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Protester who chanted ‘Put Zios in the ground’ is Oxford student
Samuel Williams, 20, was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after leading a controversial chant at a pro-Palestinian protest attended by tens of thousands, police said.
- Samuel Williams, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics student at Balliol College, University of Oxford, led chants including 'put the Zios in the ground' at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration in central London on October 11.
- Rehearsed in Oxford, the chant was workshopped there and linked to Gaza-related slogans used at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign National Demonstration for Palestine.
- The University of Oxford said it condemns language urging violence and will speak to the student, considering disciplinary steps including suspension where appropriate.
- Metropolitan Police said officers investigating chants filmed at the demonstration have arrested a 20-year-old man at an Oxfordshire address on Wednesday 15 October on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.
- A day after the October 10 ceasefire, the footage drew widespread condemnation on X amid a Gaza campaign that the Hamas-run health ministry says has killed more than 67,000 people.
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Oxford student arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over chant at pro-Palestine march
A 20-year-old student has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over a chant at a pro-Palestine march. He is understood to have also been suspended by the University of Oxford.
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Apparently, British authorities have had a change of heart, and arrested the pro-Hamas student protester yelling “Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground”
The University of Oxford has suspended a student videoed chanting a call to “put Zionists in the ground” last weekend, with the police confirming that a 20-year old man has been arrested today “for inciting racial hatred.” JewishNews German native, Samuel Williams, Politics, Philosophy and Economics undergraduate at Balliol College, had been identified as the […]
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