Richard Marles also denounced 'unacceptable' Islamophobic comments aimed at Australia's Muslim community.
Jewish Australians have never felt less safe in Australia following protests driven by the conflict in the Middle East, the deputy prime minister says. Richard Marles condemned protests in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South , where pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups faced off on Friday. The clash sparked the evacuation of a nearby synagogue, which protest organisers have apologised for.
"That's unacceptable as well." Opposition defence spokesperson Andrew Hastie also condemned Friday's protest in Melbourne. "What we saw on Friday in Caulfield was antisemitic, thuggish behaviour," he told Sky News. "It was a power grab and it was an assertion of one group over another for primacy in the public space.
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