China wants to work with the United Arab Emirates on the production of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, the country s top diplomat.
The vote was originally scheduled for Jan. 26, the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day in the United Kingdom. Members of the UCL Jewish Society were not invited to or notified about the discussion taking place. The vote was moved to Feb. 3 after UCL Jewish Society President Samuel Goldstone found out about the session and shared his dismay over its “shameful and disgusting” timing.
“It is harrowing that after years of complacency over anti-Semitism in British politics, university student unions have not learned their lesson,” said Georgia Leatherdale-Gilholy, UK associate for CAMERA on Campus. “The exclusion of Jewish students from the discussion over IHRA first by the academic working group and now the student union is a scandal that would likely not be perpetrated against any other minority at UCL.”
China wants to work with the United Arab Emirates on the production of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, the country s top diplomat.
Samuel Goldstone, 20, of the UCL Jewish Society, said of the vote, “I thought it was absolutely shameful and disgusting that they decided to hold it at that time, and also that they hadn’t invited one member of the [Jewish Society] or one Jewish student to speak on a discussion about antisemitism.”
The Working Group’s assault on the IHRA definition, he said, “doesn’t represent Jewish students at UCL or our interests.”
The proposal was ultimately defeated by a vote of 45% to 32%, with 23% abstaining.