Jewish leaders rejected an apology by controversial former Green Party candidate Julian Burnside, who last week equated Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany, saying it was "difficult to accept” after he subsequently repeated the comparison in an email published in The Australian newspaper.
The controversy started when Burnside – an attorney who previously sparked anger after sharing an image depicting federal MP Peter Dutton as a Nazi officer – tweeted, “The curious thing about the Israeli stance is that their treatment of Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust."
Adam Bandt, Leader of the Green Party distanced himself from the comments, saying, "The treatment of the Palestinian people can be condemned on its own facts."
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