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Research funding body suspends grant to pro-Palestinian academic

Julie Hare

A controversial pro-Palestinian academic at Macquarie University who has made public anti-Israel statements has had her $870,000 grant suspended by the Australian Research Council.

In 2022, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was awarded $870,269 by the ARC to conduct a study titled “Arab/Muslim Australian Social Movements since the 1970s”.

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Julie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor. Connect with Julie on Twitter. Email Julie at julie.hare@afr.com

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