A veteran left-wing former Member of Knesset sent me an email today. “This is really shocking. Beyond belief. We shall overcome” he wrote. He was reacting to this video (explicit language from the start), filmed on 5 March at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG):

It has been viewed 27,000 times in three days on YouTube. It shows what happened when I tried to speak on the campus against a ‘Boycott Divestment and Sanctions’ (BDS) push at the University. The BDS supporters shouted vile abuse, threatened the students who disagreed with them, and tried to break up the meeting. “You Zionist pr**ks, f*** off our campus, now!” they screamed.

In a welcome move the University has released a statement calling the behaviour “unacceptable” and promising an immediate investigation.

That’s good. But what explains the hatred and intimidation spreading on some European campuses?

Read the article in full at Times of Israel.