Liberal protestor calls Jewish holocaust victims 'cowards' at university rally

Shocking footage has emerged of a pro-Palestinian protestor claiming 'all Jews are cowards' during a rally against the Israeli ambassador's visit to a London University.



The clip shows a well-dressed man saying: 'Why did six million Jews go into Hitler's gas chambers? Like lambs for the slaughter, naked? Because you Jews are cowards!'



The vile anti-Semitic rant was caught on camera outside the School of Oriental and African Studies in London during a rally protesting against Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, speaking at the university last night.



The unnamed man is not a member of staff or a student at SOAS, a spokesman told MailOnline.



He made the vile comments after he was asked by UCL student Sol Schlagman, 20, to define Zionism.



Mr Schlagman, who studies history, politics and economics, told MailOnline: 'He was the first person I spoke to at the 'Israeli Apartheid Rally' said this in answer to 'What is Zionism?'



'People still believe this conflict has nothing to do with anti-Semitism. I think it might have.'



He added that there are long-running tensions on both sides and that some students feel intimidated by the atmosphere on campus at times.



Mr Regev still spoke at the event, organized by SOAS Jewish Society, last night despite the presence of around 200 protestors outside.



The protest, which was called Apartheid Off Campus by organizers online, described Mr Regev as 'the public face of Israeli barbarism.' A counter-protest was also held.



The Jewish News website reports that as the protestors outside could be heard chanting 'Free Palestine, free Palestine', Mr Regev told the audience of 60: ''I would like to tell them a secret. Israel is not going away. Israel is not going anywhere.'



SOAS Registrar Paula Sanderson said: 'There is no place for hate speech on the SOAS campus and freedom of speech does not permit the expression of racist or anti-Semitic views.



'We condemn unreservedly the comments that were made by the person shown on the video – he is not a student or staff member at SOAS.
'If there is any report of hate speech or anti-Semitism by any member of the SOAS community we will investigate that and take action.'
Students and staff at SOAS and other universities had called for the visit by Mr Regev to be called off.



More than 150 academics from Soas and other British universities wrote to the institute's director Valerie Amos urging her to cancel the event.
The letter said: 'We fear that if this provocative event proceeds as planned, it will cause substantial distress and harm to many of our students and staff who are, have been or will be affected by the actions of what a recent UN report refers to as the Israeli 'apartheid regime'.



'The event could further cause serious tension on campus and result in a charged atmosphere that will be detrimental to the wellbeing of all faculty, staff and students.