Shock poll of top UK universities says Hamas attacks CAN be justified.

 Hamas attacks CAN be justified, students say: Shock poll of top UK universities finds that more than a third of pupils think the terrorist atrocities committed on October 7 were an 'understandable act of resistance' 

Almost 40 per cent of students at Russell Group universities believe the October 7 terror attacks on Israel were an 'understandable act of resistance'.

A poll of university students also found that only a third consider the Hamas massacre that sparked a new war in the region a 'terrorist attack'.

The findings come amidst an unprecedented surge of anti-Semitism – with the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) fielding more than 700 calls about anti-Semitism from frightened students since October 7 and Israeli students warning they are 'terrified' of being targeted on campus.

Earlier this week anti-Israel campaigners pitched tents on the Senate House lawn – forcing the university to make an unprecedented and 'difficult' decision to move graduation ceremonies for today and tomorrow. The protesters left on Thursday night, declaring their goal of disruption had been accomplished.

It is the first time graduation has been held at Downing College – with students finding out less than 24 hours before and university porters given only eight hours' notice to prepare in order to keep away the protesters.

Professor Marek Ziebert, 62, a lecturer at UCL who was celebrating his daughter's graduation said: 'I think it is a shame and completely disrespectful that protesters disrupted this historic ceremony in this way.

'For many, graduation ceremonies are the outcomes of decades of hard work.'

Last night Education Secretary Gillian Keegan stressed that Jewish students must be protected and welcomed at British universities.

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