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Students gather around tents at an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest camp at Kings College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, eastern England on May 7, 2024 (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
March 16, 2026, 2:59 pm
1 in 5 UK university students ‘reluctant’ to share house with Jewish student — poll
In poll covering 170 institutions, about half of students report seeing glorification of proscribed terror groups; large majority (82%) say ‘globalize the intifada’ is antisemitic
By ToI Staff
Tents are set up by pro-Palestinians students outside the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford, May 9, 2024 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 11, 2024, 10:02 am
As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to UK campuses, Sunak seeks to head off unrest
British PM meets with university heads after warning of antisemitism, with ‘students and academic staff being targeted, threatened, and assaulted simply for being Jewish’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Students protest the war in Gaza at the University of Cambridge, UK. Protests have sprung up in Britain following the latest crackdowns on pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student protests in the US. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 2, 2024, 11:13 pm
Echoing US encampments, anti-Israel students across Britain launch campus protests
UK activists are pitching tents to call on their universities to divest from Israel; Union of Jewish Students protests ‘torrent of antisemitic hatred on campus’
By ToI Staff
University of Warwick. (Wikimedia Commons/Mike1024, public domain)
February 4, 2023, 5:19 pm
Students at a UK university quit national union for failing to address antisemitism
Warwick University Students’ Union announces departure after independent investigation finds National Union of Students ‘constantly’ failed to deal with bigotry allegations
By ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters burn an Israeli flag as they demonstrate in support of the Palestinian cause outside the Israeli Embassy in central London on May 22, 2021. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
January 13, 2023, 1:57 am
Investigation finds ‘shocking’ antisemitism in UK’s student union
Probe reveals bullying of Jews, blood libels, conspiracy theories in National Union of Students; Board of Deputies charges group with ‘litany of failures’
By Ash Obel
Screen capture from video of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during a Cambridge Union event in which he made remarks deemed anti-Semitic. (YouTube)
June 18, 2019, 10:19 am
Malaysian PM draws laughter with anti-Semitic jibe at UK’s Cambridge University
Debating union hosts Mahathir Mohamad, who says he has Jewish friends but they ‘are not like other Jews’; Jewish group calls audience response ‘chilling’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
University of Essex science lecturer Maaruf Ali. (YouTube screenshot)
May 29, 2019, 1:59 pm
UK lecturer accused of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial is dismissed
University of Essex held tribunal over computer science teacher Maaruf Ali, who also urged students to prevent formation of campus Jewish society
By ToI Staff
A building at the University of Essex (Wikimedia Commons, Rwendland)
February 22, 2019, 2:39 pm
UK lecturer accused of anti-Semitism, encouraging vote against Jewish group
Essex University probing claims computer science teacher posted content including Holocaust denial, urged students to prevent formation of campus Jewish society
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev, interviewed by the BBC on May 1, 2016 (BBC screenshot)
From the WebApril 28, 2017, 7:52 am
Israel envoy speaks at London university, over pro-Palestinian protests
Mark Regev first Israeli diplomat invited to SOAS since school voted for academic boycott of Jewish state in 2005, Jewish News reports
The new president of the UK National Union of Students Malia Bouattia (YouTube screenshot)
April 26, 2017, 4:59 pm
Divisive pro-BDS student leader ousted in UK
Malia Bouattia, who made controversial militantly pro-Palestinian comments, loses National Union of Students reelection bid
By Sue Surkes
Israel's Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev, interviewed by the BBC on May 1, 2016 (BBC screenshot)
April 26, 2017, 1:11 am
Israel’s envoy to visit first UK campus to back anti-Israel boycott
Defying protests by students and professors, Mark Regev set to speak at London’s SOAS, whose students endorsed academic boycott in 2005
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Keble College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
April 4, 2017, 8:28 pm
Most Jewish British students experience anti-Semitism, study finds
Two-thirds of those attending universities say they have been targeted due to their religion; many worry about being attacked
By JTA
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