Not My Story, Still My Responsibility
Antisemitism in Australia Through Non-Jewish Eyes
By Hugh Gent
AUD 29.99
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About the author
Hugh Gent writes about power, public life and the pressures that shape how Australians understand one another. His work is grounded in the belief that people are not born divided; they are often made afraid, then encouraged to turn that fea…
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- ISBN
- 978-1-7640524-1-2
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences
Description
Australia likes to think of itself as fair, tolerant and immune to the oldest hatreds. But after October 7, antisemitism became harder to ignore — and harder to discuss honestly.Not My Story, Still My Responsibility is written for Australians trying to make sense of a public debate that has too often failed everyone involved. Jewish Australians have been made to carry the weight of a foreign state. Palestinians have been treated as footnotes to someone else’s security. And ordinary Australians have been pushed into a false choice between opposing antisemitism and speaking honestly about Gaza.
This book argues that some of the blame lies elsewhere: with leaders who use fear instead of clarity, with institutions that confuse criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews, with media and lobby groups that flatten a complex history into slogans, and with extremists who exploit Jewish fear and Palestinian grief for their own ends.
Clear, direct and deeply Australian, this is a call to reject collective blame, speak precisely and build a civic culture strong enough to protect Jewish Australians without erasing Palestinian suffering.
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