Jewish MP Presents Bill to Investigate Anti-Semitism in Universities

The bill comes amid a flurry of incidents targeting Jewish students in Australia.

Pro-Palestine activists at Melbourne University believe their institution has been complicit in the Israel-Hamas war due to its funding arrangements with weapons corporations in Melbourne, Australia, on May 22. Josh Spasaro/ The Epoch Times

Liberal MP Julian Leeser says the nation’s universities are not doing enough to quell a rise in anti-semitic rhetoric and activism on campuses, and is urging the federal government to open a royal commission inquiry into the matter.

Mr. Leeser, who is Jewish and represents the Division of Berowra in Sydney’s north, told the House of Representatives on June 3 that “Australia faces its greatest threat to multiculturalism with the emergence of anti-semitism.”