This piece focuses on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and the campaigns to label Palestine scholarship, teaching, and activism on campuses as antisemitic, and their impact of on academic freedom and the rights of scholars and students. It places Australian universities in a larger transnational context and demonstrates, through a focus on the environment in which academics and students operate—especially in the aftermath of Israel's 2023 War on Gaza—how the IHRA is a political tool used to censor speech on Palestine and shield Israel from criticism by labelling critical perspectives on Palestine as antisemitic.
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Lana Tatour (2024) studied this question.