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University chiefs have been summoned to Downing Street over concerns with growing pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the UK.
Vice-chancellors will meet with Rishi Sunak this week to discuss an 'unacceptable' rise of anti-Semitism at universities and discuss the need for campuses 'to be safe for our Jewish students'.
It comes as a Jewish student at Oxford was denied admittance to a pro-Palestine encampment for refusing to sign a radical pledge condemning Israel.
The student, in his 30s, told the Mail he was barred entry after he would not sign a document condemning the 'Zionist entity', in a sign that the Gaza demonstrations sweeping university campuses are becoming increasingly authoritarian.
It follows Education Secretary Gillian Keegan's warning to university chiefs that they must alert the police if 'illegal hate speech' or extremism is seen during campus protests.
University chiefs have been summoned to Downing Street to meet with PM Rishi Sunak over concerns with growing pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the UK
Students from UCL in London take part in a rally outside Downing Street, to protest against the war in Gaza
Students at an encampment on the grounds of Cambridge University, protesting against the war in Gaza
Protests against the war in Gaza have been set up in several prominent institutions including Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick and Manchester.
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Ministers fear that tensions over the war may see a repeat of the violence at college campuses in the US, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with both counter-protestors and riot police.
While protests in British universities have largely remained peaceful, concerns remain in government over the safety of Jewish
