New NUS president posted Islamic chant threatening ‘Jews’ and sympathised with Hamas Shaima Dallali was confirmed as the next NUS leader following a vote at the student body's annual conference in Liverpool on Monday.

(Jewish News) The National Union of Students has voted for a new president who only last week had to apologise for a historic tweet in which she posted the words of an infamous Islamic chant threatening “Jews” with an attack by “the army of Muhammed.”

Shaima Dallali was confirmed as the next NUS leader following a vote at the student body’s annual conference in Liverpool on Monday.

The former City University Students Union president will replace current NUS leader Larissa Kennedy later this year.

The Union of Jewish Students reacted to Dallali’s election by issuing a statement urging her to “come to the table” to discuss concerns over her “extremely challenging views” for Jewish students.

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