Jillian Segal, appointed by Labor last year as the misnamed Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, produced an action plan that gives the government what it wanted; her 13 proposals will allow it to more easily repress pro-Palestine solidarity.

Since Segal is the immediate past president of the pro-Israel Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), this is exactly what the government intended by her appointment.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was again standing by Segal, literally, on July 10, when she presented her plan. The PM’s backing will empower state governments to move more draconian laws to repress the pro-Palestine movement.

Segal has form.

While she claims she is not responsible for the tens of thousands of dollars her husband and brother-in-law donated in 2023–24 to the racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Palestinian Advance Australia and Liberal Party,........

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