Yasmin Mansour, a resident of Sydney, Australia, escaped conviction after sending threatening message to Jewish school branding pupils "the children of Satan" and “…get cancer and die a slow, painful death."
She sent her hateful messages including “Praise Hitler. If only he was here to continue the mass destruction of your bloodline,” just 11 days after the Hamas massacre.
In her defense, her lawyer told the court that she reacted “emotionally” to an Instagram post from the school about fundraising for Israel, which she interpreted as supporting a “genocide.”
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Australian Prime MInister Anthony Albanese visiting a synagogue burned in arson attack
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The court heard that Mansour was suffering from mental problems and was unable to find work and had taken her young age and the fact that she had no criminal record into consideration and handed down a 14-month conditional release order.
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Mansour’s lawyer said she planned to meet members of the school to apologize and to meet a local rabbi "to gain a better understanding of the Jewish community," Sky News Australia said in a report.
Antisemitic demonstration outside the Australian parliament
Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi salute in public, and six years for those found guilty of terrorism offences.