The royal commission is now hearing from Jillian Segal AO, the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism.
She’s been asked to summarise the assessments she has made about antisemitism in Australia since she took up her role.
“Antisemitism is a virus, it’s an illness that has morphed and mutated over time,” Segal said.
She is describing how antisemitism has evolved over time, from religious-based to the racism of Nazi Germany and to modern antisemitism, which she describes as much more concerned with the state of Israel.
“It’s almost fashionable,” Segal says. “If someone that they follow online, an influencer, is of that view, they adopt that view.
“In one sense it’s the most pernicious because it just happens very easily, and in another sense I think, through my plan, it’s the form of antisemitism that we can tackle because I think it is subject to education.”
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