
Apology Demanded After ‘Gas the Jews’ Claim Dismissed
Published on February 3, 2024
Organisers of a pro-Palestine rally want an apology and widespread retractions after police deemed “gas the Jews” might never have been chorused on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Footage of people chanting in the forecourt of Australia’s most famous building—including a caption highlighting the slur—drew global outrage and caused a domestic firestorm following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel. But police on Feb. 2 took a different view, based on a forensic analysis of numerous audio and video files of the demonstration by an “eminent” biometrics expert. They “concluded with overwhelming certainty that the words used were, ‘Where’s the Jews?'” Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Feb. 2....
