The messages on social media were unequivocal in their praise for the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.
The terrorist butcher who, on October 7 last year, masterminded the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, was 'a leader, a fighter, a martyr', they declared. 'While all the global forces of evil demanded Yahya's head, he made them work for it.'
Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022 Specifically, these messages hailing Sinwar as a hero were shared on Instagram by the Student Federation for a Liberated Palestine , which claims to represent 21 different student societies across Britain, including Cambridge, Bristol and Warwick universities.
No matter that, under the Terrorism Act , it is illegal in Britain to 'invite support for' or express a 'supportive' opinion towards these organisations, or that doing so can lead to a maximum prison sentence of up to 14 years. The post was also shared by the caerdyddstudents4palestine Instagram account, which claims to represent students from Cardiff, as well as the londonstudentspalestine Instagram, which says it represent the universities of London, including the School of Oriental and African Studies , University College London and Imperial College London.
Professor Richard Black, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, said: 'We are clear with our whole community that the right to freedom of speech also carries responsibilities and that there is no place for any form of harassment, hate crime or discrimination at our university.' The Muslim Student Council, which claimed to represent the AbSocs, was defiant, however: 'Muslim students will not be dictated to about whom we can and cannot mourn for.
But then this account has a long history of glorifying terrorists. In 2012, this message appeared: 'Woke up to the news of an Israeli soldier shot dead by Palestinian resistance fighters. Good morning :).' When I contacted the SFLP to ask why members were flooding campuses with these messages in support of terror groups, it responded with a laughing face emoji
A year later, on October 8, 2024, he followed it up with another tweet on the subject: 'Occupied people have the right to resist their occupation.' Then, on the day Yahya Sinwar was killed, he tweeted: 'Martyrs never die.' But what is undeniable is the growth in anti-Semitism among student societies, dozens of which have expressed support for 'armed' violence against Israel.
Latifah Abouchakra, who was recently referred to the government's Prevent programme, was also criticised for celebrating the October 7 massacre in a post on Instagram last year. Last year, the daughter of Jewish radio host Sid Rosenberg, was forced to temporarily flee back home to America due to harassment and false accusations that she had endorsed genocide.
At London's Queen Mary University, a handful of Jewish students gathered on October 7 in Library Square to hold a peaceful vigil on the painful anniversary. Footage from the protest shows the pro-Palestine crowd erupting into chilling cheers and applause as the Jewish students were escorted out the square.
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