Pro-Palestine Mob Storms Lecture, Threatens to Behead Jewish Professor
A gang of pro-Palestine protesters tore into a London university lecture, bombarding Jewish Israeli academic Professor Michael Ben-Gad with savage insults and chilling death threats. The Economics lecturer at City St George’s University was branded a “war criminal” and a “Nazi” in a shocking classroom showdown.
Masked Protesters Invade Lecture, Refuse to Leave
Professor Ben-Gad recounted how masked activists barged into his class despite heightened security after the campus was plastered with leaflets calling him a “terrorist.” The group cornered him, with one protester grimly warning they would “chop off” his head.
“They came right up to my face and called me a war criminal and a Nazi. One of them made a threat about having my head chopped off,” Prof Ben-Gad told Sky News.
The academic, who served in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) over 40 years ago, has been relentlessly targeted for his heritage and military past. Activists have twisted his obligatory military service into baseless accusations of “war crimes.”
Campaign to Sack Professor Sparks University Row
Activist group City Action for Palestine launched a furious petition demanding Prof Ben-Gad’s immediate firing, accusing him of “murdering” Arab and Muslim people.
- They called on City St George’s University to apologise and rethink its hiring policies.
- The campus was littered with leaflets smearing the professor as a “terrorist” and denouncing his decades-old IDF service.
Unfazed, Prof Ben-Gad condemned the vicious campaign: “No one is going to intimidate me.” He rejected a university offer of paid leave and vowed to keep teaching despite the threats.
Hundreds of Academics Rally to Professor’s Defence
Hundreds of scholars from elite UK universities including Oxford and Imperial College have spoken out in support of Prof Ben-Gad. They slammed the harassment as a blatant attack on academic freedom and warned it threatens Jewish students across the country.
“Academics and students have a right to work without harassment. These attacks set a dangerous precedent,” their joint statement warned.
The university described the attackers as a “small group” engaged in “unlawful and repugnant” behaviour and pledged to protect staff and students alike.
Campus Antisemitism Reaches New Heights of Alarm
The violent threats and brazen intimidation mark a disturbing rise in campus antisemitism. Academics with mandatory military service decades ago are being vilified as extremists.
- Masked agitators crossing legal boundaries, yet no arrests reported.
- Poisonous slogans branding Israel a “genocidal society” fan the flames of hatred.
- Pro-Palestine mobs weaponising “free speech” to silence Jewish voices.
Standing firm as an “unapologetic Israeli patriot”, Professor Ben-Gad refuses to bow to the hate campaign. Meanwhile, British universities face a crisis: how to balance free speech with protecting minority academics from growing threats.
This disturbing saga shines a harsh spotlight on the urgent need to tackle antisemitism and defend academic freedom across the UK.
