Anti-Semitism is being weaponised “in ways that obscure genuine threats to Jewish people in the UK”, the newly formed UK Jewish Academic Network (UKJAN) has warned. In its first statement, the organisation which unites intellectual and cultural workers from institutions across the country, said its “members refute the government’s demonisation of student encampments established in response to what the ICJ has called a ‘plausible genocide’ in Gaza, echoing the warning raised by over 800 scholars of international law and genocide as early as October 2023. They argue that the conflation of such protest with antisemitism does not protect Jewish students or staff. Indeed, it makes them less, not more, safe.” Quoting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who said, “University should be … Continue reading Not in our name: UK Jewish Academic Network forms to counter misuses of anti-Semitism