
Protect Jewish Students on Campus, Sunak Tells Universities
Published on May 9, 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met with university chancellors to call on them to take a “zero tolerance” approach to anti-Semitism and protect Jewish students amid concerns that campuses could become “unsafe environments.” Mr. Sunak held the meeting at Downing Street on Thursday following a rise in anti-Semitic abuse on campus and disruption to students’ learning as a growing number of protests have appeared on campuses across the country since the start of the Israel–Hamas war. Mr. Sunak said in a May 9 statement ahead of the meeting that universities “should be places of rigorous debate” but also “bastions of tolerance and respect for every member of their community.”...
