Last year, Baroness Ruth Deech warned that Britain’s leading universities are becoming no-go zones for Jewish students because anti-Semitism is so rife. With a survey out today reporting that two-thirds of Jewish students say the National Union of Students does not respond appropriately to allegations of antisemitism, there is clearly work to do tackling discrimination on campus.
So, Mr S was glad to see Malia Bouattia, the NUS president, discussing the topic in an interview with Novara media. When asked about the problem of anti-Semitism — and its relationship to Islamophobia — Bouattia said that despite attempts by the state to ‘divide and conquer’ and claims by Parliament, Jewish and Muslim organisers are beginning to realise that they are ‘facing the same attacks’.
‘The state’s no 1 tactic is divide and conquer, right? Divide all the communities and don’t allow them to possibly think that they’re all facing the same… err..
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