Scathing Report Details UK Campus Antisemitism

Jewish students in the United Kingdom have faced bomb threats, physical attacks, intimidation and disciplinary action over expressions of support for Israel, according to a new report by StandWithUs UK.

The organization’s 2026 Voice of Students report, obtained by The Jerusalem Post before publication, argues that British universities are failing to address anti-Zionism as a modern form of antisemitism and are avoiding accountability for the worsening campus climate.

The report, the second of its kind published by StandWithUs UK, includes testimonies from Jewish students across British universities. It says one of the most alarming developments since last year’s report is the growing involvement of academic staff in what the organization described as campus hostility toward Jewish students.

One Royal Holloway student said he received repeated anonymous calls in which callers claimed they had been watching him, read out his university address and said they were coming to get him. He also reported an online threat from what he described as a jihadist Instagram account to “blow up” the Jewish Society.

“When a jihadist Instagram account threatened to blow up our Jewish Society, the university treated the report as a joke,” the student said. He said the university identified one caller but refused to share the information with police, leading police to drop the case.

“I no longer feel safe on campus,” he said. “Simple acts, walking to lectures, attending meetings, wearing a kippah, now feel risky.”

The report also cites a Jewish student at Bangor University who was allegedly physically attacked by a professor shouting “baby killer,” and a City St George’s student who said he was ambushed from behind by a group that tried to push him down a staircase.

At King’s College London, a Jewish student was reportedly required to write a 1,000-word essay explaining why displaying an Israeli flag on campus had been “wrong.” StandWithUs said the requirement was not part of any formal non-academic disciplinary procedure.

A University of Manchester student said a lecturer defended hostage-taking as “the only way for Palestinians to negotiate.”

Four of the 12 testimonies in the report came from University College London students, while seven came from London universities overall.

The report was endorsed by 11 parliamentarians from multiple parties, who warned that antisemitism on UK campuses had become a national crisis. They called for university leaders to appear before parliamentary committees and explain their handling of antisemitism and disciplinary procedures.

The lawmakers also urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to state in Parliament that anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism that must be prosecuted accordingly.

StandWithUs UK said universities already have the tools to act, citing cases at UCL and Oxford where action was taken only after public exposure. The organization argued that the problem is not lack of authority, but lack of will.