Rishi Sunak criticises ‘extremists’ ahead of on-campus antisemitism talks
by Rachel Vickers-Price
May 09, 2024
3 minutes
Rishi Sunak has condemned “extremists at the National Union of Students (NUS)” who he says opposed the Union of Jewish Students’ (UJS) support for “the principle of a Jewish state”.
Ahead of a meeting with the UJS and Jewish charity the Community Security Trust (CST) to “listen and learn from their experiences” on Thursday, the Prime Minister warned of “students and academic staff being targeted, threatened, and assaulted simply for being Jewish”.
Writing for The Times, he said: “Only
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