British University Bars Academic Who Repeated Antisemitic Libels in Lecture to Pro-Palestinian Student Group

University sacks pro-Palestinian academic after antisemitic ‘blood libel’ lecture

A university has referred an academic to police after she was accused of making a reference to “blood libel”.Samar Maqusi allegedly made the comments on blood libel - the antisemitic belief that Jews killed gentiles to use their blood in rituals - during a lecture to the Students for Justice in Palestine society at University College London (UCL).The university said it reported the incident to the police and banned the American academic from cam…

Outrage as UCL Talk Presents Antisemitic Blood Libel Uncritically

A top UK university has apologised after a lecture on the history of Zionism cited uncritically the 1840 Damascus Affair—when Jews were defamed for murdering a priest to make bread with his blood. The November 11th talk, which was since circulated online, prompted the Jewish Leadership Council to post on X: This video is yet another demonstration of the ongoing normalisation of antisemitism on campus. For a lecturer at one of the UK’s leading a…

British university bars academic who repeated antisemitic libels in lecture to pro-Palestinian student group

"I am utterly appalled by these heinous antisemitic comments," said the president of University College London.

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British university bans lecturer over blood libel claims

University College London reports lecturer Samar Maqusi to police and bans her from campus over a lecture reviving blood libel and antisemitic tropes.

Literal Blood Libels and the Modern University

'The Damascus Affair' may sound like a John le Carré novel to today’s university students, but it was in fact a 19th-century blood libel with international implications and diplomatic intervention