Students will be surprised to learn that their campuses are hotbeds of hatred. That’s the claim, at least, of numerous submissions to a Senate committee currently considering legislation to establish a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities.
The battlelines on campuses have been drawn. On one side is the enormous institutional support for the military-industrial complex and the highly militarised state of Israel. On the other side is a movement of students and staff desperate to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
