What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain
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.
