In a letter sent to the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Wes Streeting said that NHS staff should additionally not wear pro-Palestine badges on their uniform.
He said the situation on campuses was 'unlike anything I had ever seen in those institutions - the calls for Israel's elimination were explicit.'
"When rules are violated and when our academic community is purposefully disrupted, that is a considered choice — one with real consequences," a Columbia official said.
Last week, France's interior minister said the move against Urgence Palestine was necessary to "crack down on Islamists."
Seven people were reportedly arrested in the incident.
During the hearing, Republican representatives accused the schools of failing to address antisemitism on their campuses.
Around 30 protesters affiliated with a group that praised Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel were arrested in connection with the incident.
Ozturk is at the center of what has become one the highest-profile cases to emerge from Trump's campaign to deport pro-Palestinian activists on American campuses.
At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans and buses outside Butler Library.
UW spokesman Victor Balta said the University "will not be intimidated by this sort of offensive behavior and will continue to oppose antisemitism in all its forms."
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