Sydney University Student Council Backs Motion to Abolish Israel

Sydney University student council backs motion to abolish Israel

Students at the University of Sydney have passed a motion calling for the abolition of the Israeli state and the end of the university’s institutional ties with Israel, in a move that supporters say reflects a growing wave of student-led solidarity with Palestinians. The resolution, passed at a general meeting of the Student Representative Council (SRC), also rejected the recent adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)…

Letter to the Editor: How to properly criticize Israel

This letter was written by Jared Schwartz, former treasurer of Lions for Israel and StandWithUs Emerson fellow.

Misrepresenting the IHRA definition: Jamie Hyams letter in SMH, Age

In criticising the IHRA definition of antisemitism for supposedly being overprotective of Israel, David Leser neglects to mention it specifically states that criticising Israel as you would criticise any other country is not anti-semitic. In saying it’s anti-semitic to describe Israel’s existence as a racist endeavour, the definition doesn’t refer to Israel’s behaviour, as Leser implies, but to suggesting Jewish self-determination in the Jewish …