Protesting students occupy an area of the quadrangle at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Friday, May 3, 2024. Encampments have sprung up at colleges in major Australian cities as participants protest over the Israel-Hamas war in solidarity with student demonstrators in the United States. Image:AAP/AP/Rick Rycroft In a number of countries, universities are now […]
Read MoreSYDNEY UNI PROTESTERS, TENTS TAKEN OFF CAMPUS
The University of Sydney on Tuesday reduced the size of the pro-Palestine encampment protest on its campus, removing tents and protesters from the previously sprawling demonstration. As of Tuesday evening, the Muslim Students Association was the only protester faction left on the university quadrangle. The university last Friday ordered students to leave the encampment, almost […]
Read MoreLabor senator Payman breaks ranks again on Palestine
Labor senator Fatima Payman has called on the Albanese government to recognise a Palestinian state, arguing the move would help bring to an end the bloody, months-long conflict on the Gaza strip. In an opinion piece for Al Jazeera, Payman said the world had ‘‘witnessed the mass killing and displacement of Palestinians and the devastation […]
Read MoreBaillieu library graffitied with Palestinian militants’ name
Vandals who attacked the University of Melbourne’s main library tagged it with the name of a militant Palestinian group that has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the West Bank, in what terrorism experts and Jewish community leaders say is a worrying step-up in protest activity. Balaclava-clad activists this month broke into the Baillieu Library […]
Read MoreGREENS, ALP CONFRONT ‘GAZA WAR EFFECT’ IN KEY SEAT
The war in Gaza is creating deep electoral uncertainty in the heavily Jewish inner-Melbourne seat of Macnamara as sections of the electorate rebel against the Greens’ hardline position on Palestine, while some Israel supporters are lukewarm about Labor’s response to the crisis. Strategists from the major parties are struggling to read the Labor-held seat after […]
Read MoreUNI ORDERS PALESTINE ENCAMPMENT TO PACK UP AND GO
The University of Sydney has ordered the pro-Palestine encampment protesters on its campus to vacate, looking to end the protest after almost two months. The university says the encampment was now impeding the university’s preparations for next semester. “Since the encampment began, we have worked with the encampment representatives to keep the area clean and […]
Read MoreUniversities told to stamp out anti-Semitism
Police have downplayed the smashing of a window at a university rally as a “peaceful protest’’, despite federal Education Minister Jason Clare demanding universities stamp out anti-Semitism and prioritise student safety. At the University of Queensland, vice-chancellor Deborah Terry told staff on Friday that the university was sending police CCTV footage of an unknown protester […]
Read MoreAustralia backs UN resolution to grant Palestine full member status
Australia has backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that would grant Palestine full member status, breaking with the US in a move that is likely to infuriate the Jewish community. In a sign of Israel’s growing isolation internationally as the war in Gaza approaches its eighth month, the UN General Assembly voted by 143 […]
Read More‘Universities should never be places of fear’: Jennifer Westacott stands tall against anti-Semitism
Western Sydney University chancellor Jennifer Westacott has broken with fellow chancellors and explicitly condemned anti-Semitism during Gaza protests on Australian campuses. Ms Westacott, a former Business Council of Australia chief executive, writes in The Weekend Australian that it is time for “collective leadership” to call out “growing division and anti-Semitism”. Her plea comes after weeks […]
Read MoreMonash Uni lecturer Elliot Dolan-Evans accused of ‘glorifying’ Hamas October 7 attack
Jewish students have accused a Monash University lecturer of glorifying Hamas’ attack on Israel, with concerns raised about his social media activity. Jewish students have accused a Monash University lecturer of glorifying Hamas’ attack on Israel, with concerns raised about his social media activity. A Monash University lecturer has been accused of “glorifying terrorists” and […]
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