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Mosby

(16,358 posts)
1. Vicious anti-Semitism at prestigious London School of Economics
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 12:19 PM
Mar 2017

When Jewish students at the prestigious London School of Economics protested a book launch for notorious anti-Israel activist Richard Falk, security staff reportedly tried grabbing their signs.

Falk delivered a lecture on Monday at the London School of Economics (LSE) to launch his new book, Palestine’s Horizon.

As reported by the London-based Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAS), a “volunteer-led charity dedicated to exposing and countering antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law,” university security tried confiscating the signs held in protest by Jewish students.

Furthermore, “A well-known anti-Semite in the crowd allegedly told the Jewish students: ‘What happened to Jews in Germany was because Jews misbehaved.’ Stunned audience members asked him to repeat what he had said and he did.”

After Jewish and pro-Israel protesters were ejected from the room, another audience member and supporter of Falk recommended the works of notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, the British Jewish News reported.

https://worldisraelnews.com/watchdog-launches-complaint-against-london-university-over-anti-semitism/

JudyM

(29,279 posts)
4. Good question. The countervailing argument of "free exchange of ideas on college campuses" seems
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 03:32 PM
Mar 2017

to be winning.

EllieBC

(3,042 posts)
5. Free exchange of ideas is always ok as long as it's about
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:20 PM
Mar 2017

attempting to shame and punish American (or Canadian) Jews for Middle East issues.

They aren't fooling many of us anymore.

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