The senator hosted the screening of a film rejecting the two-state solution, organised by controversial Australian Jewish Association president David Adler.
Labor MPs have accused Liberal politicians of encouraging extremism by appearing at a Parliament House event organised by a controversial right-wing pro-Israel group whose star speaker has dismissed a two-state solution as a fantasy.
On May 13, the Australian Jewish Association thanked NSW Liberal Senator Dave Sharma – who previously served as Australia’s ambassador to Israel – on social media for hosting a screening of a portion of the movieProminent Jewish groups have previously disavowed the AJA and its president David Adler, declaring the association is “utterly incompatible with Jewish values” and engages in “reckless social media ‘click-baiting’”.
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council chairman Mark Leibler blasted Adler as an “unrepresentative extremist” leading a “fringe organisation” during the Voice to parliament referendum, when the No campaigner questioned the skin colour of Indigenous journalist Stan Grant and Indigenous Senator Lydia Thorpe in social media posts.“reveals that the ‘Palestinian’ claim to any part of the land has no historical basis at all”.
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearny said: “Senior Liberals are holding themselves to a different standard than they hold everyone else. “As a former ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma can’t plead ignorance – he knows what these people represent.”“I meet with, and will continue to meet with, a number of community organisations and groups, including the Australian Jewish Association, to hear their views,” he said.
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