Oxford student arrested for inciting racial hatred at Palestine demonstration

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from Religion Media Centre

A student filmed allegedly chanting at a Palestine Coalition demonstration in London “Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground’”, is understood to have been suspended by the University of Oxford.

Police say a 20-year old man has been arrested “for inciting racial hatred” and remains in custody. 

Film of the student has gone viral on social, media, and he has been widely named as Samuel Williams, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics undergraduate at Balliol College.

The Union of Jewish Students confirmed that it has been in contact with the university, urging them to “act decisively”.

BBC story here