sickness in this country that has to be dealt with,\u201d he told Sky News on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sheina Gutnick, whose father Reuven Morrison was one of 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach massacre, said it was \u201cdeeply disappointing\u201d that days before public royal commission hearings, the Jewish community was still being \u201cforced to fight this hard to have a hate event removed\u201d from a council-owned venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Bondi, no public institution should be giving civic legitimacy to the language of intifada,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot go back to a pre-Bondi world, not for the Jewish community, and not for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Gutnick, who has also written a letter to Ms Moore and independent Wentworth MP Allegra Spender asking for their support to help stop the event, said she had not received a response.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Jewish non-profit advocacy group StandWithUs Australia announced it was intending to \u201cpeacefully\u201d protest outside the forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of complaints about an upcoming Sydney event described as \u201cJew hatred\u201d have been made, but Premier 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