Protect Jewish students at Gaza protests, urges No 10
The Independent|May 08, 2024
Universities must take “robust action” to ensure Jewish students are not harassed, Downing Street has urged amid ongoing protests on campuses against the war in Gaza.
TARA COBHAM
Protect Jewish students at Gaza protests, urges No 10

The prime minister has summoned university leaders to a meeting this week to discuss antisemitism on campuses and ensure Jewish students are safe. The meeting comes as students at Cambridge and Oxford universities are among the latest protesters to set up encampments to demonstrate against the war in Gaza on campuses.

Rishi Sunak opened yesterday’s cabinet meeting by saying there had been an “unacceptable rise in antisemitism on our university campuses” and vice-chancellors would be meeting to discuss “the need for our universities to be safe for our Jewish students”, the prime minister’s official spokesperson said.

He added: “Our university campuses should be places of rigorous debate but they should also be tolerant places where people of all communities, particularly Jewish students at this time, are treated with respect.”

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