An Adelaide University student newspaper editor condemned by Jewish groups for writing an article that “incites hatred” has been dumped. Watch her fiery speech to fellow students.
A University of Adelaide student who wrote an article labelled “anti-Semitic” has been sacked from the editorial team of its student magazine.
Media student Habibah Jaghoori had refused to back down since her article was published in On Dit last month, telling a student meeting she always would stand by her stance of “death to Israel”.
Her public comments at the meeting resulted in a complaint to the university’s student union, YouX, which conducted an internal investigation through its media committee.
Five days ago, Ms Jaghoori wrote another article to commemorate the Queen’s death – saying On Dit paid respect to “every victim of the colonial bloodlust” and “all the lands … plundered, destroyed and desecrated by the colonial British invasions”.
The YouX board met on Tuesday night, where it voted to remove Ms Jaghoori as a member of the four-person team which runs On Dit, published since 1932.
Previous high-profile editors have included politician Natasha Stott Despoja and journalists Annabel Crabb and David Penberthy.
In a statement, YouX said the finding against Ms Jaghoori was not about her article, but her “conduct and behaviour” since its publication.
Read the article by Colin James in The Advertiser.