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The president of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Students, who was accused by Jewish student groups of anti-Semitism, suffered a shocking defeat in her reelection bid at the hands of a candidate promising to depoliticize the organization. Malia Bouattia received 38% of the vote, losing to Shakira Martin, the organization’s Vice President for Welfare….
The National Union of Students is Britain’s largest membership organization, representing 7 million students. So when it recently elected Malia Bouattia as its new president, and rumors swirled around that she was an anti-Semite, Jewish students on British campuses reportedly felt isolated and uncomfortable. But is Bouattia really an anti-Semite? Isn’t she merely, as she…
Claims that the new head of the British national student union is anti-Semitic are false and part of a “witch-hunt” and “Islamophobic campaign,” Jewish former student leaders wrote in a letter supporting Malia Bouattia. Bouattia, who is Muslim, was elected president of the National Union of Students last week but has faced criticism from some…
