‘Extreme Green Left’ Fueling Anti-Semitic Sentiment in Schools: Liberal MP

Published on November 27, 2023

An Australian Liberal MP has criticised the “extreme Green left” for leading and encouraging anti-Semitism in schools, saying that Jewish students are feeling increasingly under attack on campuses. Julian Lesser also called for an inquiry into anti-Semitism on university campuses as he described the large number of students walking out of classes to support Palestine as “a sickness in our education system.” The comment comes after hundreds of school students rallied in Melbourne and Sydney to called for a ceasefire in Gaza and demanded Australian political leaders to stop providing military aid to Israel. Mr. Lesser, who holds the seat of Berowra, Sydney, said that students who were calling for Israel to be wiped off the map “needed to spend more time in the classroom.”...