COMMENT: The Jewish Chronicle - NUS president sparks fury over event
“The President of the National Union of Students has sparked fury for agreeing to speak alongside controversial Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti as part of Israel Apartheid Week…
Ms Kennedy’s move was condemned by The Pinsker Centre, the think tank campaigning against antisemitism on campus. A spokesperson said that Israel Apartheid Week caused “offence and alarm” to many of the 8,500 Jewish students at universities across the UK.
He added: “As President of the NUS, Ms Kennedy must represent students of all backgrounds and faiths.
“Her participation in an Israel Apartheid Week event with the founder of the BDS movement will feel like betrayal to many Jewish students who are made to feel unsafe by events of this kind.”
