Harrowing examples of hatred against Jews will be shared in the first public hearings of the royal commission into antisemitism, with counsel assisting Zelie Heger SC using her opening address to detail some of the worst examples, including one involving children on a school bus.
“Overt abuse is not just by adults towards adults. The perpetrators of abuse have been both adults and children and, in one terrible incident, one small student told a Jewish student that Hitler should have gassed them all,” Heger told the commission.
Heger told the commission that the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, marked a “significant turning point for antisemitism in Australia”.
Also assisting the commission is Richard Lancaster SC, who outlined plans for future hearing blocks, including an investigation of the circumstances that led to the Bondi Beach terror attack, as well as “a particular focus on antisemitism on social media” and the role it may play in radicalisation.
Universities and other public institutions will also feature in future public hearings.
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