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Naser Alziyadat: Combatting anti-Palestinianism and Islamophobia requires ‘mental decolonisation’
For months, the corporate media has been saturated by reports of a rise in antisemitism.
Last December, the Australian Federal Police created Special Operation Avalite to investigate threats, violence and hatred towards the Jewish community, and New South Wales Labor passed draconian laws in February that it said were needed because of rising antisemitism.
Also in February, Australian universities endorsed a definition of antisemitism that threatens academic freedom and attempts to silence student protest against Israel’s occupation and genocidal war against Palestine.
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Jewish Council of Australia calls on politicians, media to stop exploiting antisemitismRally condemns politicians’ selective concern on racist attacksThe Cairo Takeaway stunt that backfiredAntisemitism is real. We don’t need to invent shitYou would be forgiven for thinking there is only one form of racism right now. But a newly released report by Islamophobia Register Australia and Monash University tells a different story.
Islamophobia in Australia, based on data from the register and compiled by researchers from Monash and Deakin universities, covers Islamophobic incidents over 2023–24. It reports a disturbing surge of in-person and online incidents of Islamophobia — more than........
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