ANU has formally rejected the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism and stood firmly on the side of academic freedom and right to legitimate criticism of Israel.
The Guardian’s Higher Education reporter Caitlin Cassidy reports:
The Australian National University (ANU) has rejected growing pressure from parliamentary MPs to adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism. The International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism has been critiqued as an ‘outright attack on academic freedom’ among Palestinian and Arab scholars who argue its definition of antisemitism, which includes ‘targeting the state of Israel’ could be used to shut down legitimate criticism of Israel.