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Zoe Daniel in the midst of packing up her office after her election defeat in Goldstein.

‘Someone will get hurt’: Zoe Daniel feared for her safety in toxic election campaign

As she packs up her electoral office, the former MP reflects on an election that left her flanked by police and worried someone would attack her home.

  • Cara Waters

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Jewish students at Sydney University had to contend with student activists who entered lecture halls chanting antisemetic slogans, the report said.

‘Jews not allowed’: SafeWork savages Sydney University over antisemitism on campus

A preliminary report found that while the university had the authority, policies and procedures in place to eliminate antisemitism, no action was taken for about 11 months.

  • Christopher Harris
The new official portrait of Donald Trump that hangs in a building within the White House compound.

Trump says he’s stamping out antisemitism. Online, he’s fanning the flames

The White House said Donald Trump had done “more than any other president in modern history” to fight anti-Jewish hatred. Hours later, Trump posted an image containing a well-known far-right meme.

  • Peter Baker
45-year-old man Mohamed Sabry Soliman has been arrested after an attack that left multiple people with burns in Boulder, Colorado, during a rally to remember the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Colorado suspect planned attack for more than a year, court told

Mohamed Sabry Soliman had second thoughts during the attack and only threw two of his 18 Molotov cocktails, authorities allege.

  • Colleen Slevin and Eric Tucker
Students will only be allowed to make non-course related announcements at the end of the lecture.

‘Lecture-bashing’ ban among new rules for Sydney University students

Vice Chancellor Mark Scott said the rules set clear standards for what is and isn’t acceptable, and balanced academic freedom and student wellbeing.

  • Christopher Harris
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan with Jewish community leaders outside the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea after the arson attack.

In Jacinta Allan, Melbourne Jews have discovered a friend

The premier’s decision to toast Israel’s independence when condemnation of the war in Gaza is reaching a crescendo is unlikely to win her votes outside her party room or support from within.

  • Chip Le Grand
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AFR: Generic: International Students and graduates at University of Sydney. Friday 24, May 2024 photo:

Sydney University staff resisting controversial antisemitism rules

Opponents say a university-imposed ‘definition constitutes a serious obstacle to staff and students’ intellectual freedom’.

  • Christopher Harris
Israeli embassy aides Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC.

‘A star couple’: Israeli embassy workers gunned down on cusp of a life together

Yaron Lischinsky had planned to propose to his American partner, Sarah Milgrim, with an engagement ring he had purchased just this week.

  • Michael Koziol
BBC presenter Gary Lineker gets into a car outside his home in London.

‘Final straw’: BBC’s Gary Lineker quits over social media controversy

The BBC’s highest-paid presenter and long-time face of English football coverage resigned over a post widely condemned as antisemitic.

  • Rob Harris

Call me a self-hating Jew, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when Jewish people faced extinction.

  • David Leser

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