About 50 students and staff at the University of Sydney protested university management’s repression of those showing solidarity with Palestine. Chiara Reeves reports.
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Shamikh Badra asks if “securitisation”, when a political or social issue becomes framed as an exceptional security matter, is being used to shut down freedom of speech over Israel's war on Gaza.
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In her submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Janet Parker writes that while antisemitism does exist, the only discrimination, harassment and abuse she has experienced has come from supporters of Zionism in the Jewish community.
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I was one of 22 people arrested in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Whether it was necessary for so many police to arrest one 73-year-old Jew, I’ll let you decide. Stephen Heydt reports.
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Free Palestine Melbourne hosted a forum on “Resisting Repression: Defending Palestine Solidarity”, which drew anti-war activists to the State Library Theatrette. Jake Maison reports.
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Anne Twomey, a constitutional lawyer at the University of Sydney, is concerned that new state and federal laws, allegedly to combat hate, are adversely impacting free speech. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Virginia Bell has shut the door on a broader examination of racism, Janet Parker argues, confirming that antisemitism will be exceptionalised in this royal commission.
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Before hearing any evidence, Commissioner Virginia Bell has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, claiming it is not controversial. Abraham Edwards writes about the antisemitism royal commission’s opening session.
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The Queensland Liberal National government has decided to deal with an alleged antisemitic problem by introducing new laws outlawing certain phrases and prohibiting symbols that “might reasonably” cause someone to “feel menaced, harassed or offended”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Janet Parker argues that even though the Bondi shooters had nothing to do with the peaceful pro-Palestine movement, the pro-Israel ghouls have seized on the tragedy and now seek to use it as a weapon to shut us down and shut us up. But they won’t succeed.
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Pip Hinman argues that Premier Chris Minns’ dishonest and cruel justifications for police violence against people protesting the visit of Zionist Isaac Herzog show he is not fit to lead the state.
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The attorney-general and home affairs minister assert that criticism of Israel and Zionism will not fall foul of the new hate speech laws, but Paul Gregoire argues that because they are so broad, this may not be the case.