Sunak Leads Efforts to Combat Antisemitism on UK University Campuses

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In a bid to tackle the alarming rise in antisemitic abuse on university campuses across the UK, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is spearheading efforts to ensure a zero-tolerance approach to hatred and discrimination. With concerns mounting over the toxic environment faced by Jewish students amidst pro-Palestine protests, Sunak is set to convene a crucial meeting with university leaders to address this pressing issue.

 

The Prime Minister's invitation to vice-chancellors of leading universities underscores the urgency of the matter, as reports of antisemitic incidents continue to escalate. The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) has sounded the alarm, highlighting the increasing hostility emanating from pro-Palestine encampments on campuses, which threaten to disrupt student life and safety.

 

Sunak's meeting aims to galvanize university leaders into action, calling for immediate disciplinary measures against any student found inciting racial hatred or violence. Moreover, the police will be involved if criminal acts are detected, signaling a robust response to safeguard the well-being of all students.

 

Acknowledging the surge in antisemitic incidents, Sunak emphasized the need for universities to uphold principles of tolerance and respect while fostering rigorous debate. He stressed that disruptive behavior and harassment have no place in academic settings, where diversity of thought should be celebrated without fear of discrimination.

 

Alongside the meeting, the government has allocated £500,000 to the University Jewish Chaplaincy to bolster support for students affected by antisemitism and intimidation. This funding forms part of a broader £7 million initiative announced by Jeremy Hunt to combat antisemitism in educational institutions.

 

The urgency of the situation cannot be overstated, with antisemitic incidents on university campuses more than tripling in 2023 compared to the previous year. This alarming trend underscores the imperative for swift and decisive action to root out hatred and prejudice from academic environments.

 

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, Communities Secretary Michael Gove, and Security Minister Tom Tugendhat will join Sunak in the meeting, underscoring the cross-government commitment to combating antisemitism. Keegan emphasized the need for universities to crack down on abuse and ensure that protests do not disrupt campus life unjustly.

 

Recent pro-Palestine encampments at prestigious universities like Oxford and Cambridge have sparked widespread concern, prompting calls for divestment from Israel. While peaceful protests are recognized as fundamental rights, they must not devolve into platforms for hate speech or discrimination.

 

The wave of protests in the UK mirrors similar movements in other countries, highlighting the global resonance of the Israel-Palestine conflict. However, it is imperative that universities uphold their duty to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students, irrespective of their background or beliefs.

 

2024-05-10

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

Was that written by an israeli?

 

If Israel wasn't killing thousands of Palestinian children there would never have been an increase in "anti semitism", and is it anti semitism, or anti zionism? I suspect the latter,but we know how the pro israeli leaders try and make it seem as if anti zionism is anti semitism, which it is not.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

In a bid to tackle the alarming rise in antisemitic abuse on university campuses across the UK, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is spearheading efforts to ensure a zero-tolerance approach to hatred and discrimination.

What is killing thousands of unarmed Palestinians if not hatred and discrimination? Seems that it's only a problem when it affects israelis.

[Rampant Rabbit]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What is killing thousands of unarmed Palestinians if not hatred and discrimination? Seems that it's only a problem when it affects israelis.

What is  murdering  1200 Israelis if  not exactly the same and lets be real Im sure the  Hamas God would want an eye for an eye.

[thaibeachlovers]

24 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

What is  murdering  1200 Israelis if  not exactly the same and lets be real Im sure the  Hamas God would want an eye for an eye.

I've never included Hamas in my posts about thousands of innocent Palestinians being killed by israelis. It's only your side that keeps rabbiting on about October 7.

[Skipalongcassidy]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've never included Hamas in my posts about thousands of innocent Palestinians being killed by israelis. It's only your side that keeps rabbiting on about October 7.

That's your problem right there... the palestinians have covertly supported hamas therefore they are not so innocent are they... they let the hate and terror build because they share the same muslim heritage of hate and terror so again not so innocent are they???

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've never included Hamas in my posts about thousands of innocent Palestinians being killed by israelis. It's only your side that keeps rabbiting on about October 7.

Because, difficult as it must be to penetrate your amazing partisan bigotry, fuelled by your relentless hatred of Israel, they kicked it all off by attacking Israel in the most savage way on October 7th. Slaughtering, raping to death, burning alive and bringing their civilians with them to take part in the murder rape and pillage.

 

Israel has responded by moving to destroy Hamas, and the civilian casualties are a direct, inevitable and predictable response, caused by the way that Hamas, which claims to be a legitimate sovereign entity operates and fights, in direct contravention of the laws of armed conflict.

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

What is  murdering  1200 Israelis if  not exactly the same and lets be real Im sure the  Hamas God would want an eye for an eye.

I said at the very start of this war that we are soon to learn how many eyes for an eye and teeth for a tooth.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

That's your problem right there... the palestinians have covertly supported hamas therefore they are not so innocent are they... they let the hate and terror build because they share the same muslim heritage of hate and terror so again not so innocent are they???

I’d go easy on religious heritage of hate and terror if I were you., it might give rise to examination of who holds the trophy on that.

 

But thank you, you have said the quiet bit out loud.

 

There is a clear link between those supporting the ongoing carnage in Gaza and their own post history on Muslims and Islam.

You’ve given us an example.

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

42 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I said at the very start of this war that we are soon to learn how many eyes for an eye and teeth for a tooth.

 

 

 

It doesn't really work like that.

 

If you walk up to a man in the street and randomly punch him in the face, he is likely to retaliate with several blows. Good luck asking him to stop after one, because you only struck him once so now you're even.

 

This is a good move by Sunak. The rise in anti-semitism is indeed alarming and needs to be tackled before Labour get to power, at which point we can expect a huge rise and the government doing next to nothing about it. After all, Labour's history with anti-semitism is a disgrace.

 

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/23/diane-abbott-and-the-deranged-left/

 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

It doesn't really work like that.

 

If you walk up to a man in the street and randomly punch him in the face, he is likely to retaliate with several blows. Good luck asking him to stop after one, because you only struck him once so now you're even.

 

This is a good move by Sunak. The rise in anti-semitism is indeed alarming and needs to be tackled before Labour get to power, at which point we can expect a huge rise and the government doing next to nothing about it. After all, Labour's history with anti-semitism is a disgrace.

 

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/23/diane-abbott-and-the-deranged-left/

 

Arguably the most glaring false equivalence I’ve read on here in a long time.

 

[Bkk Brian]

3 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

What is  murdering  1200 Israelis if  not exactly the same and lets be real Im sure the  Hamas God would want an eye for an eye.

The Hamas ideology would prefer all Jews wiped off the face of the earth. We all know it they had their way they would repeat the event again and again

Edited May 10 by Bkk Brian

[JonnyF]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Arguably the most glaring false equivalence I’ve read on here in a long time.

 

 

It's more commonly referred to as an analogy. 

 

 

 

 

[newbee2022]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

Recent pro-Palestine encampments

That has nothing to do with Antisemitism,  it's just criticism of Israel's politics 🙏

[JGV]

Suni is part of the global establishment and wants to stifle the right to protest effectively banning fre speech and is projecting this falsehood that Pro Palestinian protesters are anti semetic  - No they are anti genocide and many Israeli jews are also protesting against genocide by Netanyahu's fascists - What is a fact is that the UK government is funding the Israeli governments with weapons that the Isaeli government use to slaughter women and children in Gaza

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, JGV said:

Suni is part of the global establishment and wants to stifle the right to protest effectively banning fre speech and is projecting this falsehood that Pro Palestinian protesters are anti semetic  - No they are anti genocide and many Israeli jews are also protesting against genocide by Netanyahu's fascists - What is a fact is that the UK government is funding the Israeli governments with weapons that the Isaeli government use to slaughter women and children in Gaza

If that's a fact, can you provide a link to this claim?

 

3 minutes ago, JGV said:

What is a fact is that the UK government is funding the Israeli governments with weapons that the Isaeli government use to slaughter women and children in Gaza

 

[retarius]

4 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

What is  murdering  1200 Israelis if  not exactly the same and lets be real Im sure the  Hamas God would want an eye for an eye.

1200 Israelis, many killed by the IDF btw, is 1200 Palestinians, not 30,000+

[2baht]

Netanyahoo is the greatest recruiter anti Semites have ever had!

[fdimike]

4 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

That's your problem right there... the palestinians have covertly supported hamas therefore they are not so innocent are they... they let the hate and terror build because they share the same muslim heritage of hate and terror so again not so innocent are they???

The Brits taught the Israelis how to kill and terrorize the Palestinians many years ago.  Israel thinks it has free reign to do as it likes when it comes to the Palestinians which they don't consider to be human.  Personally I intentionally boycott anything made/sold by Israel because I look at the Israeli government as being less than human!!

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Netanyahoo is the greatest recruiter anti Semites have ever had!

I wouldn’t make that argument, but I do think he’s providing very good grounds for the foundation and international recognition of an independent Palestinian State.

 

 

[JonnyF]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I wouldn’t make that argument,

 

Certainly not publicly...

 

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

 

but I do think he’s providing very good grounds for the foundation and international recognition of an independent Palestinian State.

 

 

 

Not doubt with Hamas influencing government policy...

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

Certainly not publicly...

 

 

Not doubt with Hamas influencing government policy...

Jonny,

 

I think we’ve had this discussion before.

 

Deal with the views and arguments I actually express and not those your fetid imagination dreams up on my behalf.

[Purdey]

Funnily enough, the idea of creating Israel was only tentatively agreed by the UK. The USA was the first to recognize the new country. The Jewish terrorists (yes they were wanted terrorists) at that time included a future prime minister, Menachem Begin. You may remember the King David's hotel bombing.

UK foreign minister Balfour stated they were in favor of an Israel state as long as other occupants of the area were treated well.

"Nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine".

Oh well.

[NativeBob]

7 hours ago, Social Media said:

the government has allocated £500,000 to the University Jewish Chaplaincy to bolster support for students affected by antisemitism and intimidation

Wow! That's quite a big "allocation"!

[JonnyF]

35 minutes ago, Purdey said:

"Nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine".

 

They should have thought of that on October 6th and gone home. 

 

Instead, the woke up the next day and committed heinous acts, for which they are now experiencing the consequences. 

 

FAFO.

[JonnyF]

42 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Deal with the views and arguments I actually express and not those your fetid imagination dreams up on my behalf.

 

Pot.

 

Kettle.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 5/10/2024 at 12:18 PM, herfiehandbag said:

Because, difficult as it must be to penetrate your amazing partisan bigotry, fuelled by your relentless hatred of Israel, they kicked it all off by attacking Israel in the most savage way on October 7th. Slaughtering, raping to death, burning alive and bringing their civilians with them to take part in the murder rape and pillage.

 

Israel has responded by moving to destroy Hamas, and the civilian casualties are a direct, inevitable and predictable response, caused by the way that Hamas, which claims to be a legitimate sovereign entity operates and fights, in direct contravention of the laws of armed conflict.

and you ignore the reason for October 7.

 

I have a rule that people that make personal insults against me go to ignore, so bye bye.

[herfiehandbag]

19 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

and you ignore the reason for October 7.

 

I have a rule that people that make personal insults against me go to ignore, so bye bye.

So you feel that October 7 was justified?

 

Knowing that you can justify such depravity rather softens the blow of being put on your ignore list!

 

Stamp your tiny feet and flounce out of the room!

[johng]

On 5/10/2024 at 5:25 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

the palestinians have covertly supported hamas therefore they are not so innocent are they...

Ironically that is the same point that Osama Bin Laden made in his

"letter to America"

[johng]

14 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

So you feel that October 7 was justified?

There is a difference between understanding why something bad happened and supporting the bad thing that happened.