The daughter of the Shadow Attorney General has been left crying hysterically after pro-Palestine activists hijacked a university open day for prospective students. The Mailhas the details:
Abigail Wolfson and her mother Louise, who are Jewish, attended two presentations thrown into chaos by protesters in face masks and Palestinian “keffiyeh” scarves.
Video footage shows activists brandishing flags and banners and shouting “free Palestine” during the events at the University of Bristol.
Abigail, the daughter of Shadow Attorney General Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, said: “The reception we received on campus can only be described as hostile. I’ve never felt so isolated. For the first time in my life… I wished I wasn’t Jewish.”
There have been reports of Jewish students being abused across Britain, with a 117% rise in antisemitic incidents since Hamas’ attacks on October 7th, 2023. …
The first protest at last month’s open day started four minutes into a presentation about studying history at Bristol.
Abigail told how four activists entered the lecture hall chanting “From the river to the sea” – regarded by many as a call for Israel’s elimination.
They then accused the university of “funding the Zionist war machine”.
Abigail said: “My mother started shouting ‘Shame!’. We felt intimidated, isolated and unsafe. We were both visibly upset, [but]no-one said anything to us.”
The second protest took place minutes later during a presentation about studying politics and international affairs.
Two masked activists unfurled a banner while Louise, a lawyer, again shouted “shame” and implored university security to intervene.
This time, a distressed Abigail left in tears.
“When they [the protesters] finished, the entire auditorium [was] clapping,” she said. “I got up and left. I was just absolutely hysterically crying. The staff at the event asked ‘what’s wrong?’ I felt like saying, ‘how can you not know?’”
