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Joel Burnie

Joel Burnie

Joel Burnie is the executive manager at the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council.

Supporters of Israel attend a rally in solidarity for the victims and hostages on Sunday.

I have never experienced a more challenging period to live as a Jew

It’s heart-wrenching that here in tolerant, multicultural Australia, I have to weigh up whether public display of my Judaism could endanger the safety of my children.

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Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon.

As a Jew, I can’t convey the feelings running through my body right now

I have seen videos over the past few days that no one should see – images etched in my mind that will haunt me forever. And the voices of the cries of desperation cannot be silenced.

  • Joel Burnie