OP article: 17 May 2025
Alternate article- Student general meeting demands USyd drop specious definition of antisemitism, cut ties with Israel - 18 May 2025
USyd response statement - University of Sydney does not condone student resolution: statement: 21 May 2025
Selected paragraphs:
Over 200 students packed a Student General Meeting at the University of Sydney this week, overwhelmingly rejecting the university’s new definition of antisemitism, designed to smear supporters of Palestine, and standing up to a crackdown on the right to protest.
The new Universities Australia definition of antisemitism, adopted by nearly all Australian universities, states that criticism of Israel can be antisemitic “when it calls for the elimination of the State of Israel”. It draws heavily on the widely-condemned International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition which has been opposed by organisations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
In the end, only two students voted against any of the motions. It was an incredibly important moment for the movement on campus in a context where the right to support Palestine is under serious attack.
When two Zionist students spoke against the motions, calling pro-Palestine protesters antisemitic and condemning Hamas, the entire auditorium turned their backs on them. In response to their claims, an anti-Zionist student from a Jewish family spoke in support of the motion to support the one-state solution, telling the crowd: “I’m tired of being represented by Jewish people that think defending the state of Israel is valid, so I decided to come and speak for myself.”
In the lead-up to the meeting, the University had also threatened to cancel the room booking for the SGM unless the meeting was recorded and every student who wanted to attend presented their identification to security. These demands were dropped after opposition from the SRC.
Oh sorry shitforbrains, the printer was jammed. Here’s a copy of the transition plan:
spoiler
now look cobber, if i didn’t know better i’d think you were having a bit of fun, you australians are so much fun!
unless of course you’re intellectually diverse in which case i apologize for asking you to use your brain
this is pretty much all i expected to get out of people like you anyway
it’s been lovely, hey if i have any questions about australia i know where to come, i guess that would be more in your wheelhouse as they say
i look forward to throwing some more intellectually appropriate shrimps on the barbie with you in future bud