Grace Tame has faced calls to be stripped of her Australian of the Year award after she chanted “From Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada” at an anti-Israel protest.
While Ms Tame was leading the chant which calls for the elimination of the state of Israel, members of the Jewish community were locked inside an address from Israeli President Isaac Herzog as a result of the violent protests.
Ms Tame, who was named Australian of the Year in 2021, addressed a crowd of thousands which had gathered at Sydney’s Town Hall on Monday in protest of Mr Herzog’s arrival.
“From Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada,” she yelled, followed by applause from the crowd.
Ms Tame reshared videos of herself making the chant on Instagram.
The antisemitic chant calls for an uprising against Israel, and was directed while members of the Jewish Australian community were mourning the Bondi terror attack.
In response, Ms Tame has received widespread condemnation for her behaviour and some have argued she should have her Australian of the Year award rescinded.
Australian Jewish Association President Robert Gregory told Sky News that calls of “globalise the intifada” were “understood as a direct threat” to Jewish safety.
“The role of Australian of the Year is to unite the nation, not to make minority communities fear for their lives,” he said on Tuesday.
“Whatever else Grace Tame may have achieved, she has failed to uphold the responsibility that comes with that title.
“Stripping her of the Australian of the Year honour would be an important symbolic step. Failure to act sends a message that hateful and violent rhetoric is tolerated in Australia.”
This must be defined as hate speech!
NSW Premier Chris Minns said that “globalise the intifada” represented a “violent terrorist uprising” just six weeks after the Bondi Beach terror attack took 15 lives.
“Six weeks ago we lost 15 members of the Jewish community to a hate crime, a violent terrorist uprising, that’s what the consequences of globalise the intifada mean,” Mr Minns said.
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This warrants immediate medical examination for concussion Fractured ribs and possible ruptured kidneys These officers must be charged Where is their body cam footagecrecording their warnings of arrest? This is not protecting the public
Your ridiculous protesting is a waste of time.
If was up to me, there would be water cannons.
With soap of course.
You are not going to change a single thing.
Gazans will continue to live in Gaza and hate the west.
Hamas will continue to plot and murder.
Israel will continue to rightly defend itself with force.
America under Trump/Vance will continue to support Israel.
The vast majority of people are against you.
Now the police are finally puting you down on your arses.
You are losing the narrative.