Sydney and Monash universities have urged students protesting against the war in Gaza to stop using phrases such as “intifada” and “from the river to the sea”, as Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus dismissed a request from Australia’s top tertiary institutions for urgent legal advice on the slogans.
The universities also sought guidance on calls that Palestine should be free “from the river to the sea” because of longstanding concerns the words are antisemitic and seek the destruction of the state of Israel. Student organisers at the Monash protest site said the university told them on Thursday that any student using the phrases “intifada” or “from the river to the sea” could face disciplinary action.
However, the university stopped short of banning the phrases, saying it was not aware of any legal determination about the interpretation of the words.
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