NO VOICE FOR APAN

The decision to deny the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network the right to appear before the inquiry into antisemitism says a great deal about the direction and credibility of the process. If a commission is genuinely interested in truth, social cohesion, and understanding the causes of rising tensions in Australia, then excluding the country’s most prominent Palestinian advocacy organisations makes little sense. It creates the impression that some voices are welcome, while others are to be treated as inherently suspect or illegitimate.