Anti-Palestine SOAS student refunded $20K tuition fees over alleged anti-Semitism
December 30, 2020 at 2:54 pm
A Canadian student with a history of denying the existence of Palestine and its people has been refunded £15,000 ($20,375) in fees by the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University over alleged anti-Semitism. Noah Lewis enrolled as a student for the academic year 2018/19, and claimed that he was forced to abandon his studies because of a "toxic anti-Semitic environment" in the university.
Examples of the "anti-Semitism" cited by Lewis in the
Guardian include people who declare their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, as well as calling someone a "Zionist". He also alleged that anti-Semitic graffiti and symbols were found on lockers, desks and toilet walls, but no details were provided. According to the