2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame should be stripped of her honour for leading pro-Palestine protesters in chanting “globalise the intifada”, veteran MP Barnaby Joyce says.
The chant has become commonplace at pro-Palestine demonstrations the world over and is widely deemed anti-Semitic for its violent connotations. It has been banned in Queensland and a similar ban is being discussed in NSW.
“We have to continue to mobilise, and we have to continue to globalise,” Ms Tame told crowds rallying against the Israeli President’s visit in Sydney on Monday.
“Say it with me, from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada.”
Mr Joyce said on Tuesday she should “100 per cent” lose her award, which she received for fierce advocacy for survivors of sexual assault.
“You have a responsibility when given an honour by the Australian people to basically conduct yourself in a way that inspires the harmonious nature of Australia,” the Nationals-turned-One Nation MP told Sky News.
“We are not … softies, but we have an (egalitarianism), we have a robustness, we have a cheek about us, but we do not inspire this sort of division, this hate.
“The form of her words, if it’s followed through, brings about the death of people.
“People will be, on the premise of their, of their religion, of their race, they will be murdered.”
– NCA