Jewish professor feared ‘terrorist attack’ when protesters occupied office, antisemitism royal commission hears

The royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has heard that universities have not done enough to deal with antisemitic incidents on campus. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A Jewish professor has told the royal commission into antisemitism the University of Melbourne needs to show it doesn’t “tolerate misbehaviour” after the expulsion of two pro-Palestine student activists who occupied his office was overturned.

Steven Prawer, a professor of physics, said on Tuesday that he had not known at the time whether it was a “terrorist attack”.