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Secret sanctions after Gaza death camp jibe

February 24, 2011 13:58
“Scheduling a lecture for 9am does not make it extreme.”

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Robyn Rosen,

Robyn Rosen

1 min read

The University of Birmingham union has refused to explain what disciplinary action it has taken against its Friends of Palestine Society after it hosted a US army veteran who compared Gaza to a concentration camp.

During a lecture last month Mike Pryser said: "I think you can very much draw an equal sign between what the Nazis did to the Jews and what is done to the people of Palestine."

At the end of a two-week investigation, the student union, the Guild, confirmed sanctions were imposed, but would not give details.

But a post on the PalSoc website claimed that the union had taken no action against it and had found it to have followed correct procedures.