Bigoted Dishonest Sinister
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement claims to promote human rights—but its true objective is the isolation and delegitimisation of the world’s only Jewish state. In this powerful piece, Michael Scott CSC reveals how BDS rhetoric has infiltrated Australian universities, threatening academic freedom and Jewish safety. He highlights the critical work of 5A and StandWithUs Australia in resisting antisemitism and restoring moral clarity on campus.
Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism
Antisemitism erodes and is contrary to values that define Australia: fairness, freedom and mutual respect. It is a hatred that manifests in harmful words, and can lead to violent deeds, undermining the basic right to live free of discrimination and hate, and attacking the very foundations of a thriving democracy. As such, it poses a threat not just to Jewish Australians, but to our entire nation.
Reversing the victims and perpetrators of racism: the use of blaming the victim strategies to minimise and deny the antisemitism crisis in Australian universities
Philip Mendes delves into how victim-blaming strategies are employed to minimize the antisemitism crisis in Australian higher education institutions.
The Universities Australia definition of antisemitism is not as worrying as some would have you believe
The IHRA definition is not a neutral tool: it has been used internationally to silence critics of Israel. For universities committed to free inquiry, adopting it would undermine academic freedom and open debate.