The Office of the Pro-Israel Australian Legislator Vandalized – The Front

(JTA) – Vandals disfigured the siege of a Jewish-Australian legislator with anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian slogans.

Michael's Glazed Doors Danby's Melbourne headquarters on Saturday night was covered with stickers accusing the pro-Israel MP of being "silent on apartheid" and "dissenting." mbad murder of unarmed men, women [and] children ". The group Justice for Palestine Brisbane a photo of the stickers with the comment "now the office of the federal Labor MP Michael Danby is plastered!"

It is not known if the group was responsible for the damage.

"We deplore in the strongest terms this disgusting vandalism and" anti-Semitic propaganda, which is a direct attack on Mr. Danby and against democracy, and which has absolutely no place in our country ", said Dvir Abramovich of the Australian Anti-Defamation Commission, by the Times of Israel. "The individuals who committed this cowardly act of hatred have crossed the line. We call on leaders of all political levels to express their indignation at this vicious and obscene badault on an elected representative, and to say that such despicable conduct is unacceptable under any circumstances.

Danby was criticized in October for using taxpayers' money to pay for advertisements criticizing the alleged anti-Israel bias of the Australian Broadcasting Corp., a public corporation. # 39; use of taxpayers' money to sensitize them to the bias of the ABC funded by the government.

Bill Shorten, took stock when the two met "that the commercials were not the most subtle way to communicate the message. "

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