Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country

Australia appoints Jillian Segal to combat antisemitism

As special envoy, Businesswoman and attorney Jillian Segal Segal will engage with Jewish Australian about antisemitism and advise government on policy against Jew-hatred

Australia introduces first special envoy to combat anti-Semitism

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese named Jillian Segal as the country's first anti-Semitism envoy on Tuesday.

Australia Appoints Anti-Antisemitism Special Envoy

MELBOURNE — The Australian government named a special envoy Tuesday to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began. A similar envoy will soon be appointed to challenge Islamophobia in Australia and both will promote social cohesion, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters at the Sydney Jewish Museum. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Albanese’s own Sydney office has been targeted with pro-Palestinian…

Australia appoints first antisemitism envoy

SYDNEY — Australia has Tuesday appointed its first antisemitism envoy in response to an increase in attacks against its Jewish community. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the envoy would promote social cohesion and help to curb a rise in violence and abuse against Australia’s Jewish community since the start of the Israel-Gaza conflict last October. The Prime Minister said that overwhelmingly Australians did not want the conflict …

Australia appoints special envoys as antisemitism, Islamophobia rise over Gaza war

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian government is appointing the country’s first envoys to fight antisemitism and Islamophobia in an attempt to prevent further fraying of social cohesion over the war in Gaza. Announcing the positions on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East had caused “a great deal of grief” for Jewish and Islamic communities in Aust…

Australia appoints special envoy for combatting antisemitism

The government said the advisory role will help allay rising community tension over the Israel-Gaza war.