澳大利亚反犹太主义与社会凝聚力皇家调查委员会揭露了校园内针对犹太学生的严重欺凌事件。[1]调查委员会主席弗吉尼亚·贝尔法官听取了教育工作者、家长和反犹太主义特使的证词，记录了多起令人震惊的骚扰案例。[1]
被曝光的不当行为包括：学生头部被强行推入密闭空间并被喷洒除臭剂，以此模拟"毒气室"，[1]课桌被故意摆成卐字形，[1]犹太学生遭遇"希特勒应该完成他的工作"等纳粹言论，[1]以及公众在校车上对犹太小学生进行反犹太主义谩骂。[1]此外，某些教师的行为也加剧了这一问题，例如有教师佩戴"释放巴勒斯坦"徽章引发犹太学生不适。[1]
调查委员会发现，这类骚扰事件在2023年10月加沙战争开始后激增。[1]反犹太主义特使吉莉安·西格尔在作证中特别指出此类事件在该时期后明显增加。[1]
Australia's Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has uncovered severe harassment of Jewish students in schools, including incidents where students' heads were forced into confined spaces and sprayed with air freshener to simulate "gas chambers," and desks arranged in swastika formations [1]. The commission, chaired by Justice Virginia Bell, heard testimony from educators, parents, and an antisemitism envoy documenting a pattern of antisemitic violence and abuse targeting Jewish classmates [1].
The harassment has taken multiple forms across school environments. Jewish students have been subjected to Nazi rhetoric such as "Hitler should have finished the job," while members of the public have directed antisemitic abuse at Jewish primary school students on school buses [1]. In one instance, a teacher wearing a "Free Palestine" badge caused distress to Jewish students [1]. According to Gillian Siegel, the antisemitism envoy, such incidents have notably increased since October 2023, following the outbreak of the Gaza conflict [1].