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Middle East Near You We seek to protect Jewish students and not the government of the State of Israel , insist IHRA supporters
Protest against the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism in London, UK on 4 September 2018 [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images] January 25, 2021 at 1:42 pm
A group of Jewish student leaders have dismissed mounting concerns over the adoption by British universities of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism in the
Guardian letters page claiming that they seek to protect Jewish students and not the government of the State of Israel .
The letter, signed by 95 current and former student activists, came a week after Israel s most prominent human rights group, B Tselem, published a position paper concluding that Israel was an apartheid state that promotes and perpetuates Jewish supremacy between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
‘Precious’ Free Speech in UK Universities Under Threat From Cancel Culture: Former Secretary of State
The UK’s former Secretary of State told British lawmakers on Tuesday that free speech is under severe threat in the country’s universities from the cancel culture movement.
“Today there’s a corrosive trend in our universities that aims to prevent anybody hearing ideas that groups disagree with or would be offended by,” said Conservative MP David Davis while introducing his Freedom of Speech (Universities) private members bill to the House of Commons.
“Today the cancel culture movement think that it’s reasonable to obliterate the views of people they disagree with,” he said.
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10:52 AM January 13, 2021
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7:24 AM January 14, 2021
This food parcel comprised just two tins of tomatoes, six tins of beans, some pasta, a packet of rice, two cartons of fruit juice and some vegetables. It was supposed to last two weeks and be worth £30.
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St Albans MP Daisy Cooper is requesting parents are given vouchers to replace free school meals after pictures of woefully inadequate food parcels were shared on social media.
In her capacity as the Liberal Democrats spokesperson for education she has written to the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson to urge him to investigate the scandal.