Pro-Palestine speaker’s visa under review after Oct 7 ‘celebration’ remark
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is reviewing the visa of a US guest speaker who told a pro-Palestine vigil in Western Sydney that October 7 was a cause for “celebration”.
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The first anniversary of Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israeli civilians has been declared a “celebration” by a speaker at a pro-Palestinian rally in Western Sydney, with horrified government officials and Jewish leaders condemning the gathering attended by hundreds as “appalling”.
Yesterday, a rally at Lakemba Mosque featured attendees waving the organisation’s flag, as leaders, including campaign group The Muslim Vote’s founder Sheikh Wesam Charkawi and American guest speaker Khaled Beydoun, addressed the crowd.
Mr Beydoun said October 7 was in some ways a day of “celebration” and “growth” for Palestinian people.
“Today is not a day that is full of mourning, today is a day that marks celebration,” he said, adding that the response of Israel since the Hamas attacks was now undoubtedly a “genocide”.
“Anyone who opposes that’s what it is, is a complete idiot. They’re flat-headed. They’re vapid,” he said.
Mr Charkawi claimed the Albanese government was trying to silence Muslims and said the Prime Minister’s use of the words “social cohesion” was an attempt to stop Muslims voicing their concerns.
The comments by Mr Beydoun were met with condemnation, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last night declaring he would review the academic’s visa. He said as soon as he heard about the comments on Monday he asked his department to conduct a visa check.
“At 8.30pm they confirmed this man is traveling on a visa,” he said. “I immediately asked them to prepare a brief so I can consider his visa status.”
Coalition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said the comments were “truly sickening’’.
“These remarks attribute reward and happiness as coming from terrorism and horror, and in doing so risk inspiring further acts of horror,” he said.
“The Albanese government should move quickly to review his visa.
“Such remarks bring shame to not only the speaker but upon all who applauded or celebrated with him.”
Coalition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said the comments exposed the true intention behind pro-Palestine protests held on the anniversary of the Hamas terror attack.
“Khaled Beydoun said the quiet part out loud,” Mr Paterson said.
“The only reason to hold a protest on October 7 is to celebrate the slaughter of Jews.
“Others may pretend otherwise but this shows exactly what we all knew animated these appalling events.”
Protesters chanted anti-Israel slogans before final speaker Sheikh Mahmoud Al Azhari described PM Anthony Albanese as a “cancer” and led attendees in a final prayer.
More than 1000 activists also flocked to the steps of Sydney’s Town Hall for a gathering at 6pm, with organisers Palestine Action Group decorating the hall’s front with Lebanese and Palestinian flags as keffiyeh-clad attendees sat on the ground.
Both sites were met with a heavy police presence, with Hezbollah flags displayed at previous rallies nowhere to be seen after warnings from officials. They were instead replaced by yellow flags – the main colour used by the terror group. While both gatherings appeared largely peaceful, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin said each of the protests across the weekend were “horribly inappropriate” and “intended to provoke and inflame”.
“If they (protesters) were concerned about civilian loss of life they would have been concerned on October 7 – they showed no concern, quite the contrary,” he said. “ If they want to commemorate what’s happening in Gaza and the loss of civilian life they can do it on any other day.”
Meanwhile, more than 10,000 Jewish community members and several political leaders attended an eastern suburbs vigil last night.
Premier Chris Minns, Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman were in attendance.
Mr Minns reiterated that the October 7 terror attacks were a “great crime”.
“The poison of anti-Semitism is being expressed with a confidence that we haven’t seen for a long time,” he said.
Mr Albanese attended an event in Melbourne last night, having earlier condemned the October 7 attacks.
Here’s what happened in Monday’s live coverage:
9.24PM: HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER REVIEWING SPEAKER’S VISA
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is reviewing the visa of a US guest speaker who told a pro-Palestine vigil in Western Sydney that October 7 was a cause for “celebration”.
Mr Burke said as soon as he heard about the comments on Monday evening he asked his department to conduct a visa check.
“At 8.30pm they confirmed this man is traveling on a visa,” he said.
“I immediately asked them to prepare a brief so I can consider his visa status.” — Clare Armstrong
8.46PM: OCTOBER 7 A DAY TO ‘REMEMBER, REFLECT AND RECOMMIT’
Mark Speakman said October 7 will never be seen in the same way again.
“Hundreds of innocent lives were lost through murder, (it’s a day) to remember the 250 hostages that were taken and the many, many more lives that were shattered and upturned. “It’s a day to reflect,” he said.
He said every October 7 would be a day to “remember, to reflect and to recommit….
“It’s a day to reflect on the abhorrent nature of that violence, and to wonder how people could have it in their hearts to be so cruel and so evil,” he said.
“It’s a day to reflect on the agony of the families and friends of those who have suffered. It’s a day to reflect on the centuries of ordeals and hostilities that the Jewish people have faced throughout the world,” he said.
But it’s not a day for despair, he said.
“It’s not a day to throw up our hands. “It’s a day to recommit to our values and to recommit to stand up to those values. It’s a day to stand with Israel that has to defend itself against an existential threat to its existence.
“It’s a day to stand with the fight for good over evil and freedom over tyranny. It’s a day to recommit to our multicultural values in New South Wales and Australia that we’ve long prided ourselves on,” he said.
8.30PM: JAMES PETERSON RESPONDS TO LAKEMBER SPEAKER’S COMMENTS
Coalition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said Mr Beydoun’s comments exposed the true intention behind pro-Palestine protests held on the anniversary of the Hamas terror attack.
“Khaled Beydoun said the quiet part out loud,” he said.
“The only reason to hold a protest on 7 October is to celebrate the slaughter of Jews.
“Others may pretend otherwise but this shows exactly what we all knew animated these appalling events.”
Coalition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said to describe the deliberate massacre of innocent 1200 people as a cause for celebration was “truly sickening”.
“These remarks attribute reward and happiness as coming from terrorism and horror, and in doing so risk inspiring further acts of horror,” he said.
“The Albanese government should move quickly to review his visa.
“Such remarks bring shame to not only the speaker but upon all who applauded or celebrated with him.” — Clare Armstrong
8.27PM: STEVEN LOWY RECALLS OCTOBER 7
Steven Lowy, prominent Jewish Australian businessman, and son of Frank lowy, the founder of Westfield, said he still felt stunned that 1,200 lives were claimed in the October 7 atrocity.
“One can’t imagine that just over a year ago, those 1200 souls perished,” he said.
“What can we do here in Sydney, Australia, what can the Jewish community here?
“Do we have a most amazing community? I have had the privilege in my role of seeing so many communities around the world, and we are a very special community. And I’m told there are 12,000 of us here tonight,”‘he said.
“You, we, are strong. We are united.
“Everybody needs to stand up and work for the State of Israel, and everybody needs to stand up and work for our community..” — Danielle Gusmaroli
8.24PM: TOWN HALL VIGIL FINISHES
The pro-Palestine vigil has concluded in Sydney CBD, with no major altercations between police and attendees.
Organiser Jana Fayyad finished by saying she was “proud” of the “freedom fighters” of Gaza.
“Don’t stop talking about Palestine,” she said.
“Don’t stop talking about Lebanon.
“I am proud of our people, proud of our freedom fighters, proud of their strength and resilience.”
“The strength they have after everything they have endured over the past 12 months,” she said. — Madeleine Bower
8.14PM: THE ‘EPICENTRE OF HAMAS EVIL’
Candles were switched on throughout Peter Dutton’s speech.
“Israel was at the epicenter of Hamas evil on October 7 last year. The shock waves of that terrorist attack resonated around the world,” he said.
“That day of depravity, the greatest loss of Jewish life on a single day since the Holocaust awoke and exposed an anti semitic wave afflicting Western democracies.
“On this the first anniversary of October 7, and given all we’ve seen since then, several things are important.
“Memory is important. Even today, there are people seeking to distort, to deny and defend the barbarism that took place on October 7…
“What else is important? Moral clarity is important because, frankly, there hasn’t been enough of it. Instead, we’ve seen a moral fog.
“Just days after October 7, we saw protesters chanting slogans calling for the extermination of Israel, and they haven’t stopped since as soon as Israel took the fight to Hamas, we began to hear unreasonable calls for immediate restraint, calls for Israel to not look back in anger, calls for Israel to deescalate and pause its military response,”‘he said.
“Now, such calls have persisted, despite hostages remaining in chains and being executed.
Such calls have endured, despite Hamas remaining operative and Hezbollah raining down rockets on Israel. Those making such calls hold Israel to a standard they would never expect or accept of themselves, and following the shocking events on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, there’s been a vacuum of leadership. In that vacuum, intolerable incidents have been tolerated,” he said.
— Danielle Gusmaroli
7.45PM: ZIONIST COUNCIL CALLS FOR HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED
Orli Zahava, President of the Zionist council of NSW, called for the release of the 101 hostages on a giant stage beneath a giant lit up Star of David.
“We just get stronger from everything, and this is exactly what we all did and needed to do from October 8 onwards,” she said.
“And this is what we will do tonight, we stand together as one.”
Chris Minns looked on awkwardly as the crowds cheered Peter Dutton as politicians names were read out.
A minute’s silence was observed.
Israeli survivor Michal Ohana said how at 6.30 in the morning her life is changed forever at the Nova festival.
“I was hiding under a tank, an IDF tank, for seven hours. At eight in the morning, the terrorists, they saw me, and they shot me,”‘she said.
“There I was bleeding for seven hours, calling to my mum, and I said, ‘Mum, I love you, but I think I’m gonna die because they shot me and I’m bleeding and nobody is coming.’
“On this day, I lost ten of my friends, and two of my friends were kidnapped to Gaza, and they still there until today,” she went on.
“But after a month, I’m understanding that I’m still alive and I need to do something for the hostages, something for the survivors and something for all the people who were murdered in this festival.
“I came here to keep telling my story and make sure people understand what happened to us In this day and what is still happening in Israel,” she said. — Danielle Gusmaroli
7.35PM: BUTLER, DUTTON CONDEMN ANTI-SEMITISM
Anti-Semitism is growing and spreading in Australia in a way “never seen before” infecting schools, workplaces and the everyday lives of Jewish people, Labor and the Coalition warned as they marked one year since the Hamas terror attack against Israel.
While Anthony Albanese attended a vigil in Melbourne on Monday evening, Health Minister Mark Butler represented the Prime Minister at the Sydney October 7 memorial where he called out the “unholy collection of disparate groups coming together” in Australia “spewing hate and openly chanting phrases that urge the destruction of the only Jewish state on the planet”.
“That environment that allowed Jewish Australians to lead full, contributing lives - largely unmolested by the anti-Semitism so rife in other parts of the world- is under real threat,” he said
Mr Butler said the wider conflict sparked by the Hamas attack was causing “deep pain” across the community, but that was no excuse for “history’s oldest prejudice,” anti-Semitism, to be “growing and spreading (in Australia) in a way we’ve never seen before”.
He condemned the “celebration” of terror groups, the “intimidation of Jewish students on campus” and “so much more exclusion right throughout civic, commercial and academic life”.
Mr Butler said it was not right that Jewish parents watch their children walk into schools surrounded by security fences, or that aged care facilities subjected to threats and vandalism since October 7 have hired security guards on police advice.
“Older Jewish Australians - including Holocaust survivors - spending their final months on this earth under guard,” he said.
Mr Butler also clearly stated Labor’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself and “respond” to threats.
“As President Biden has said, a military response should be proportionate,” he said.
“But no self-respecting nation would fail to defend itself if attacked the way Israel has been.”
Speaking at the same vigil, Opposition leader Peter Dutton said his message was to the millions of Australians who “know the difference between right and wrong”.
He said the “parallels” between the holocaust, which killed six million Jews, and the October 7 attack some 80-years later was “eerie”.
“This is why Australians should be inspired by the bravery of generations past to stand up for our values,” he said.
“To argue for right over wrong, to stand up for democracy over tyranny, to defeat the evil we see in terrorist groups - in this case the evil perpetrated against human beings just because they are Jewish.”
Mr Dutton said the anti-Semitism on display in Australia in recent days was why he described this as “the most shocking period for our country in my lifetime”.
“We would not tolerate such racism and discrimination toward any other section of society,” he said.
“I say to my fellow Australians now is the time to take an interest in this issue and now is a time to stand against anti-Semitism.” — Clare Armstrong
7.31PM: PALESTINIAN CHILDREN SPEAK
Two Palestinian children also gave speeches.
“A man is either with the oppressed or with the oppressors,” 14-year-old Marcel said.
“The people of Gaza, the people of Palestine and the people of Lebanon are the undefeated peoples of the world.
“Long live the resistance,” he said in Arabic. — Madeleine Bower
7.19PM: TOWN HALL VIGIL CROWD SWELLS TO 1000
The crowd has swelled to around 1000 people at Sydney CBD.
Independent Cumberland councillor Ahmed Ouf was among the first speakers at the Sydney vigil, leading a prayer in Arabic and condemning “western countries” which “are still supporting the occupying force”.
“Tens of years of killing. Tens of years of oppression, occupation. Minimum three to four generations of Palestinians have suffered,” he said.
“Now we have the 40,000 who were killed, slaughtered, and still people can’t even stand against the occupying force, and some of the western countries are still supporting the occupying force.”
He continued: “God will reward the good ones and he may punish the bad ones.” — Madeleine Bower
7.10PM: 10,000 ATTEND SUNSET VIGIL
While ceremonies and protests were held across Australia, more than 10,000 members of the Jewish community marked the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack with a s sunset vigil at a park in Sydney’s east, many draped in the Star of David.
In a solemn gathering, Sydney’s Jewish community reflected on the 1,200 murdered in the massacre, while Israel bombed targets in Beirut and Gaza, and while Hezbollah rockets fell on Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city.
As the sun fell turning the sky a shade of orange, the mourners, - some of whom had lost parents, some relatives, some friends but all of whom knew someone who had died – prayed in silence as hundreds of security officers watched on amid heightened fears of a security risk.
A year on from October 7 and tears were still the same.
“My mum was born in Haifa in Israel and I’m here in her honour and to support the Jewish community - never since the Holocaust have we experienced so much antisemitism - but in Sydney, where we’re so welcoming and such a multi cultural city?” said Micheal Cohen, 58, from Rose Bay.
“My mum is still in Tel Aviv, I have to show up,” said his partner Soly Aharonson, 40, who used to be with the IDF.
Crowds erupted in applause when former prime minister Scott Morrison, opposition leader Peter Dutton and NSW premier Chris Minns turned up taking their seats in the front row.
The crowds were significant and dense.
“I have family over there, I’m a British Jew living in Australia - Jewish people are global family around the world,” said Amy Marshall from Bellevue Hill.
“This makes us tighter where there is dark, there is light.” — Danielle Gusmaroli
7.08PM: ACTIVIST SPEAKS OF FEAR FOR FAMILY IN LEBANON
Hussein Abdullah, an 18-year-old activist from South Lebanon, recounted his fear for his parents and family in Beirut who have been displaced.
“I’m angry, I’m outraged, 365 days of genocide, 365 days since the world abandoned us,” he said.
“Israel has once again infringed on Lebanon’s sovereignty.
“They claim we are all resistance fighters - we are not resistance fighters but it lives within our hearts.” — Madeleine Bower
6.59PM: VIGIL ORGANISERS THANKS JEWISH COMMUNITY
Organisers thanked the members of the Jewish community who were in attendance.
“You have been a silver lining at a time that has been some of the worst days of our lives,” organisers said.
Jerusalem-born Christian Costandas led a prayer in English.
“We pray for the release of hostages on both sides,” he said.
“May extremist voices be silenced by the powers of peace and love.
“We pray for provision of humanitarian aid for those who need it most”
Three prayers have been said in both Arabic and English, with the call to prayer also sung. — Madeleine Bower
6.55PM LAKEMBA MOSQUE SPEAKER CLAIMS A DAY OF ‘CELEBRATION’
American guest speaker Khaled Beydoun had told the crowd that October 7 is in some ways a day of “celebration” and “growth” for Palestinian people. “Today is not a day that is full of mourning, today is a day that marks celebration,” Beydoun said.
The law professor said the response of Israel to the October 7 attack by Hamas was now undoubtedly a “genocide”.
“Anyone who opposes that’s what it is (genocide), in fact, is taking place is a genocide. Is a complete idiot. They’re flat headed. They’re vapid, whatever adjective you want to use,” Beydoun said.
“Genocide is the objective to wipe out a people in whole or in part. So if 200,000 have been slain and 250,000 have been displaced… do the math.”
The protest outside Lakemba Mosque has come to an end, with the hundreds gathered chanting anti-Israel slogans and slamming Anthony Albanese’s statement against the October 7 protests.
Sheikh Mahmoud Al Azhari was the final of the eight speakers to talk to the crowd and described Prime Minister Alabanese as a “cancer”.
As Sheikh Mahmoud slammed Albanese’s statement as “disgraceful and shameful”, a chant rang out:
“Albanese you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide”.
He then spoke to those watching on a livestream from Gaza in Arabic, before asking the crowd to join him in prayer to finish. — Josh Hanrahan
6.25: ATTENDEES TOLD NOT TO CROSS POLICE LINE
As the vigil at Town Hall got underway, protest organisers warned the crowd that riot police were present to “provoke” the audience and warned attendees not to cross the police line or respond to “police provocation” or “hecklers”. — Madeleine Bower
6.25PM: SHEIKH CONDEMNS PM
Sheikh Wesam Charkawi, the founder of new political party, The Muslim Vote, has unloaded on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, claiming he is trying to silence Muslims.
Addressing a large crowd at the Lakemba Mosque, Sheikh Charkawi said Mr Albanese’s use of the words “social cohesion,” is an attempt to stop Muslims from voicing their concerns.
“We recently heard about this thing called ‘social cohesion’, and we’ve heard about social cohesion from the Australian Prime Minister,” Sheikh Charkawi said.
“Social cohesion to Muslims is a dirty word.”
He also took aim at local federal Labor MP Tony Burke, calling on him to condemn Israel following his comments on protesters carrying Hezbollah flags at recent rallies.
“So we know that he can condemn something, but he doesn’t talk about the IDF soldiers who have participated in a genocide and war crimes,” Sheikh Wesam said. — Tyson Jackson
6.15PM: POLICE WARN VIGIL CROWD
There are currently no Hezbollah flags or any yellow flags, which is the colour of Hezbollah.
The Police have again put up a giant LED sign warning attendees that anyone displaying a Hezbollah flag or a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “may be committing a criminal offence”.
Organisers have recommended attendees sit on the ground in front of the Town Hall for the two hour vigil. — Madeleine Bower
6.05PM: ‘WE ARE VICTIMS’, MOSQUE CROWD TOLD
Ahmed Bassal has told the crowd “Muslims are no longer the bad guys, and anyone with eyes can see that”.
“They even came up with a specific word to describe us, the T word… terrorist,” Bassal said.
“Anyone else can commit any crime, any crime, up to the genocide of another people and this world will never be used for them.
“We are the victims of that violence for 75 years and now the world can see it.” — Tyson Jackson
6PM: 200 PRO-PALESTINIANS AT TOWN HALL
Around 200 protesters have congregated in front of Sydney’s Town Hall as a pro-Palestinian candlelight vigil gets underway.
A guard line of police stand with their backs to the light rail, preventing protesters from spilling onto the tracks.
The Daily Telegraph overheard officers speak of their concern of being pushed in the path of the light rail should the crowd grow too large.
More than 100 officers surround the Town Hall precinct.
Vigil organisers Palestine Action Group have decorated the hall with Lebanese and Palestinian flags. A banner with the words “from the deep roots of the olive in Palestine to the towering cedar in Lebanon we rise branched intertwined whispering tales of resilience, endurance and the unbreakable bond of our lands” is spread across the front of the hall.
Attendees do not have the same police protections they have in previous protests and will not be allowed to march.
They are not permitted to block traffic in any way, with police saying they “will no hesitate” to arrest anyone caught doing the wrong thing. — Madeleine Bower
5.30PM: HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AT MOSQUE
Hundreds of protesters have begun gathering outside Lakemba Mosque, with a heavy NSW Police presence at both ends of Wangee Rd.
Those gathered have been reminded by organisers not to wave banned items such as the Hezbollah flag and portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, with organisers saying they had worked “closely with police” in the lead up to the approved gathering.
A NSW Police helicopter has been flying overhead as riot squad and general duties officers, along with community liaison officers. — Josh Hanrahan
5.10PM: HOWARD CONDEMNS ALBANESE ‘FAILURE’
Former Australian prime minister John Howard says the first anniversary of the October 7 terror attack is a time to “condemn” Anthony Albanese on his “failure” to show leadership on the issue.
In a statement released one year after the Hamas attack that killed 1200 Israelis, Mr Howard said October 7 was the greatest atrocity inflicted on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
“Notwithstanding the continued failure of the Albanese Government, by its words and its deeds, to reflect this, Australia’s Jewish community should know that it remains a treasured part of our nation,” he said.
“The anniversary of this terrible event is a time to condemn the failure of the Prime Minister to show leadership on this issue.
“More importantly it is a time to strengthen our opposition to anti-Semitism and further extend the hand of Australian mateship to Jewish Australians among us.” — Clare Armstrong
2PM: POLICE BRACED
Thousands of police have worked across the long weekend to monitor the protests.
“The NSW Police Force recognises and supports the rights of individuals and groups to exercise their rights of free speech and peaceful assembly; however, the first priority … is the safety of the participants and the wider community,” a police spokesman said.
At Lakemba, a group called Stand For Palestine will hold a rally from 5.30pm.
“The Muslim community stands together, united against 12 months of carnage,” the group said on its social media page.
It comes as Australia’s leaders pay their respects to the victims of the October 7 terror attack at memorials around the country, condemning the Hamas attack and warning there is “no place” for anti-Semitism, prejudice and hatred in the community.
Anthony Albanese will attend an anniversary “illuminate October” event in Melbourne and Peter Dutton will be present at the memorial in Sydney, while senior Labor and Coalition figures will appear at various events, including a vigil at the Israeli Embassy in Canberra. — Clementine Cuneo
11.30AM: ‘GROSSLY INSENSITIVE’
Many, including NSW Premier Chris Minns, have labelled the protests and vigils were ‘grossly insensitive”.
“To hold a protest or a rally on the day when people were massacred on the other side of the world is grossly insensitive, in my opinion,” he said.
State, territory and federal police have warned protesters “there will be no tolerance for illegal behaviour or violence” as pro-Palestinian vigil organisers vow to go ahead with their planned events.
Protesters have again been warned against displaying prohibited symbols after previous rallies in Sydney and Melbourne saw Australians waving Hezbollah flags despite the Lebanese militant group being a designated terrorist organisation.
Jewish leaders have condemned pro-Palestinian protesters waving yellow flags symbolic of Hezbollah at Sunday’s rally.
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin said protest across the weekend were “horribly inappropriate” and “intended to provoke and inflame”.
In Sydney at Sunday’s protest, a man was arrested after holding up an Israeli flag with a Nazi swastika replacing the Star of David.
The flag was spotted among the crowd as thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Hyde Park. — Madeleine Bower
11AM: FLIGHT FROM LEBANON DUE TONIGHT
As commemorations take place around the country, the first group of Australian citizens, permanent residents and immediate family members with a right of entry evacuated out of Lebanon will arrive in Sydney on Monday on a repatriation flight operated by Qatar Airways.
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