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\"\"<\/a>Panelist at Anti-Israel UK University Seminar Applauded for Accusing Jewish Students of Being \u2018Operatives\u2019 of Global Zionist Conspiracy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Lea Speyer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Queen Mary University of London
\ncampus. Photo: QMUL.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

An academic participating in a seminar on Thursday at a British university accused Jewish students of being \u201coperatives\u201d of a global Zionist conspiracy, UK blogger David Collier reported.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Mosh\u00e9 Machover, an Israeli-born mathematician and philosopher known for his radical activism and founding of the socialist party Matzpen \u2014 who moved to the UK in 1968 \u2014 made this assertion and others at the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) event, titled: \u201cRight to Boycott: Should Queen Mary Endorse a Boycott on Israel?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The seminar was hosted by the QMUL Friends of Palestine Society and sponsored by the British NGO Friends of Al Aqsa, which openly supports Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenged by a \u201cvisibly Jewish student\u201d asking him about the hypocrisy of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Machover responded that the question is what the \u201cIsraeli propaganda machine actually breeds its representatives to ask.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know what briefing you get. I have been in this game before you were born, and I know what briefing you get. You always use the same formulations because you are singing from the same sheet of briefing,\u201d Machover said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLong experience\u2026 leads me because I know what Shai Masot is up to,\u201d he went on, referring to the Israeli Embassy official in London who was forced to resign from the Foreign Ministry after being caught on camera by Al Jazeera talking about \u201ctaking down\u201d anti-Israel MPs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a video of the exchange posted by Collier, Machover\u2019s comments are welcomed by audience applause. Off camera, a female student is heard protesting, \u201cHow dare you say that? We are students.\u201d However, Collier said, any attempt by Jewish students to rebut Machover was met by organizers telling them to \u201clet him speak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The event at QMUL came a month after Baroness Ruth Deech \u2014 a crossbench peer in the House of Lords who served as the first Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education \u2014 said that top British universities are becoming \u201cno-go zones\u201d for Jewish students, due to rising antisemitism on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, the head of the Jewish Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies told The Algemeiner that he will be submitting an emergency motion aimed at protecting his peers \u2014 \u201cscared\u201d to be recognized as Jews \u2014 from just this kind of atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a video of the QMUL panel exchange below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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