Politics
Antisemitism incidents reported at Australian university and European Parliament
July 13, 2026 at 07:22 PM · Updated 95d ago
Coverage
3 reports · over 25 hours
TGThe Guardian
Universities not doing enough to deal with protests and ‘highly personal’ attacks, antisemitism royal commission hears
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TGThe Guardian
UNSW academic subjected to Nazi salutes in class, antisemitism commission hears
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TGThe Guardian
Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech
(opens the publisher’s site)A royal commission in Australia heard testimony of Nazi salutes at UNSW, and a Swedish MEP filed a police complaint over a Danish MEP's "go home" comment.
- An academic told the Australian royal commission into antisemitism that four students performed Nazi salutes towards him in a business class in 2024.
- A student at the Australian National University said she was called a "baby killer" and "genocide supporter" by pro-Palestine protesters after October 7, 2023.
- Swedish MEP Abir Al-Sahlani filed a police complaint accusing Danish MEP Kristoffer Storm of racist hate speech after Storm told her to "go home" online.
- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said the "aggressive chanting" by far-right MEPs was not acceptable and that her office would take appropriate action.
Latest developments
- Australian professor Steven Prawer told the antisemitism royal commission that the University of Melbourne expelled two pro-Palestine activists who occupied his office in October 2024, but the expulsion was later overturned.
- Prawer described the 90-minute occupation as a 'highly personal attack' and said he did not know at the time whether it was a terrorist attack.