Coalition’s short memoryRe shadow minister senator James Paterson’s critical remarks about the prime minister’s visit to China. Please let us remember the dreadful mess Paterson’s lot made of the China relationship when they were last in power. Anything Anthony Albanese does on this trip is surely aimed at improving diplomatic relations.Paterson is such a "⁣hawk"⁣ against China that he and Andrew Hastie were denied entry there in 2019. Also, recall former prime minister Scott Morrison’s visit to the G7 summit in 2021. When normal Australians were denied overseas travel, he indulged himself by gallivanting around Cornwall investigating his family ties to the area. Short memories, Senator Paterson.Royce Bennett, Baxter No Jews, no newsJosh Bornstein (“Antisemitism envoy Segal laid a trap for Albanese”, 16/7) compares the community response to recent antisemitic attacks with its reaction to the fatal police shooting of an Indigenous man as evidence of the power of pro-Israel lobby groups.Another comparison would be more instructive – The Age June 30 report on the involvement of the UAE government in the Sudanese civil war, which has so far caused 150,000 civilian deaths and displaced more than 12 million people.The report states that by supplying arms and money to the Sudanese dictatorship the UAE is accused of “bankrolling a genocide”.Not a peep of protest in Australia, even when there is a local connection. The UAE sheik behind the military backing holds the majority stake in the company that in turn owns 80 per cent of Melbourne City soccer team, which has gone unaffected while small Jewish businesses have been trashed.Israel, however, has been vilified from the moment it was attacked on October 7, 2023, yet Bornstein and others deny that racism against Jews plays any part in this – so much for the power of the pro-Israel lobby groups, the allegation of which mirrors the antisemitic trope that “Jews control the government”.He opposes a definition of antisemitism that would proscribe the targeting of Israel differently from that levelled against any other country, when similar conflicts that attract little attention here also include Turkey against the Kurds, China and the Uyghurs and Indonesia and the West Papuans – no Jews, no news.Bruce King, Malvern East Social inclusionJosh Bornstein’s excellent article (16/7) demonstrates the seriously flawed recent report by special envoy to combat antisemitism Jillian Segal. It reads like something from Donald Trump’s administration: A complete disregard and understanding for our systems of law and governance. It seems Albanese wants to appease in particular, the strong Jewish right-wing lobby group in Australia.The most important aspect to the article is the "⁣battle against racism for other minorities"⁣ – especially those who have difficulty and lack the resources to be heard. Before the election we had an envoy for social cohesion: We don’t hear any more about it now.Judith Morrison, Nunawading Bring papal pressureRe the bombing of Gaza’s Catholic church yesterday: It’s up to the first American-born Pope and American Catholics to pressure the Trump administration to cease all shipments of weapons to Israel. The IDF makes far too many mistakes resulting in the deaths of many innocent civilians.Roger Christiansz, Wheelers Hill