Fears doctors criticising Israel may be silenced as health watchdog adopts contested antisemitism definition

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to use International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition for regulatory work'

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Australia's health watchdog has adopted a contested definition of antisemitism to guide its regulatory work.

The move has been welcomed by the nation's peak Jewish body while the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (Apan) has warned it could silence health professionals from criticising Israel's human rights record.