Universities about to settle on definition of antisemitism

Universities are poised to settle their differences over a contentious definition of antisemitism that special envoy Jillian Segal and a scathing report warned was needed to protect Jewish staff and students on campus, writes Julie Hare for Australian Financial Review.

But universities are set to push back on a definition urged by Coalition figures such as opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson and shadow education minister Sarah Henderson, as well as the government’s antisemitism envoy Segal, that claims a broad range of criticisms of Israel and its government are antisemitic.

The chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Josh Burns, says a judicial inquiry into antisemitism on campuses is not out of the question. Alex Ellinghausen
Full report on the Australian Financial Review site