Is it any wonder Jewish students feel under attack with Anti semitism from LSE students and anti-Zionism
encouraged by the gaza university twinning? We Jews will continue to fight for justice and equality for all and will not be side tracked by evil or ill intention

How naive of Farah. The demonisation of Israel by LSE for years obviously affects the thought processes of its students. The constant encouragement of anti-Zionist, and often anti-Semitic speakers, the receipt of funds from despotic regimes, the gifts of awards to the sons of tyrants, the constant revisionism of Middle Eastern politics in lectures and societies, the sheer hypocrisy of allowing speakers with extremist views to be allowed whereas few with alternative more moderate views are shouted down or chased off campus is bound to have an effect of encouraging not only those who know no better but those who do but believe they can get away with their racist views. The support of Hamas and Hizbollah which not only are anti-Zionist but anti-Semitic in charter and child education should be condemned but by too many people in a position of power within LSE are encouraged or excused. It is the hypocrisy of these normally liberal thinkers that allows extremists thoughts on both the left and the right and to make the jump from what they normally do by condemning Israel and its “Zionist lobby” as a cover for their true anti-Semitic thoughts.

Somebody who was there, please post the full names of the culprits.

Whilst probably 50% of The Jewish population lives outside Israel it would be true to say that the overwhelming majority support the existence of a JEWISH state. There are eccentric aberrant Jews like prof Finkstein , Gerald Kaufman and lunatics like the Neteurei Karta who hold extremist anti Zionist views but thank God you can count them one hand. LSE wake up tothe truth and liberate yourself from propaganda and lies.

The LSE has become a breeding ground for the most blatant Jew baiting under the cover of a shrill and self-righteous anti-Zionism. Rational criticism of Israel is one thing (and, in my opinion, the sign of healthy debate and self-analysis), the cult-like fanaticism of the Palestinian society which supports curtailing academic freedom in the form of boycotts, sending groups of rabid pro-Hamas hecklers to every talk on the Middle East and/or Israel (with the express purpose of shouting down alternative voices) and intimidates anyone, Jewish or not, who believes Israel is a legitimate state is another. Recently Israeli historian Benny Morris was surrounded by an angry mob after giving a talk at the LSE without any member of staff or student intervening. But when Islamists (T.Ramadan), Arab dictators (Gadaffi) or pro-Iranian speakers (Galloway) are invited there are seldom incidents of this sort.

This incident comes as no surprise to me, a PhD student and active partcipant in campus life. There is fetid smell of anti-jewish racism on campus which is getting stronger by the day…

Another blotch on the record of my beloved LSE…

As an LSE alumni and German I am deeply ashamed by both this Nazi-themed drinking game (from which I heard in the German national press) and by the easy equation between critics of current Israeli policies and anti-semitism as an ideology of races (not nations, countries or policies).
For what concerns the athletics union, it should organise a trip to Dachau or Auschwitz with those who have been involved in that drinking game, which would be the only way to show that Nazi symbols are not fun, sarticric or anything but connected to one of the most bloddy legacies symbols can have.

On the other debate in this forum, I want to say that I never experienced anti-semitism amongst LSE students or academics. While some public speakers (the foreign minister of Israel, the son of Gaddhafi and some responsible of the Hamas government in Gaza to quote those who spoke while I was at LSE) did spread some of their extremist ideologies against Jews, Palestinians and Americans, they were challenged and corrected by very smart questions from the LSE community after the speeches. Also, these speeches were rightfully accompanied by student protests that were often much more visible than the speech itself. Therefore, it is unjust to say of LSE that it spreads any kind of ideology in this area.
I do not find it acceptable either to invite politicians from regimes who have been notorious in disregarding human rights and a climate of tolerance: this includes the government of Gaza, of Israel and of Libya. However, it is absolutely vital for a social science university like LSE to invite academic critics of Israel’s policy, lecturers who analyse the Arab spring from a local point of view etc.

One should admit, not Churchill won Hitler did. The funny thing is that while the student play their game Britain is being taking over by the extreme british moslem.

this is the AU you hysterical goons, a group that doesn’t overlap with the shrill anti israel bloc on campus. for those with short memories, they were in trouble only two years ago for making light of the Guantamo Bay experience, which hardly suggests any deeper pattern of anti semitism. i for one do not feel compelled to denounce this, and rather resent this manufactured outrage and the assumption that we should police private behaviour in this way.

Francois – your own prejudices are severely distorting your interpretation of the events. Let’s ignore the fact you condone the ability for LSE students to issue hate speech and hate actions for now.

You refer to the episode as private ‘fun’ that does not cause harm to anybody. You apparently did not read the second sentence which states a Jewish student’s nose was broken during the incident.

Additionally, while you are trying to be clever about your knowledge of linguistics you are not correct. The term semite refers to a variety of ethnic groups from the Middle East but the term anti-semitism only refers to hostile behavior and actions towards Jews. This has confused people like yourself who take the term very literally, but you will be hard pressed to find a widely accepted encyclopedic or dictionary entry that would be compatible with your explanation.

This is a serious story, but I can’t help having a wry smile as the Anti-Defamation League and AIPAC ponder the dilemma of sending out this story to a wider distribution in campuses across the North American sub-continent when the name of the organ is ‘The Beaver’…

Decisions, decisions…