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Liz Hobday, Tess Ikonomou, Jacob Shteyman and Kat Wong

'Extraordinary overreach': anti-Semitism report blasted

Critics fear a plan to tackle anti-Semitism will cause more division and criminalise dissent. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A plan to combat anti-Semitism including suggestions funding may be stripped from arts bodies and events amounts to overreach, a pro-Palestinian writer says.

The recommendation to axe support for publicly funded institutions and festivals that promote or fail to effectively deal with hate speech is part of Australia's anti-Semitism envoy Jillian Segal's report.

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