Hundreds of Academics Sign Open Letter Opposing Envoy’s Anti-Semitism Proposal

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Hundreds of Academics Sign Open Letter Opposing Envoy’s Anti-Semitism Proposal

Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Jillian Segal speaks during a media conference in Sydney on October 9, 2023. Countries around the world have reacted to a wave of attacks by land, sea and air carried out by Palestinian armed group Hamas that Israel says has claimed more than 700 lives. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images

More than 380 academics have signed an open letter urging the federal government to reject Anti-Semitism Envoy Jillian Segal’s report, calling it an “unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of universities.”

The signatories include over 100 professors and associate professors and around 200 doctoral degree holders.

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