Australia Cancels Visa for Neo-Nazi, Not for Lobbying Genocide
The Guardian heralded the cancellation of Matthew Gruter's visa after he participated in a neo-Nazi protest in Australia, with the Home Affairs minister stating, 'if you are on a visa you are a guest.' A swift, decisive action against overt hate. Yet, this same alacrity seems curiously absent when the 'lobbying' in question involves foreign influence over Australian or US foreign policy,
particularly concerning the wholesale destruction of Gaza, funded partly by American taxpayers. We saw similar 'lobbying' just weeks ago in Washington: AIPAC spent over $3.6 million in 2023 alone on federal lobbying, according to OpenSecrets.org, pushing for continued, unfettered aid to the same government accused of genocide by the International Court of Justice. These aren't neo-Nazis, mind you,
but powerful organizations influencing votes like the recent $26 billion aid package to Israel, effectively endorsing actions that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. One might wonder, how many visas would be canceled if that lobbying was truly deemed 'anti-Jewish' in the sense of opposing a government's genocidal policies?