Yesterday
Probe over safety of Jewish students at Sydney University
The SafeWork NSW investigation follows a warning from Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus that universities have to do more to stop antisemitism.
- Tom Burton
This Month
Jewish uni students ‘shunned and told to study at home’
Interviews with dozens of students and academics has uncovered a disturbing picture of the ostracism, intimidation and vilification Jews and Israelis encounter.
- Andrew Tillett
August
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why haven’t the police investigated the doxxing of Jewish creatives?
We now know who leaked the names and comments in the WhatsApp group. But what about holding accountable those who used carriage services to menace and harass?
- Stuart Cohen
- Opinion
- The AFR View
All should stand with Jewish Australians against antisemitism
It is deeply concerning that antisemitism is emerging as an unthinking form of prejudice in parts of Australian society.
- The AFR View
‘Dangerous’: Labor MP, premier slam CFMEU for threatening Jewish club
Josh Burns said conflating an industrial relations issue with the Israel-Palestine conflict was “divisive and dangerous”.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing and David Marin-Guzman
- Analysis
- National security
The politics of grievance has become something more sinister
Ever since 9/11, terror alerts and politics have been inseparable, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t substance behind them either.
- Phillip Coorey
Extremism rising across the board makes terror attack ‘probable’
Security officials are alarmed by Australians embracing more extreme ideologies over issues such as pandemic lockdowns, the war in Gaza and economic hardship.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The world should realise Israel is fighting five wars
The Jewish state’s conflicts are more about ideas than they are about geography.
- Bret Stephens
July
Jillian Segal named as special envoy on antisemitism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected criticism of his government’s response to tensions as he appointed Australia’s first envoy on discrimination against Jews.
- Tom McIlroy
June
The man who foresaw the rise of campus antisemitism
Melbourne philosopher Frank Knopfelmacher was a world-class critic of totalitarianism who watched the left turn on Israel.
- John Carroll
An insider’s account of Germany’s AfD: ‘The wrong people stayed’
As Germany’s far-right celebrates a strong performance in European parliament elections, a former leader argues the party has lost its way.
- Henry Mance
Greens ‘fanning flames of division’, says besieged Labor MP
Federal Labor MP Peter Khalil has accused the Greens of spreading disinformation and speaking at protests that resulted in hate speech and physical harassment.
- Gus McCubbing
Why Australia’s view of the Gaza war matters to Israel
Leading Israelis are aware of mistakes their country has made, and warn of a “volcanic eruption” against the Netanyahu government, but they have been blindsided by the rise in antisemitism in Australia.
- Jill Margo
Greens accused of using Gaza to ‘harvest votes’
The government and the opposition have jointly accused the Greens of using the Israel invasion of Gaza to harvest votes and fan violence, at the expense of social cohesion.
- Phillip Coorey
May
Human Rights Commission’s ‘silence deafening’ on antisemitism
Former regulator Graeme Samuel has taken aim at the Human Rights Commission for it’s ‘deafening silence’ on the rise of antisemitism.
- Patrick Durkin and Andrew Tillett
School graffiti attack builds heat on government over antisemitism
The government could not say whether a graffiti attack on a Jewish school would be covered by proposed new hate laws.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Frank Lowy
Lowy’s lament: ‘I know how insidious antisemitism can be’
Sir Frank Lowy experienced hatred against Jews first hand in Hitler’s Europe, and is shaken by what he now sees “leaking out of decent people” in Australia.
- Jill Margo
Violent clashes at UCLA, police storm Columbia Uni
Police moved in to arrest pro-Palestinian protesters at the Ivy League university, which has been struggling to balance freedom of speech with antisemitism concerns.
- Updated
- Jonathan Allen and Brendan O'Brien
April
Columbia suspends pro-Palestinian protesters after talks stall
The university said days of negotiations between student organisers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to remove the protest camp.
- Julia Harte and Jonathan Allen
Henri Aram: the 101-year-old market gadfly
A reforming pioneer in the investment advice industry, Henri Aram was also outspoken about the operation of finance markets and the behaviour of big corporates.
- Andrew Clark