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Pro-Israel demonstrators wave Israeli and British flags outside SOAS in a united stand against campus antisemitism. Photo Credit: Jude Sacks
April 3, 2025, 8:40 pm
Arab Israelis join Jewish students in landmark SOAS protest against antisemitism
London campus sees unprecedented protest against rising campus antisemitism and anti-Israel extremism
By Annabel Sinclair
The London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
March 28, 2025, 1:54 pm
OPINION: The protest British campuses cannot ignore
Arab Israelis and Jewish students unite at SOAS to challenge extremism, antisemitism and reclaim truth on campus
By Stop the Hate
The 21-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court accused of expressing support for Hamas following the 7 October attacks. Photo Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire
March 25, 2025, 9:52 am
Woman denies terror charges over alleged pro-Hamas remarks
21-year-old student appears in court accused of praising the 7 October Hamas attacks
By Jewish News Reporter
Danielle Greyman and University of Leeds. Pic: Yorkshire Evening Post
March 16, 2023, 4:48 pm
OPINION: Antisemitism on campus – universities may not learn, we must
The case of student Danielle Greyman demonstrates not only that antisemitism remains entrenched in our university system but that organising ourselves is the first step in fighting back
By David Hirsh
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (Wikimedia Commons/ Author Philafrenzy / Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode )
July 27, 2020, 2:21 pm
Petition to save Jewish studies centre at SOAS attracts 1,600 signatures
Senior lecturer says: 'Covid-19 has put us under huge pressure, with the need to restrict the curriculum and move our teaching online', as academics launch bid for support
By Jewish News Reporter
Our top 10 for Forty Under 40
June 3, 2020, 6:06 pm
Forty Under 40: Our top 10 take a bow!
From community leaders and political activists, to LGBT and mental health campaigners, TV hosts and top legal minds, we identify those set to shape the community for years to come!
Pro-Israel and Palestine protestors outside SOAS building in 2017
February 28, 2020, 12:43 pm
Anger at student event promoted by publisher of ‘antisemitic’ material
Talk hosted by SOAS's Palestine society is being advertised by the EuroPal Forum, which issued a booklet claiming 80 percent of Jews are not linked to modern-day Israel
By Mathilde Frot
Alice Shalvi as she donated her archive to Israel's National Library. Credit Hanan Cohen National Library of Israel
June 12, 2019, 4:42 pm
Alice Shalvi among 240 Jewish and Israeli academics protesting German BDS law
German-born British activist who topped Jewish News' Aliyah 100 list, criticises controversial plan in Germany to equate boycotting Israel with antisemitism
By Jewish News Reporter
Baroness Valerie Amos
July 24, 2017, 4:28 pm
Lady Amos criticised by Board for rejecting ‘contentious’ anti-Semitism definition
Vice Chancellor of SOAS university criticised by Jewish leader for refusing to adopt international term for Jew-hatred
By Jewish News Reporter
Pro-Israel and Palestine protestors outside SOAS building in 2017
April 28, 2017, 12:12 am
Mark Regev tells SOAS: ‘Israel isn’t going anywhere’
Israel's ambassador to the UK braved vocal demonstrations at a top London university to speak to students
By Emma Yeomans
Former ambassador Mark Regev
April 21, 2017, 10:10 am
OPINION: Free speech for all, not selective hate speech for some
Angry opposition to Israeli ambassador Mark Regev's upcoming talk at SOAS university highlights shameful double standards at the campus when it comes to the Jewish state
By Avrahum Sanger
Former ambassador Mark Regev
April 19, 2017, 2:33 pm
Mark Regev to speak to SOAS students despite protests
Israeli ambassador to become first diplomat from the country to address students at the School of Oriental and African Studies in more than a decade.
By Justin Cohen
The London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
March 27, 2017, 5:00 pm
VIDEO: SOAS students claim Netanyahu is ‘worse than Hitler’
YouTube channel J-TV films students at London university stating solution to Israel-Palestine conflict would be to have 'one state for everyone that is not Jewish'.
The London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
January 26, 2017, 11:58 am
Outrage as Jewish students at SOAS told they can’t define anti-Semitism
Community leaders have criticised a decision that prevents Jewish students from being able to decide what constitutes hatred against them
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Demonstrators disrupting an event with Israeli speaker at UCL campus.
December 23, 2016, 9:27 am
Anti-Semitism makes Jewish students ‘avoid’ some universities
Some campuses are gaining a reputation for having a hostile environment for Jewish students according to an academic leader
By Jewish News Reporter
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