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Tackling antisemitism must focus on ‘long-term prevention’

Tahli Blicblau, chief executive of The Dor Foundation, said the anti-hate organisation was focused on long-term prevention of antisemitism.

“I gave the example earlier of an antisemitic incident, a swastika on a school or the burning down of a synagogue being the pointy end, the tip of the iceberg,” she said.

“On that evening, there was a protest, a gathering in Western Sydney where the events of the October 7 were described as a ‘day of pride and courage, one of elation’. And cars were driving through Western Sydney, setting off fireworks,” Blicblau said.

“If you take that example, it can be treated through enforcement only – legislation, arrest, charge, conviction and punishment – but it doesn’t solve for what preceded it.

“These incidents don’t materialise from nowhere … they start with radicalisation or a prejudicial belief, and then they escalate. So it’s one thing to operate at the pointy end through legislation and enforcement, but you need to understand what’s happening at the earlier part of the continuum and inoculate against those hateful attitudes through education, basic ethics, training and cultural awareness.”

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