"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" would seem to be a rather blatant call for Israel's destruction.http://storify.com/avimayer/crushing-free-speech-in-essex
"I've made my position crystal clear. The Students' Union has a position, which reflects my own, that the state of Israel is a state which its very existance is a crime.
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"I'm proud to not give him the attempt to justify his states oppression. I'm sure the hundreds of students were too. Freedom of expression isn't applicable here."
In my day the University of Essex had a noticeable problem with anti Semitism amongst elements of the student & academic body, albeit often disguised as pro Palestinian sentiment. It seems that over the last 30 years it has not improved.
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