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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
After Bondi attack, U of Sydney fires academic filmed calling Jewish students ‘filthy Zionists’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn the wake of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, the University of Sydney has fired academic Rose Nakad after she was filmed in October berating Jewish students as “filthy Zionists” and hurling other antisemitic invective.
Meet Professor Rose Nakad – a media and communications lecturer at @Sydney_Uni.
She's been fired for calling Jewish students 'parasites' and 'filthy Zionists' in a foul-mouthed campus rant. She also spat on them.
The students were abused for celebrating Sukkot.???????? pic.twitter.com/WtUMgI4rsr
— Peter Lloyd (@Suffragent_) December 16, 2025
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