Antisemitism royal commission LIVE updates: Witnesses tell of being cancelled, gaslit and accused of supporting genocide; Jillian Segal warns of ‘fashionable’ antisemitism

2.54pm

Royal commission adjourns for the day

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This brings us to the end of our live coverage of the fourth day of hearings of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

Today we heard from workers about their experiences of antisemitism in the workplace, including a woman who was forced to change her “obviously Jewish” name.

We also heard from a nurse who described feeling scared as a patient herself, after two Bankstown nurses were filmed allegedly threatening Jewish patients.

The president of a Jewish junior football club also told the commission of sickening abuse hurled towards players, some as young as seven, including being told “Hitler should have finished you off”.

Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal also told the commission of antisemitic trends, describing it as a “virus” that has become more popular online.

The commission will return for another day of hearings tomorrow.