JEWISH leaders have voiced concern over the University of Adelaide’s plans to co-host anti-Israel activist Professor John Dugard, speaking on “Palestine: Is Israel Above the Law?” when he delivers the Edward Said Memorial Lecture this Saturday.
The annual lecture will be jointly presented by the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFPA) and the university’s School of Social Sciences.
Dugard, a South African lawyer and a former Special Rapporteur to the UN Commission on Human Rights, has consistently compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.
Read the full article by Peter Kohn in the Australian Jewish News.