What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain
From our UK edition
This week at one of Britain’s most prestigious universities, an academic has been accused of sitting in front of a room full of students and recounting a blood libel. Dr Samar Maqusi allegedly used a University College London classroom to teach that in 1840 Jews killed a monk in Damascus to use his blood to make food for Passover. This is the state of UK universities in 2025. Since 7 October, Jewish people have been under grim and regular attack at Britain’s universities. Their assailants didn’t just want the war in Gaza to end; they don’t just want to see a Palestinian state. Their true aim is the removal of all ties with Israel, Israelis and anyone who has any connection to that country or those people.
