Pro-Israel supporters harassed a student encampment at Monash overnight while a Jewish rally confronted the University of Melbourne’s pro-Palestine camp on Thursday.
A narrow moat in the heart of the University of Melbourne became the scene of an uneasy stand-off between its pro-Palestine student encampment and Jewish groups on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Victorian Greens demanded universities and police step up security for the camps to ensure protester safety, but Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called university chancellors and vice-chancellors “weak” for tolerating the encampments, which he branded as antisemitic., leading to ugly clashes, Australian campuses are largely leaving protesters alone, but warning that any violence, racism, or property damage will not be tolerated.
Then, as the rally dispersed into the afternoon sun, some walked on with Israeli flags down the short way to the pro-Palestinian student camp. One man called a young woman draped in a flag back to avoid “riling things up”, but others came to gather outside the university’s south lawn, where more than 50 tents have sprung up since last Thursday.
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