Amid reports Jewish students in Sydney ‘afraid to go to class’ minister urged to condemn university encampments

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Jason Clare says community, including politicians, must ‘lower the temperature’

Jewish students are afraid to go to class and facing an environment of intimidation on campus, their peers allege, as the education minister comes under growing pressure to condemn pro-Palestine encampments.

However, while 17 formal reports have been made about “various aspects” of Australia’s longest encampment at the University of Sydney, no breaches related to antisemitism have been found, a spokesperson for the university said.

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