Overview
- Dr Samar Maqusi used a UCL Students for Justice in Palestine event to repeat the Damascus Affair blood libel and claim Jews controlled finance in Napoleon’s era and that mainstream media is Zionist controlled.
- UCL reported Maqusi to police and barred her from campus after condemning the remarks as heinous antisemitism.
- The university suspended the hosting student society from holding further events pending a full investigation.
- President Michael Spence issued a public apology to Jewish students, staff, alumni, and the wider community over the remarks.
- Stand With Us said it obtained audio of the lecture as an Israeli student described walking out, and a shadow education minister voiced concern about rising antisemitism on campuses.