More on anti-semitism in the UK

I wouldn't want to be a student in any University these days -- I don't know how I could deal with the political correctness and the anti-semitism. In the UK, three Jewish members of the National Union of Students just resigned because the organization was not dealing with anti-semitism.

Berger, who has been convener of NUS' anti-racism campaign this year, said, "There's been a host of events throughout the year. Issues of anti-Semitism have been brought to the leadership's attention and there's been total inaction. At a conference, which is the heart of our democracy, there were further events of anti-Semitism. The leadership was turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism."

The leaflets at a conference referred to the Elders of the Protocol of Zion, a 19th century forgery that claimed there was a plan for Jewish global domination and was subsequently used in anti-Jewish propaganda. Other instances throughout the year relate largely to an ongoing row at the School of Oriental and African Studies, part of the University of London, where there have been continuing clashes between the Jewish society and the union, The Guardian reported.

Jewish students objected to a conference organized by the Palestinian society on the academic boycott of Israel, entitled "Resisting Israeli Apartheid: Strategies and Principles."

In a statement issued by the Union of Jewish students, chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, "I am distressed that the atmosphere at this year's NUS conference was so hostile that the Jewish members of its executive felt compelled to resign. They did not do this lightly.