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As Oxford Chancellor, here’s my plan to confront extremism in UK and make free speech flourish

Lord Hague’s address to Oxford Chabad Society on antisemitism and free speech

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Revealed: Oxford Union protestors who disrupted Israeli ex-PM’s speech are scholarship students

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Guns seized from family home of Oxford student who led chants to ‘put the Zios in the ground’

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Oxford student arrested after leading ‘Zios in the ground’ chant

By Jane Prinsley

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Members of the public and congregants seen as Police and other emergency responders attend the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

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Pro-Palestine encampment set up by student activists in front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on May 6, 2024

By Natasha Hausdorff

A glimmer of hope at Oxford amid endemic antisemitism across British campuses

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Oxford college launches ‘Tikvah Scholarship’ to support Jewish and Israeli undergraduate students

By Daniel Ben-David

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Mosque warned by charity regulator after ‘encouraging support’ for Hamas

The Commission has revealed that it has opened cases into 300 charities after the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas

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Oxford and Cambridge spent more than £615,000 on pro-Palestine protest clean-ups

Palestine Action activists threw red paint on buildings belonging to both historic institutions

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People walk past a pro-Palestine encampment set up by student activists in front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on May 6, 2024 in Oxford, England. (Getty Images)

Oxford Union Gaza debate denounced as ‘mess of antisemitism’ in Parliament

Equalities minister Anneliese Dodds: ‘Antisemitism has no place in our universities’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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December 18, 2024 14:43

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti, who spoke in defence of Israel at the Oxford Union debate (Photo via X)

Cambridge academic bragged about relishing Hamas attacks

Jews at Oxbridge open up about ‘totalitarian’ culture as CST figures confirm soaring campus antisemitism

By Imogen Garfinkel

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December 11, 2024 15:24

A Gaza protest at Cambridge University (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Oxford Chabad was vandalised with swastika on anniversary of October 7

Graffiti motivated by ‘extreme and irrational hate of Israel’, says Jewish student centre director

By Imogen Garfinkel

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December 5, 2024 12:55

The Swastika was discovered on the Oxford Chabad Slager Jewish Centre on Simchat Torah (Credit: Oxford Chabad)

Oxford Union ‘apartheid Israel’ debate accused of breaking the law by glorifying violence

An open letter to Oxford chancellor, organised by the Pinsker Centre, decried ‘toxic and polarising’ event

By Eliana Jordan

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December 4, 2024 12:59

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti. (Photo via X)

By Tanya Gold

This wasn’t a debate but a shakedown at the Oxford Union

Oxford’s Jewish students were right to avoid this utter disgrace

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December 3, 2024 16:12

Oxford Union descends into chaos as students shout down Israeli speakers

Oxford Union votes in favour of motion that declares Israel an ‘apartheid state… responsible for genocide’

By Jane Prinsley

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November 29, 2024 15:48

A debate at the Oxford Union titled, "This house believes Israel is an apartheid state responsible for genocide," passed after the chamber descended into chaos on Thursday evening. (Photo: Oxford Union)

By Anonymous

Oxford is having a cruel laugh at the expense of Jewish students

Imagine enduring an entire academic year in which Jewish students are openly targeted at other prestigious institutions – including your own – without a single word from your university

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August 27, 2024 08:55

A Pro-Palestinian supporter walks past a banner reading "Oxford Action for Palestine" at Oxford University, in Oxford, eastern England on May 7, 2024, as a pro-Palestinian camp has been set up on the campus. Students at Universities across the country have begun on-campus protests against Israel's actions in Gaza. Pro-Palestinian protests have rocked US campuses for weeks, spreading to countries including the UK, France and Australia. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Oxford

As Oxford Chancellor, here’s my plan to confront extremism in UK and make free speech flourish

Revealed: Oxford Union protestors who disrupted Israeli ex-PM’s speech are scholarship students

Guns seized from family home of Oxford student who led chants to ‘put the Zios in the ground’

Oxford student arrested after leading ‘Zios in the ground’ chant

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

A glimmer of hope at Oxford amid endemic antisemitism across British campuses

Oxford college launches ‘Tikvah Scholarship’ to support Jewish and Israeli undergraduate students

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