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Australia: Woman Charged Over Alleged Menacing Call to Nutritionist

Is Australia finally pursuing cases of Jew hatred, or has its crackdown become so broad that everything is now antisemitic?

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Australia: Woman Charged Over Alleged Menacing Call to Nutritionist

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Above: Daniel Melamed joins a vigil one week after the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 21, 2025. Image credit: Audrey Richardson/Getty Images

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Pro-government narrative

Whatever the outcome of this case, prosecutors must pursue alleged antisemitic threats forcefully amid the surge in Jew hatred since Oct. 7, 2023. Australian elites have tolerated pro-Palestinian protests that harass Jews while falsely equating Islamophobia with the real dangers Jewish communities face. The refusal to curb intimidation, arson and hate rallies has made violence feel foreseeable, with accountability repeatedly deferred.

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Government-critical narrative

Prosecuting a mentally disabled woman for accidentally pocket-dialing a Jewish nutritionist and leaving a blank voicemail demonstrates how Australia's antisemitism crackdown has spiraled into dangerous overreach. Authorities already possess tyrannical power to arrest people for quite literally doing nothing, yet lawmakers demand even harsher speech restrictions. Trusting a system this abusive with expanded authority to police political expression is reckless.

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