‘Terrifying’: political candidate violently abused and schoolboy thrown into bin, antisemitism royal commission hears
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#75E7R)
The third day of hearings of the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion heard further evidence from Jewish Australians
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Violent antisemitic abuse was allowed to proliferate across a Jewish political candidate's social media as part of a broader trend designed to intimidate Jewish Australians from public life, a royal commission has heard.
Joshua Kirsh launched a campaign as an independent candidate for the New South Wales upper house in late 2025 but found his advertisements online bombarded by antisemitic tropes, abuse and threats.
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