Synagogues and Jewish schools may need protest bans like abortion clinics to reduce ‘distress and anxiety’, Dreyfus suggests

Former attorney general Mark Dreyfus has called on governments to consider banning protests outside synagogues and Jewish schools, invoking safe access zone laws in Victoria and Tasmania that prohibit demonstrations within 150 meters of abortion clinics. Per The Guardian, speaking at an antisemitism royal commission, Dreyfus said such protections could reduce distress and anxiety for Jewish communities, as he described experiencing antisemitic abuse including being labeled a 'genocidal Zionist.'

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