{"id":101312,"date":"2023-01-14T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101312"},"modified":"2023-01-14T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T13:38:53","slug":"20-00-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101312","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shocking Indictment\u2019: New Report Finds Pervasive Antisemitism in UK National Union of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018Shocking Indictment\u2019: New Report Finds Pervasive Antisemitism in UK National Union of Students<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Dion J. Pierre<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Illustrative Anti-Israel protest in London in June 2021. Credit: Loredana Sangiuliano\/Shutterstock.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Jewish student members of the National Union of Students (NUS), which represents over seven million university students in the UK, have experienced antisemitism from the organization\u2019s left-wing pro-Palestinian activists, according to a new report.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The report, released on Thursday and commissioned by the NUS, claims that a fixation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the organization has caused \u201cconsiderable alienation of Jewish students\u201d as well as antisemitism that was never properly addressed by its leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe antisemitism which has been experienced has not been limited to Israeli-related examples such as holding Jewish students responsible for the acts of the Israeli state or comparing Israeli policy to Nazism, but has also seen the employing of ancient antisemitic tropes, from blood libels to Rothschild conspiracies,\u201d the report, written by independent lawyer Rebecca Tuck said.<\/span><\/p>\n

NUS has long been dogged by accusations of prevalent antisemitism throughout its organizing structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November NUS removed<\/a> president Shaima Dallali after finding her guilty of antisemitism and other misconduct. In announcing the removal, the first in the organization\u2019s 100 year history, NUS apologized for \u201cthe harm that has been caused\u201d and pledged to \u201crebuild the NUS in an inclusive way \u2014 fighting for all students as we have done for the past 100 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dallali\u2019s tenure at NUS teemed with controversy ever since Jewish student rights groups discovered tweets in which she called Hamas critics \u201cDirty Zionists\u201d and quoted the battle cry, \u201cKhaybar, Khaybar o Jews, the army of Muhammad will return,\u201d a reference to the Battle of Khaybar in 628 that resulted in a massacre of Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dallali has also praised the extremist Islamic preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who supports Palestinian suicide bombers and is banned from visiting four western countries and regarded as a terrorist by several Arab states, including<\/a> Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to the Dallali\u2019s firing, the UK government suspended its relations with NUS and cut its funding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report cited dozens of examples of antisemitic incidents alleged by Jewish students, many of which occurred at NUS conferences. Students reported incitement of violence against Israeli civilians, the spreading of conspiracy theories about Mossad\u2019s rumored role in the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), and opposition to a motion proposing observance of Holocaust Memorial Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuck also noted that a core principle of NUS\u2019 progressive culture is the idea that minority groups \u201cdefine the terms of their oppression,\u201d making it less likely that choosing not to use the IHRA definition, which NUS adopted in 2017, will improve the organization\u2019s relationship with Jewish students going forward. She also acknowledged that \u201cZionist\u201d is used as a slur in place of \u201cJew\u201d, with the \u201cinsult or discriminatory message still being administered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The report recommended exhaustive vetting of candidates for office, antisemitism training, and the hiring of a \u201cfacilitator\u201d to mediate conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a subject she anticipates \u201cwill be the subject of student activism, as has been the case for decades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe conclusion of the report is clear: for the past 17 years NUS has systematically created an environment that was hostile to Jewish students and it continuously ignored any calls for action,\u201d the European Jewish Union of Students said<\/a> in a statement on Thursday. \u201cNow, we call on the National Union of Students to implement the changes and recommendations outlined in the report, and to continue working with UJS to ensure that Jewish students feel included and welcomed in the student movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another nonprofit, the Community Security Trust, based in Jerusalem, described<\/a> Tuck\u2019s report as a \u201cshocking indictment of NUS. It is time for NUS to force antisemitism out of its movement once and for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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