‘No-go areas for Jewish students’: Pro-Palestinian university camps grow

The number of pro-Palestinian campsites at the nation’s universities has grown to four, as Jewish groups claim they are turning campuses into no-go areas for Jewish students and academics.

The University of Sydney is carefully monitoring the campsite and has so far not moved to remove it, as was done atExecutive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion called for the camps to be dismantled and for politicians to follow in the footsteps of US President Joe Biden and call out antisemitism.

“Regarding the encampments across Australia, the chants, the terminology used at these rallies only incite violence and fear and apprehension among Jewish students,” he said. On Monday, federal Education Minister Jason Clare publicly condemned an event held at the University of Sydney on Friday, which was billed as a “Kids excursion” where children were heard chanting “five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state”.Clare said: “There is no place for hate in our universities or anywhere else and it’s never OK to involve kids in things like this.”

A University of Sydney spokesperson said it had a rich history of activism and protest on campus and an understanding that peaceful protests and freedom of expression can be important demonstrations of free speech.

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