The UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) has not been a welcoming place for Jewish people for “at least a decade”, according to an independent report that identifies numerous incidents of antisemitism within the organisation.
Rebecca Tuck KC’s investigation into the national body found that students were subjected to “harassment” and “discriminatory stereotyping” because they were Jewish, contrary to the NUS’ obligations under the Equality Act and its own code of conduct.
The NUS has long been dogged by accusations of hostility towards Jewish students, culminating in the Westminster government suspending all relations with it and the sacking of its president last year. It has pledged to implement the recommendations contained in the report in full.
In one incident, Ms Tuck describes how a member of the national executive committee was heard using the words “the final solution” at a meeting about Jewish representation on a committee, and then refusing to retract the statement despite the connotations to the Holocaust being pointed out.
