(Times of Israel) The former head of the United Kingdom’s largest student representative body announced Friday that she is suing the union, claiming her removal after a months-long investigation into antisemitism allegations against her was discriminatory.
Shaima Dallali’s lawyers argued in a statement that the dismissal of the National Union of Students president was prompted by “antipathy” toward her pro-Palestinian views and Islamic faith — protected under the UK’s Equality Act — and that the disciplinary process against her was unfair.
The statement said Dallali “was the subject of numerous complaints as well as personal abuse and threats, to the effect that her past articulation of her anti-Zionist beliefs amounted to antisemitism.”
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