Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon urges Australia to evaluate its values. He says that amping up of security measures is like “offering a painkiller to a seriously ill person.”
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00:00You need to ask Australians, what are the values that we believe in?
00:06What are the values that we should follow?
00:09Because it has a lot to do with you, not with me.
00:12I'm representing the state of Israel and the event took place here in Melbourne as it happened
00:17just two days ago in Sydney in front of the Great Synagogue and before that in Caulfield.
00:24So we are talking about the values that you expect Australians to follow, not my own values.
00:29And for me it's clear that everyone should have the right to worship his own religion,
00:36own beliefs, as long as they also respect others.
00:40Well at the moment the enhancement of security measures are important, but for me, in my
00:48view, it's not the answer.
00:50It's like, and I mentioned it before, it's like offering a painkiller to a seriously
00:55ill person.
00:57I need that it's very important to make sure that Australians, no matter which faith they
01:04are following and which faith they are from, will be able to worship, to study, to play
01:11and feel secure and safe.