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“Online hate report exposes ‘overt effort to normalise antisemitism’” – Article at The Age
A new article in The Age discusses our new report on the Online Responses to the Melbourne Synagogue Attacks in 2024 and 2025. In November 2024, the Addas Synagogue in Melbourne was set alight whilst people were worshipping inside. In July 2025 the entrance to the East Melbourne Synagogue was set alight as members of…
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“Antisemitism Plan Welcomed” – Interview on ABC Radio National
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed recently on the ABC Radio National program PM. Dr Oboler spoke to Samantha Donovan about the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism. They discuss the report’s recommendation that Australia broadly adopts the IHRA’s working definition on antisemitism, and the false narrative that the definition categorises all criticism of…
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“The Special Envoy’s plan to stem the antisemitic tide is a critical development at a pivotal moment” – Article for the ABC
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler writes for the ABC about the recent release of Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism, which follows a series of serious antisemitic attacks in Melbourne. Oboler provides a summary and analysis of the recommendations that are outlined in the plan, which include the adoption of the…
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The Plan to Combat Antisemitism
We welcome the Plan to Combat Antisemitism released by the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. The plan which clearly outlines the problem of antisemitism being normalised in Australian society, and outlines concrete action that will be taken, will shock those who have become complacent to antisemitism and begun to regard it as normal and acceptable.…
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Wertheim v Haddad [2025] FCA 720
Our CEO, Dr Oboler, served as an expert witness for the case Wertheim v Haddad heard in the Federal Court of Australia. Dr Oboler’s written testimony examined a number of antisemitic statements that had been made by Mr Haddad, an Islamic preacher, in speeches he delivered at the Al Madina Dawah Centre in Bankstown, NSW.…
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JCCV’s “Turning Point” report
Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, reviewed the “Turning Point: The Victorian Jewish Community After October 7” report published by the JCCV and provided commentary on it for an article published in J-Wire. The report mentioned the Online Hate Prevention Institute a number of times and drew on the research in our “Online Antisemitism After October…
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United Against Hate
To mark the UN designated International Day for Countering Hate Speech, respond to rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate since October 2023, and help address the breakdown in social cohesion, the Online Hate Prevention Institute, together with the Online Hate Task Force, have co-led a group of civil society organisations in creating the United Against Hate…
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Far-left terrorism: Washington DC
In the evening of Wednesday 21st of May the American Jewish Committee (AJC) held its annual Young Diplomats Reception in Washington DC. The event brings together junior staff working in the various embassies in DC. This year’s event, held at the Capitol Jewish Museum, turned tragic when two young people who work at the Israeli…
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Community experts lambast activists using antisemitism to intimidate – J-Wire
J-Wire published the following letter from our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler and Professor Emerita Suzanne Rutland send in their capacities as expert members of the Australian Government’s Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), and members of IHRA’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial: The recent letters claiming to come from “Your Jewish Neighbour”…
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Experts condemn false antisemitism claims – Australian Jewish News
The Australian Jewish News published an article on a letter sent by Adjunct Associate Professor Andre Oboler (also CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute) and Professor Emerita Suzanne Rutland in their capacities as Australia’s Experts to the International Holocaust Remebrance Alliance’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. The AJN explained: “Jewish experts have condemned…