SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Antisemitism Envoy’s inevitable poor performance at the NSW Parliamentary Enquiry:

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Mary Kostakidis

Antisemitism Envoy’s inevitable poor performance at the NSW Parliamentary Enquiry:

‘Segal’s recently published responses to questions on notice reveal that the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism is proposing an overhaul of Australian political and social systems, so they have a focus on antisemitism, which represents prejudice towards adherents of Judaism, and this is no evidence-based suggestion, but rather relies upon her simple assertions and those of the Israel lobby. A dearth of concrete evidence The envoy’s antisemitism plan proposes that the nation adopts at all levels of government the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition on antisemitism, which has been shown to have been given “official” status fraudulently, and is known to include criticism of the Israeli state as amounting to antisemitism. And this line can be run because Israel is a Jewish state. Segal is a Zionist. Zionism is the late 1880s political doctrine calling for a settler colonial Jewish state to be established on historic Palestine. Not all Jews are Zionists. Not all Zionists are Jews. There are more Christian Zionists in the USA, than there are Jewish Zionists. And the IHRA definition serves to conflate hatred towards Jews with political critiques of Israel and hence, deflect this criticism. Lawrence, a well-known Sydney barrister, quizzed Segal on notice in respect of the evidence and research the plan is based upon, the Jewish organisations she consulted in producing it, whether any of these organisations were non-Zionist, the statistical findings supporting her propositions and proof of her claims that foreign interference has been propagating Jewish hatred at Australian universities. But Segal doesn’t give substantial answers. She often refers to the “research commissioned”, “clear evidence”, “credible concerns” and even “a leading market research firm”. The point is, Lawrence is raising the assertions made by the Israel lobby in the public sphere without evidence, and he’s asking for the citations or proof and even with time to respond from home, the envoy provides none. In her plan, Segal further suggests that she be charged with monitoring the media and universities for antisemitism, with funding for the latter made dependent on being Jewish-hatred-free, so the lawyer asked for ten of the most serious examples of antisemitism on uni campuses and her answer is that the “recommendation is precautionary, principled and for government to implement”.’

@PaulrGregoire

Link below

https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/envoys-antisemitism-plan-is-manifestly-lacking-in-substance/

9:27 AM · Aug 24, 2025