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Report on curbing antisemitism in Australia recommends threatening university funding
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, JUL 10 – The Australian government targets universities that fail to safeguard Jewish students amid rising antisemitic acts linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict, officials said.
- Antisemitic incidents including assaults, vandalism, threats and intimidation had surged more than threefold in Australia in the year after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal.
- Police are investigating incidents such as the arson attack on three vehicles and the spray-painting of a business with antisemitic inferences in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
- While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would consider the report's recommendations, community groups like the Jewish Council of Australia were not consulted and criticized the threat of withholding university funding as 'dangerous'.
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