UK PM Sunak warns of spread in antisemitism as European protests grow

[KARAH RUCKER]

AS PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENTS ARE DISMANTLED AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE U-S EUROPE IS SEEING A WAVE OF PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS SETTING UP BASES ON CAMPUSES.

IN RESPONSE, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK IS RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT A POTENTIAL RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM AS THE PROTESTS SPREAD. 

SUNAK MET WITH UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT ANTI SEMITISM AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AMID THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

SUNAK EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING FREE SPEECH WHILE ENSURING UNIVERSITIES REMAIN PLACES OF TOLERANCE.

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS HAVE SPRUNG UP AT ABOUT A DOZEN U-K UNIVERSITIES.

INCLUDING OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. 

PROMPTING WORRIES AMONG SOME JEWISH STUDENTS ABOUT ANTI SEMITISM. 

TO TACKLE THE ISSUE, SUNAK ANNOUNCED 623-THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR JEWISH STUDENTS AT MORE THAN 100 UNIVERSITIES IN THE UK.

SOME PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HAVE CALLED ON UNIVERSITIES TO CUT ACADEMIC TIES WITH ISRAEL OVER THE WAR IN GAZA. 

IN DUBLIN, TRINITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ENDED A PROTEST AFTER THE COLLEGE AGREED TO DIVEST FROM ISRAELI COMPANIES THE U-N SAID HAS LINKS TO SETTLEMENTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. 

IN BERLIN, POLICE BROKE UP A PROTEST AT FREE UNIVERSITY.

WHILE IN AMSTERDAM PROTESTERS OCCUPIED A UNIVERSITY BUILDING LEADING TO A POLICE RESPONSE.

DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED IN FINLAND, DENMARK, ITALY, SPAIN, AND FRANCE.

THE EVENTS IN EUROPE FOLLOW SIMILAR ACTION IN THE U-S, WHERE POLICE HAVE INTERVENED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS.

AT THE UNVERSITY OF CHICAGO, A PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT WAS CLEARED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

SIMILAR ENCAMPMENTS IN CITIES ACROSS THE U-S. SAW DISRUPTIONS AND VIOLENCE BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND COUNTER-PROTESTERS, FORCING POLICE TO RESPOND. 

MORE THAN 34-THOUSAND PALESTINIANS HAVE DIED SINCE THE START OF ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY.

ISRAEL HAS VOWED TO WIPEOUT HAMAS IN RESPONSE TO THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACK, WHICH KILLED 12-HUNDRED ISRAELIS AND SAW HAMAS MILITANTS KIDNAP AROUND 250 PEOPLE.

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