The two were on their way to the Leeds University Hillel House on Saturday when a van stopped abruptly near them and its driver asked the two whether they were Jewish.
The cause, the event organizers said, was “a small but growing and extremely vocal group” that took issue with Goldstein’s service three decades ago in the Israeli army.
Combat Antisemitism Movement’s (CAM) report documented 3,046 reported incidents globally, a 58.2% increase from 1,925 the previous year and 2,215 in 2021.
A wave of intense pro-Palestinian activism within the broad literary community has included bestselling Jewish authors being targeted online as “Zionists.”
A pro-Palestinian group had held what it called an “emergency action for Rafah”, taking over a campus building without permits to condemn Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah.
Five of the seven shiva shifts have “themes,” including a children’s shiva, a healthcare workers shiva, a labor shiva, a women’s shiva, and an LGBTQ+ shiva.
Deputy Senior District Judge Tan Ikram, who gave three individuals found guilty of Hamas-related terror offenses suspended sentences, has been accused of bias over his social media activities.
At the conference itself, participants included Israeli and German politicians and experts, as well as Meirav Leshem Gonen, whose daughter is still held hostage in Hamas captivity.
Dr. Psaroudakis, who received a 3 month suspension, had reportedly also described Jewish colleagues in emails as “leprechaun[s]’, “alky,” “s**t for brains” and “big nose."
The discriminatory stance was revealed through a notice in Hebrew, stating due to "several very annoying incidents," including theft, the service to Jewish individuals would cease.