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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

Antisemitism has ‘become normalised’ on UK campuses, says Union of Jewish Students

Students at a graduation ceremony in their gowns and mortar boards
A UJS report, called Time for Change, said Jewish students also faced increased social ostracisation. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

One in five students would be reluctant to, or would never, houseshare with a Jewish student, according to a survey by the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) that says antisemitism has “become normalised” on UK campuses.

A UJS poll of 1,000 students “of all faiths and none” found almost a quarter (23%) have seen behaviour that targets Jewish students for their religion or ethnicity and nearly half (47%) have witnessed justification of the 7 October attacks by Hamas.

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