Western Sydney jumping castle firm says no to ‘Zionist school’s blood money’
A Sydney company that provides carnival amusements has refused to rent games to a Jewish school, telling them ‘I don’t want your blood money, free Palestine’, prompting outrage from Premier Chris Minns and Jewish groups.
A Sydney company that rents jumping castles has refused to rent games to a Jewish school, telling them “I don’t want your blood money, free Palestine”.
The company, Western Sydney Jump, reacted with hostility to a request on Tuesday from Masada College in Sydney for a quote for several outdoor games for a function this Friday. Someone claiming to be the owner of the company then posted the school’s email request and the owner’s reply on the company’s Instagram site, Western sydneyjump.
“There is no way I am taking a Zionist booking,” a woman from the company replied by email to the school’s principal. “I don’t want your blood money. Free Palestine.”
On the Instagram site the owner wrote: “I have owned my business for ten years. I have the right to decline any booking.”
The owner then posted a photo of two women allegedly linked to the college, one wearing a sweatshirt with Zioness on it. “They are Loud and Proud Zionists,” the owner wrote.
The post continued with a picture of a schoolteacher holding roses alongside a group of year 2 students with the words “Yesterday the same Zionist school celebrated ‘world kindness day’ LOL LOL LOL”.
On the following page were the words “Just to be clear, this is about Zionists. Not Jews. I have zero issue with the Jewish community.” The post continued: “You know what actually blows my mind … when Palestinians chant ‘From the River to the sea Palestine will be free!’ you find Zionists crying and saying ‘Look, they want us all dead’. But when Zionists actually say ‘flatten Gaza’, or ‘give them hell’, or ‘there should be no limit to the number of civilian casualties in Palestine’, they say nothing.
“Like one side is ACTUALLY asking for a genocide with words that describe genocide. And the other is asking for freedom and somehow they put those asking for freedom at fault.”
The school declined to comment but NSW Premier Chris Minns said: “This is outrageous. It’s not in keeping with any part of our multicultural community. I condemn it completely.”
Bradfield MP Paul Fletcher, whose electorate covers the St Ives school, told The Daily Telegraph he was “extremely disappointed by the way this business has responded”.
“Masada College is a remarkable school who contribute immensely to my local community,” Mr Fletcher said. “Racism has no place in our country and this behaviour should be condemned.”
David Ossip, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, said the reaction of the business was repugnant.
“I have spoken to the school following reports of this incident,” he said. “Posting photos of six and seven year-olds on social media and mocking them as Zionists is particularly sinister and disturbing. These are Australian kids, not participants in a foreign conflict.
“The business, through its correspondence and social media posts, has sought to dehumanise Jews and then boasted about its despicable behaviour. It is deeply repugnant and inconsistent with the values we hold dear as Australians,” Mr Ossip said.
Calls and emails to Western Sydney Jump were not returned.
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