A dictionary for those who want to free Palestine

The Prime Minister’s wet lettuce response to the vandalism of Josh Burns’ office was clearly an attempt to instil calm. He has good reason not to want to pour kerosene on the flames.

But the kerosene is – literally – already lighting fires. We are past the stage of “dial it down”.

Those who support a two-state solution, who want to “free Palestine” but do not want to destroy Israel, need to communicate some truths to a protest movement that is spinning out of control.

Australians need to know that vandalism, hate and antisemitism will not be tolerated.

They also need to understand what Zionism is and isn’t. Australian governments – on both sides of the political divide – support Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself, but they are becoming awfully quiet about it.