Students in Australia have been slammed for allegedly making Nazigestures during an online student discussion about anti-Israel protests on the campus of the Australian National University .
The four-hour-long virtual ANU Students’ Association meeting is being investigated by authorities after footage appeared to show a student putting her finger below her nose to create an Adolf Hitler moustache. The student was allegedly booted off the call.
In the same meeting, another student repeatedly raised their arm above the camera in a way that appeared to mimic the Nazi salute. Seated next to a different student wearing a black and white Keffiyeh scarf, the student, who was partially cut off by the web camera, raised their arm twice in what has been labelled a Nazi-era Sieg Heil salute. The student remained in the virtual meeting.
The Australian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) said the gestures allegedly occurred at the ANU Students’ Association’s (ANUSA) annual general meeting when a motion about antisemitism was raised by Jewish students.
