Cops decide if they'll investigate councillor's Holocaust 'hate' rant

‘Hate incident’ does not meet criminal threshold

The Mylor parish councillor's comments led to accusations of Holocaust denial and antisemitism but do not meet the “criminal threshold”.

Cops decide if they'll investigate councillor's Holocaust 'hate' rant

Cornwall Council received over 100 complaints alleging Holocaust denial and antisemitism and reported him to police, who have weighed up whether it reached the 'criminal threshold'

Islamic preacher tells court he ‘never set out to insult Jews’

Wissam Haddad has fronted the Federal Court over his controversial sermons on social media, which Australia’s peak Jewish body says are antisemitic.

Holocaust ‘joke’ by online group condemned

Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich has condemned a Holocaust “joke” made by online group YeahMad, calling it “moral vomit dressed up as content”. The joke, delivered by Katherine Andrew in a segment from 14 May, asked: “What’s the difference between me in Year 8 and a Jew?” The punchline was: “I came home from camp.” Abramovich said the group had “crossed into uncharted territory of cruelty” by trivialising the murder of six …