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An Oxford University student has resigned from a college committee after experiencing 'blatant antisemitism' when other students 'laughed' when she brought up anti-Jewish prejudice on campus.

Other students 'laughed' when she brought up anti-Jewish prejudice she faced. Madeline Bryant also recounted peers chanting 'a call for violence against Jews'A Oxford University student has resigned from a college committee after experiencing 'blatant antisemitism' when other students 'laughed' as she brought up anti-Jewish prejudice on campus.

Madeline Bryant wrote her resignation letter after a 'three-hour' college meeting that she claims saw other members disregard her experiences as a Jewish studentPro-Palestine protesters at a recent encampment protest in Oxford. Pictured: May 23Protesters stand in front of a university building during one campus demonstration at Oxford University

Read MoreEXCLUSIVE Swastikas found carved into toilet doors at Oxford college: Principal slams 'deeply shocking' anti-Semitic graffiti found amid pro-Palestinian protests at university This motion 'defames and delegitimises the Jewish people. It denies our ties to our ancestral homeland, dehumanises Israeli academics and students, and neglects to call out the actions of terrorists', Miss Bryant wrote.

The Nazi symbols were found on the walls of two toilet cubicles next to the college's Hall - its dining room - leaving Jewish students 'deeply upset'.Students said they were 'punched in the face' as the protest was broken upPolice arrested Oxford students trying to occupy a university building Furious members of the group posted a video on social media on Saturday, accusing a security guard of 'slamming the door on the heads of students protesting the university's complicity in genocide'.

 

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