Anti-Israel graffiti and protests as new Israeli ambassador Mark Regev visits Soas

A Soas spokesperson said: “Director of SOAS Baroness Valerie Amos and Israel’s Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev met at SOAS this week.

“With regards to the graffiti, we have started the removal process and some of the graffiti is no longer legible.

“As the main Soas building is listed, the removal process must be carried out carefully.”

The Union of Jewish Students said the protests and the graffiti were troubling but unsurprising.

The events surrounding Mr Regev’s visit would be “extremely disturbing” to Jewish students at the university, UJS said.

In January, Soas students’ union launched a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign, with 1,283 students voting in favour of breaking the university’s ties with Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.