Menadue on Israel and Jewry: when criticism becomes an editorial campaign

John Menadue has earned an important place in Australian public life. His career has encompassed government, diplomacy, business and public administration. That record makes his increasingly antagonistic commentary about Israel, Zionism and mainstream Australian Jewry not less troubling, but more so. Menadue served as private secretary to Gough Whitlam, general manager of News Limited, secretary…