An antisemitic Australian politician has sparked outrage after sharing a photo of herself wearing a Hamas-style headband.

The image originally shared on Monday shows Senator Lidia Thorpe holding a mug while wearing a green headband with the phrase “I love chocolate milk” written in Arabic script. She captioned the now-deleted post with “I wholeheartedly support this message. I hope you do too.”

Critics swiftly flooded Thorpe’s X account, condemning her insensitivity and poor judgment.

“Shame on you Lidia Thorpe,” one user wrote, while another highlighted the absurdity of a politician in a democratically governed country who puts on a “terrorist costume.”

“Lidia Thorpe just posted a picture of herself with a Hamas headband. Supporting the Hamas message is supporting a genocide against all Jews. This is appalling,” a third critic wrote.

In a weak apology to the Daily Mail, Thorpe claims that she was gifted the headband and failed to recognize its affiliation with Hamas.

“This was intended as a lighthearted post about chocolate milk to the many Arabic-speaking people I have met and worked with in my career,” she said. “When I realized that people drew a connection that was not at all intended and became upset, I deleted the post.”

However, Thorpe’s tone-deaf apology isn’t worth considering given her long history of supporting Hamas. On Monday, she spoke at a ‘Free Palestine’ rally in Melbourne, drawing a disturbing comparison between Israel’s defensive war in Gaza and the genocide inflicted on Indigenous Australians by European settlers.

“As blackfellas in this country, we know what it’s like to be targeted by the coloniser, every minute of every day,” Thorpe told the crowd. “As soon as we step one foot wrong their boot is on our neck. We become the perpetrator, we become the enemy for standing up against the genocide, for standing up against an injustice.”

According to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the land down under is grappling with a surge in antisemitic incidents with a staggering 591% increase reported since Hamas’ massacre against Israel on October 7.

Infamously, right after the savage attack that left 1,200 innocent Israelis dead and 250 more taken hostage, thousands of antisemites armed with flares gathered outside Sydney’s Opera House chanting “Gas the Jews,” and “F—k the Jews.””