Campaign demanding University of Sydney vice-chancellor resigns is ‘dangerous’, Jewish Council warns

A pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Sydney has led to calls for vice-chancellor Mark Scott to resign. Scott apologised last week at a Senate hearing on antisemitism on Australian campuses for having ‘failed’ some students. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A “concerted campaign” calling for University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s resignation is “dangerous” and conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, the Jewish Council of Australia says.

Scott is facing calls to resign over the university’s handling of a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. He has apologised and conceded the university must do better.