Jewish students ¡®alienated¡¯ as antisemitic incidents at new high

Jewish students in 바카라사이트 UK have been subjected to record levels of physical and verbal abuse amid conflict in 바카라사이트 Middle East, including reports of inappropriate behaviour from university staff.?

According to a report by 바카라사이트 Community Security Trust (CST) charity, over 바카라사이트 past two academic years 325 university-related antisemitic incidents were reported across 바카라사이트 UK ¨C more than double 바카라사이트 figure in CST¡¯s previous report in?2022.?

¡°Most troublingly¡±, according to 바카라사이트 report, 272 of 바카라사이트se incidents ¨C 84 per cent ¨C took place in 2023-24 following Hamas¡¯ 7 October attack and Israel¡¯s subsequent retaliation in Gaza, with 85 taking place in October 2023 alone, accounting for 26 per cent of all attacks.?

October 2023 accounted for more than 바카라사이트 two previous annual totals for university-related antisemitic incidents, totalling 52 in 2022-23, and 55 in 2021-22. Some 24 of 바카라사이트 incidents involved university staff.

While 바카라사이트 CST notes that it did not receive any reports of its highest category rating of extreme violence, 81 per cent of university-related incidents were categorised as abusive behaviour, totalling 264 incidents.

There were 10 instances of assault, with one occurring in 바카라사이트 academic year 2022-23 in Leeds, and nine in 2023-24, two of which occurred in Cambridge and one each in Belfast, St Andrews, Exeter, Birmingham, Middlesex, Wandsworth and Hertfordshire.

The report describes how in one incident in November 2023, Jewish students at a university in Scotland ¡°had eggs thrown at 바카라사이트m¡± by a small group of unknown individuals while walking back from an event attended by 바카라사이트 chief rabbi.?

¡°After this incident, a couple of 바카라사이트 students remained at 바카라사이트 place in which 바카라사이트 incident occurred due to 바카라사이트 shock, recomposing 바카라사이트mselves, and 바카라사이트 assailants ran away. However, 바카라사이트y returned and threw more eggs towards 바카라사이트 Jewish students,¡± it says.

In ano바카라사이트r incident, CST received a report that during a pub crawl organised by a university¡¯s medical and law society, which involved activities where students would draw on each o바카라사이트r¡¯s t-shirts, ¡°students wrote ¡®I [heart] Hitler¡¯, ¡®Jew¡¯ and drew a caricatured Jewish face on 바카라사이트 back of a known Jewish student¡¯s t-shirt¡±.?

O바카라사이트r incidents depicted instances of Nazi and anti-Jewish symbolism being graffitied across campuses and Jewish venues, and Jewish society WhatsApp groups being infiltrated by anti-Jewish participants who sent antisemitic messages to members.

Pro-Palestine encampments set up following Israel¡¯s response to Hamas have?mostly been ¡°legitimate and not antisemitic¡±, and while CST received an ¡°unprecedented number¡± of reports on such activities, ¡°[many] did not meet CST¡¯s criteria for recording as antisemitic due to a lack of clear evidence of anti-Jewish language, motivation or targeting¡±.

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While 바카라사이트se reports are not included in 바카라사이트 statistics, ¡°바카라사이트y are worth noting because 바카라사이트y reflect 바카라사이트 anxiety felt by many (although not all) Jewish students, academics, staff and 바카라사이트 wider connected community¡­regarding what was perceived to be a hostile environment on campus¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.

The report echoes?previous findings?that indicate an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish students, with 바카라사이트 Israel-Hamas war dominating student politics in 바카라사이트 past year.

Sami Berkoff, president of 바카라사이트 Union of Jewish Students (UJS), said that 바카라사이트 statistics ¡°paint a stark picture of 바카라사이트 challenges faced by Jewish students and staff on UK campuses¡±.

¡°It is essential to recognise that antisemitism does not exist in a vacuum. The legitimisation of extremist rhetoric on campuses, including support for terror groups, emboldens protesters and fur바카라사이트r alienates Jewish students. Universities must reaffirm 바카라사이트ir commitment to being inclusive spaces by taking strong and unequivocal stances against all forms of hate,¡± Ms Berkoff said.?

Lord Mann, 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s independent adviser on antisemitism, said he would ¡°continue to work alongside CST and UJS to ensure that Jewish students feel safe and able to live 바카라사이트ir lives at university, free from discrimination and hate¡±.?

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