Pro-Palestinian activists at Sydney University, Australia, a recent investigative report revealed, have been freely disrupting university lectures, shouting antisemitic slogans and carrying banners declaring "Jews not allowed." According to the report:
"Jewish workers and students experienced antisemitism daily whilst on campus, creating a workplace of fear, anxiousness and a fear of retribution towards Jewish workers and students because they were Jewish people."
As has become typical in the West, the report's recommendations were ignored and a full investigation of the university not undertaken.
For those Jewish scholars and experts from abroad, often invited by the local community in Australia to visit and share their views and expertise, there is news: you might not be permitted to enter Australia. Your visa, even if approved at some earlier stage, could be revoked and you might be silenced. The governing leftist Labor Party may not want you there.
If, however, you are a dedicated Palestinian from Gaza, you are most likely welcome in Australia -- little vetting required. So, come join the many thousands who are there already. Come create your very own "private Idaho," just as many of your fellow Islamists have already done in Europe.
Scheduled to speak to thousands of people at a fundraising event in June for Australian Friends of Magen David Adom (the official Israeli ambulance and medical emergency service devoted to saving lives of all people), Hillel Fuld had his visa revoked at the last minute. Fuld, an American-Israeli who describes himself as "a proud Zionist, a tech columnist, advisor to Google and Microsoft, and a father of five," has over the past 20 months posted on his X and LinkedIn accounts commentary about Hamas's war on Israel.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, "responsible for importing thousands of Gazans to Australia without adequate security checks," gave as his reason for revoking Fuld's visa a false accusation of "'islamophobia rhetoric' which risked inciting discord against Australia's Muslim population."
Fuld, therefore, was supposedly a "threat to the 'health, safety or good order' of Australians."
Over the past few weeks in Australia, the following incidents against Jews were reported without much consequence:
- Ringleader of anti-Israel protest receives slap on wrist for assault - WATCH
- Gaza comes to the City to Surf
- Club bans 'fatophobia' and Zionists
- Local Labor Party branch calls for antisemitic measures
- Jews targeted at Newcastle surf event
- Extremist 'anti-racist' to speak at NSW Government-sponsored organization's event
- Western Sydney couple get slap on the wrist over antisemitic graffiti
In the overall scheme of things, these events might seem trivial. Jews, regrettably, are often the "canary in the coalmine" – meaning, how Jews as a defenseless minority in the diaspora are treated, portends escalating future actions not only against them but other minorities, and eventually all citizens.
With Fuld, the issue is the curtailment of freedom of speech. Facts are denied a platform, in order to make space for alternative narratives that suit the prevailing political trend. This issue should be of concern to all citizens.
More than a decade back, Charles Small noted about the US:
"Anti-Semitism is a deep, deep hatred, and once we permit this hatred to exist or target one group, it'll only be a matter of time before other groups are targeted."
Small was the director of the Yale University Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism until it was closed down by the university after only a few years. Small's words in 2012 were far-sighted. A decade or so later, we see widely-supported, violent anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist events at Harvard, Yale and University of Pennsylvania, among others institutions (see Appendix). Columbia University, Northwestern University, Portland State University, UC Berkeley, and the University of Minnesota are currently under federal investigation.
In France, Jew-hatred is on the rise again. In early June, French dockworkers prevented a shipment of military goods destined for Israel, intended to assist it surviving an onslaught of jihadists from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran and its own West Bank. French President Emmanuel Macron, possibly to please his growing Muslim constituency, intended to recognize "steps toward" a borderless, atrociously governed, terrorist State of Palestine – contrary to the interests of Israelis, the Middle East, and especially the Palestinians. To justify his actions, and Macron has been lobbying other European nations to follow suit.
Meanwhile, Macron intimated that he would shortly make a decision "whether to implement 'concrete measures' against Israel because of the war against Hamas" – never mind that the war was initiated by Hamas, not Israel.
Coming from the famed land of "liberty, equality and fraternity," these things can only be seen as an example of unapologetic Jew-hatred from a major EU power, itself infiltrated by jihadists. Macron apparently decided that now would be the perfect time for a re-run of the anti-Semitic Dreyfus Affair 130 years ago, in which a loyal Jewish officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, was unjustly charged with treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, a decision overturned only years later.
Even though the Dreyfus Affair was considered "a watershed event in the history of European anti-Semitism," and France during World War II was occupied for years by Nazi Germany and partly governed by the collaborators of the Vichy government, nothing, it seems, has been learned. The French Vichy government, under Marshall Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval, was responsible for the deportation of over 76,000 Jews from France to German death camps. Only 2,500 survived.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee immediately responded to Macron's proposal:
"If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I've got a suggestion for them: Carve out a piece of the French Riviera, and create a Palestinian state. They're welcome to do that... but they're not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation."
Are Macron's government and others not only denying Israel, and its majority Jewish population, the necessary arms to defend itself, but also seeking to recognize a hostile Islamist state inside another country's borders? What is the word for "chutzpah" in French?
European leaders like Macron, from nations such as Norway, Ireland, and Great Britain, who consider a "two-state solution" a pathway to peace, evidently wish to reward Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran for the massacres of October 7, 2023 – the worst crime against Jews since the Holocaust. A two-state "solution" is a certain way to revive Hitler's "final solution" to the existence of Jews – as well as erasing Israel and its Jewish inhabitants.
Assimilation in other countries will not help the Jews, as they discovered to their horror during Europe's fascist era, when they lost more than six million of their people, and would have lost more were it not for the heroic actions of Raoul Wallenberg, Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Oskar Schindler, Denmark's King Christian X and many others less known. They risked, and some even sacrificed, their lives rather than to submit to a massive injustice -- which other politicians and leaders seem all too willing to impose on Jews now.
The harsh reality is that much of the world thinks the worst of Jews – for no rational reason whatsoever. This psychopathology seems to conclude that it is actually morally and spiritually superior to eradicate a people and their religion in a genocide.
Why else would millions continue to be murdered, raped, and tortured in Sudan and Nigeria, for instance, without much comment from the mainstream media, and the dedicated Western pro-Palestinian demonstrators? Why is only Gaza, and by implication Israel's supposed culpability, the world's main focus?
Beth Kuhel comments:
"While civil wars have displaced over 10 million in Sudan, where mass rape, ethnic cleansing, and child slavery have returned to Darfur — Western students chant that Israel is the world's greatest evil."
The battle over Israel's survival and that of the Jewish people, appears to be a spiritual battle fought, as always, in the physical realm. The Israelis of today, like the Israelites of antiquity, probably need to be prepared to fight continually for their land, their people and the acceptance of their holy book, the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. The shocking failures of October 7, 2023, however, cannot be allowed ever to happen again – and Israel's putative allies cannot be relied on.
Israel, despite the odds, will prevail. "No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed," proclaimed Isaiah, "and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord."
Believe it.
Nils A. Haug is an author and columnist. A Lawyer by profession, he is member of the International Bar Association, the National Association of Scholars, the Academy of Philosophy and Letters. Dr. Haug holds a Ph.D. in Apologetical Theology and is author of 'Politics, Law, and Disorder in the Garden of Eden – the Quest for Identity'; and 'Enemies of the Innocent – Life, Truth, and Meaning in a Dark Age.' His work has been published by First Things Journal, The American Mind, Quadrant, Minding the Campus, Gatestone Institute, National Association of Scholars, Jewish Journal, James Wilson Institute (Anchoring Truths), Jewish News Syndicate, Tribune Juive, Document Danmark, and many others.
Appendix (Generated by Perplexity AI)
Universities in the US with recent histories of antisemitism
Universities Under Federal Investigation (2024–2025)
The US Department of Education launched Title VI civil rights investigations into five universities for "widespread antisemitic harassment" following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. These universities are:
- Columbia University
- Northwestern University
- Portland State University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
These investigations were prompted by complaints of institutional indifference and failure to protect Jewish students during and after campus protests.
Campuses with High Numbers of Reported Incidents
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Hillel International, the following universities recorded the highest numbers of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents in the 2023–2024 academic year:
University |
Number of Incidents (2023–2024) |
Columbia University |
67 |
University of California, Davis |
42 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
41 |
University of Michigan |
40 |
Harvard University |
39 |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
38 |
University of California, Berkeley |
36 |
University of Minnesota |
34 |
Stanford University |
33 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
32 |
These ten institutions accounted for 15% of all campus incidents tracked nationwide.
Notable Recent Incidents and Trends
- Columbia University: Faced intense scrutiny after encampments and protests, leading to police intervention and over 1,000 arrests. The university recently ousted three deans over internal messages echoing antisemitic tropes, and federal funding was cut due to continued inaction in protecting Jewish students.
- UC Berkeley: Subject to lawsuits and federal complaints alleging a hostile climate for Jewish students, with accusations of police inaction during antisemitic assaults and demonstrations.
- Northwestern University: Despite administrative claims of improvement, a recent poll found 63% of Jewish students still see antisemitism as a serious problem. The university was previously censured by lawmakers for inadequate response to antisemitic incidents during pro-Hamas demonstrations.
- University of Minnesota: Under investigation for its handling of antisemitism amid repeated pro-Palestinian protests and reported harassment of Jewish students.
- Portland State University: Investigated after student protests over the Gaza war and reports of both antisemitism and Islamophobia, including a library occupation that ended in a violent standoff.
Other Identified "Hotspots"
Past and recent research identifies additional campuses with persistent or acute antisemitism, including:
- CUNY-Brooklyn
- University of California campuses
- Rutgers University
- University of Illinois
- University of Wisconsin
Hostility in these locations is often driven by a combination of anti-Israel sentiment and traditional antisemitic tropes, with the presence of active groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) being a strong predictor of a hostile climate.
National Context and Trends
- In the 2024–2025 academic year, over 2,000 antisemitic incidents were tracked on US campuses, marking a 700% increase from 2022 to 2023.
- Antisemitic incidents on campuses accounted for 18% of all such incidents nationwide in 2024.
- The states with the highest number of incidents were New York, California, and New Jersey.
Summary
Columbia University, Northwestern University, Portland State University, UC Berkeley, and the University of Minnesota are currently under federal investigation for their recent histories of antisemitism. Additional universities—including several University of California campuses, Harvard, Rutgers, University of Michigan, and others—have been identified as hotspots for antisemitic incidents in the past year. The surge in incidents is linked to heightened tensions following the Israel-Gaza conflict and has prompted calls for stronger institutional accountability and federal oversight.
