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Oxford and Cambridge turn on Israel

March 12, 2015 12:07
Board of Deputies president, Vivian Wineman, speaks in defence of Israel at the Cambridge Union, where passions ran high among the audience

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

The Jewish president of Oxford University's student union has admitted he felt "uncomfortable" during his union's debate over boycotting Israel.

Louis Trup also revealed that he had received complaints from fellow Jewish students over the hostility they face when expressing pro-Israel views on the campus.

Oxford students last week defeated a motion that would have ordered its delegates at April's National Union of Students conference to oppose an Israel boycott.

The motion, put forward by RSY Netzer member Ben Goldstein, alleged that the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement "indiscriminately targets all Israelis". It fell by 72 votes to 30, with 28 abstentions.

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