Student union authorities at Leeds University were ordered to ignore complaints lodged by the main Jewish student group about the campus’ growing pro-Palestinian lobby. Following a campus-wide referendum last week, student union authorities were instructed to ignore complaints lodged by the Leeds branch of J-Soc, which represents Britain’s largest Jewish student community, “as long as Judaism as a faith is not offended.”
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