Saudi Arabia - in.
Jew - out.
MEDIA RELEASE
4 March 2024
GOLD COAST CONFERENCE EXPELS JEW
The Frontline Mental Health Conference being held at the JW Marriott in the Gold Coast invited world respected trauma expert, Dr Moshe Farchi to attend.
Dr Farchi is the founder and the Head of the Stress, Trauma and Resilience Studies in the department in of Social Work, Tel-Hai College, Israel.
Dr Farchi was invited 6 months ago, and just days before the Conference, after he had already flown to Australia, was told that he was expelled and his registration cancelled, due to unspecified threats.
Astoundingly, to make sure he could not attend, his hotel room was even cancelled.
It’s notable that there are attendees from a wide range of backgrounds, including a speaker from Saudi Arabia.
AJA CEO, Robert Gregory, said,
“The actions of the organisers are a stain on Australia’s reputation and reminiscent of Nazi boycotts of Jewish academics.
Dr Farchi has never experienced such antisemitism in his long career in academia. Jews in Australia are experiencing a surge in antisemitism, fuelled by radical ‘Pro-Palestinian’ activists.
If there is a threat to Jews attending the conference, the organisers should have hired security, not expelled the Jewish person.
We are calling for the person who made this disgraceful decision to be fired. The Queensland Government needs to explain its continued involvement with this conference. Would they sit by if an Indigenous person, gay person, or member of any other minority was excluded from a conference they were involved with?
I would encourage attendees to request a full refund from the organisers, after this atrocious action.”
Kind regards,
Robert Gregory
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Australian Jewish Association
