UCL Academic Banned for Antisemitic Remarks in Lecture

A former UCL lecturer, Dr. Samar Maqusi, has been banned from the campus after making antisemitic remarks during a talk, where she repeated the discredited blood libel associated with the Damascus Affair. She claimed that Jews killed a Christian monk to use his blood in bread-making, a narrative that has been debunked since the 19th century. The university has condemned her statements, apologized to the Jewish community, and initiated investigations into the incident. UCL has also prohibited the student group that hosted the event from holding future activities.

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