Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A broad network of pro-Palestinian activists justifying the October 7th atrocities as "necessary resistance," has emerged on British university campuses over the last two years. This nexus engages in rampant glorification of terrorism on U.K. campuses, seeks to build institutional partnerships linking British universities with those in Gaza and the West Bank, and supports Hamas' bid to escape its terrorist designation—all cloaked under the Palestinians' right to education campaign. How did this institutional rot take hold, and what does it mean for the future of free inquiry and security in higher education?
Dr. Amira Halperin is a senior research associate at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM), a Forum Dvorah media expert on foreign policy and security, and an international commentator. She taught at universities in Canada, the U.K., and China, authoring "The Use of New Media by the Palestinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom" (2018). Halperin collaborated with the Canadian Government and MOSAIC on refugee media initiatives. She holds an M.A. in International Journalism and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Westminster.
A broad network of pro-Palestinian activists justifying the October 7th atrocities as "necessary resistance," has emerged on British university campuses over the last two years. This nexus engages in rampant glorification of terrorism on U.K. campuses, seeks to build institutional partnerships linking British universities with those in Gaza and the West Bank, and supports Hamas' bid to escape its terrorist designation—all cloaked under the Palestinians' right to education campaign. How did this institutional rot take hold, and what does it mean for the future of free inquiry and security in higher education?
Dr. Amira Halperin is a senior research associate at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM), a Forum Dvorah media expert on foreign policy and security, and an international commentator. She taught at universities in Canada, the U.K., and China, authoring "The Use of New Media by the Palestinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom" (2018). Halperin collaborated with the Canadian Government and MOSAIC on refugee media initiatives. She holds an M.A. in International Journalism and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Westminster.
