An Israeli woman, 24, was rejected from a job at a plant nursery in Melbourne while being accused of complicity in “genocide” by its co-owner, the Herald Sun daily reports.
The woman applied for a job at The Garden of Eden nursery in the suburb of Albert Park, when its co-owner, Brett Dahan, sent her a text message rejecting the application, writing, “Unfortunately, the position has been filled by someone with an (sic) semblance of humanity and who cares for plants, animals, and the environment.”
“Good luck on your journey and I hope you leave Melbourne soon! Free Palestine and end genocide NOW. You’re complicit in IT,” he wrote, according to the text shared with the daily.
The woman, who remained anonymous, says she was “shocked and deeply disappointed.”
“I came to Australia believing it was a fair and welcoming country but reading those words – so full of hostility – was heartbreaking,” she tells the Herald Sun. “I was judged, not as a person, but as an Israeli.”
The daily contacted Dahan over the matter, who said he “did not know” why he sent the message, and failed to answer questions from the outlet.
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