A coalition of #Australian Jewish organizations has urged Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to cancel the visa of Israeli journalist Zvi Yehezkeli under the Migration Act 1958
Yehezkeli, a settler in the occupied West Bank, is scheduled to speak at events in #Sydney and #Melbourne in March. The Jewish groups’ letter emphasizes his role in normalizing genocidal rhetoric amid Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. Tony Burke indicated the visa is under review, noting it’s unusual for someone to advertise a speaking tour before securing a visa.
[…] In December 2023, Yehezkeli stated that the Israel Defense Forces should have killed more than 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
[…] In a 2024 interview, he said that in order to destroy Hamas, Israel needed to take measures that would “bring Gaza to the point of a humanitarian disaster”.
[…] Last year, Yehezkeli advocated for the killing of journalists in Gaza, stating that “if Israel already decides to eliminate journalists then better late than never” and lamented the “damage” caused to Israel by journalists reporting on the atrocities in Gaza.
https://michaelwest.com.au/jewish-groups-call-on-tony-burke-to-cancel-israeli-journalist-visa/
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