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I Am a UK College Student; Antisemitism Is Surging All Around Me

University of Exeter. Photo: Wikipedia.

Since the October 7th massacre committed by Hamas, antisemitic hate crimes in the UK have recorded the highest increases in modern history.

The radicalism of pro-Palestinian rhetoric has created a dangerous environment on college campuses. These groups arecrybullys,” who claim to champion academic freedom and “moral” virtue, while silencing and targeting Jewish students.

When hundreds of thousands of Muslims were murdered en masse in countries like Syria, Yemen, and Myanmar, campuses across London were empty. Yet, radical student groups in the UK are now protesting against Israel’s response to Hamas terrorism.

There is only one explanation for this: antisemitism. 

Even university administrators have displayed anti-Israel bias. Two months after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, my school’s administration (the University of Exeter) has not published a single statement acknowledging the suffering of their Jewish or Zionist students, or a gesture of solidarity for the pain of the Jewish community, let alone a statement that condemns Hamas for its brutality.

Considering that Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organization in the UK, this shouldn’t have been difficult to do.

Instead, Exeter has allowed antisemitic students to spread social media posts openly supporting the murder, rape, and butchery of Israeli civilians. This is not surprising, given that a professor at the university can openly state that he doesn’t think Hamas is a terrorist organization without any consequence.

As Jewish students witness calls for a global “intifada” — and explicit calls for an exclusionary Arab ethno-state in place of the world’s only Jewish state  — academics across the political spectrum are suggesting that Hamas is not a terrorist organization, and that its atrocities against Jews were justified and legitimate.

On top of this complete administrative failure to protect Jewish students from direct and indirect threats of violence, they have allowed academics across the UK to publicly debate whether Israel’s attempt to stop future massacres is itself permissible. This is outrageous.

My friends and I are scared to express our beliefs in fear of being attacked. Our bigoted and ignorant peers have been allowed to freely chant blood libels and death threats at Jewish students. There have been physical attacks on Jews on college campuses in the US.

While Exeter has promised its Jewish students that they will increase protection and monitoring on campus, the need for such initiatives in 2023 is absolutely sickening. 

Recently, I was denied the so-called “equal” opportunity to write in my campus paper, the Exeposé. Apparently, publishing pro-Israel content conflicts with their desire to appear “neutral.” However, letters calling for a ceasefire and articles that uncritically quote Al Jazeera — the Qatari state-owned, pro-Hamas media organization — are perfectly acceptable.

It seems that equality is only a right upheld for those who do not hold pro-Israel views. 

One way that these immoral beliefs have gained credibility is through the prejudicial act of tokenism, where anti-Israel students use fringe Jewish groups to justify their views.

However, groups that claim to represent Jews, like Independent Jewish Voices (UK), US based Jewish Voice for Peace, and extremists Neturei Karta, can in fact be antisemitic.

Ultimately, the Jewish community knows that those who take to the streets every Saturday in the UK are not the majority in this country — but in the words of Elie Wiesel, neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Unfortunately, it seems as though a significant portion of Britain has chosen to do exactly that.

Rojin-Sena Cantay is a student at the University of Exeter, and a CAMERA Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year.

The post I Am a UK College Student; Antisemitism Is Surging All Around Me first appeared on Algemeiner.com.

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Trump Hosts Qatari Prime Minister After Israeli Attack in Doha

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.

Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict. The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.

Trump expressed annoyance about the strike in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assure the Qataris that such attacks would not happen again.

Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani were joined by a top Trump adviser, US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

“Great dinner with POTUS. Just ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamah Al-Muftah, said on X.

The White House confirmed the dinner had taken place but offered no details.

The session followed an hour-long meeting that al-Thani had at the White House on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A source briefed on the meeting said they discussed Qatar’s future as a mediator in the region and defense cooperation in the wake of the Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha.

Trump said he was unhappy with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral action that did not advance US or Israeli interests.

Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been a main mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.

Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for trying to sabotage chances for peace but said Qatar would not be deterred from its role as mediator.

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Trump Urges NATO Countries to Halt Russian Oil Purchases

US President Donald Trump gestures during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Aug. 26, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Ernst via Reuters Connect

i24 NewsUS President Donald Trump issued a letter to NATO nations on Saturday, impressing upon them to stop purchasing Russian oil and impose major sanctions on the regime of Vladimir Putin to end its war in Ukraine.

“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA. As you know, NATO’S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia,” the message read.

“Anyway, I am ready to ‘go’ when you are. Just say when? I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR. China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip.”

Trump’s post comes after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, widely perceived an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally. Poland intercepted the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incident and Russia’s motives by saying it “could have been a mistake.”

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Netanyahu Says Getting Rid of Hamas Chiefs in Qatar Would Remove Main Obstacle to Gaza Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the US Independence Day reception, known as the annual “Fourth of July” celebration, hosted by Newsmax, in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that getting rid of Hamas chiefs living in Qatar would remove the main obstacle to releasing all hostages and ending the war in Gaza.

Israel on Tuesday targeted the Hamas leadership in Doha.

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