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There's a good summary of this controversy in Haaretz, see below. The
Australian Jewish Democratic Society has posted the letters pages of the
newspaper in question, which feature some good responses and some appalling
racism:

http://www.ajds.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Library1.pdf
http://www.ajds.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Library2.pdf

A few reports on this have featured some good comments from refugee rights
activist Arnold Zable. A lot of activists would have seen his brother Benny,
at many rallies in Australia and indeed around the world, as he's the guy
who been getting up in the grim reaper gear atop mock nuclear waste, or oil,
barrels, as appropriate, since the 80s. From Haaretz:

Australian Jews blast publisher's attack on illegal immigrants, Muslims

Robert Magid, publisher of Australia's main Jewish newspaper, caused an
uproar for writing that asylum seekers are driven by economic opportunities
and Muslim immigrants increase the risk of terror attacks.

By Dan Goldberg    

'The Jews who fled the Holocaust fled certain death,' Magid wrote. 'I doubt
whether there is a single boat person in that position.'

SYDNEY - A controversial article on illegal boat people by the publisher of