By David Young-
The Metropolitan Police is investigating a viral social media video in which an Oxford university student appears to be chanting hate speech against jews. The act occurred amid the height of tensions between Israel and Palestine before the cease fire deal orchestrated by U.S president, Donald Trump
Official declaration from the United Nations that Israel was committing genocide in Palestine has whipped up much emotions amongst staunch Palestine supporters.
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A spokesperson for the Met said: “Officers are investigating chants made at the demonstration in central London on Saturday, 11 October. Enquiries are ongoing.”
Oxford university has also been asked to act decisively after a student at last weekend’s anti-Israel protests in central London called for supporters to “put Zios in the ground” in footage that has gone viral.
The footage depicts a white, blonde-haired student wearing a keffiyeh appears to praise what he describes as “An upright, a steadfast and a noble resistance in Palestine and in Gaza to look to, to be inspired by.”
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He goes on to say that he doesn’t want “to yap for too long”, and then refers to “a chant we’ve been workshopping in Oxford that maybe you guys want to join in, it goes ‘Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground’.”
The student has been pictured in videos shared by Oxford Students Palestine Society. It is unclear whether where at Oxford and with whom this chant was ‘workshopped’.
The Union of Jewish Students said: “We are horrified by the footage of a University of Oxford student chanting to ‘put the Zios in the ground’. This violent rhetoric is unacceptable, with students calling for murder and employing a slur (“Zio”) coined by David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK.
“Against the backdrop of rampant glorification of Hamas terrorism on campus this week, we call on universities to urgently take a stand against the endorsement of violence. We are in contact with the University of Oxford and urge them to act decisively in response to this deeply troubling incident.”
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