A terrible war on the other side of the world has tapped too quickly and easily into one of the world’s oldest prejudices, right here in Australia. Anti-semitism was a blight long before the modern tragedy of the Middle East. But its re-emergence here since the October 7 attacks on Israel and a new war in Gaza is already lowering the standards of our own politics in ugly ways. This week, the Albanese government was rushing towards tougher legislation against “doxing”, or the publishing of personal information online. That followed the posting of social media details and photographs of members...