There's a lot of anti-Israel hatred in both French and British universities. Telling Israeli students that they're just imagining things is insulting.
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science (UK):
“When I try to make sense of the decline of numbers of Israeli students coming to study in Britain, I worry that part of it is the perception in Israel that Britain is an unfriendly or hostile place. And what we know from the measures that are taken is that, fortunately, Britain is one of the European countries that scores best on having very, very low anti-Semitism," the Conservative minister said, adding, "We pride ourselves on being an open and tolerant society.”
Dr. Jacques Baudier, scientific attaché at the French Embassy:
“Of course we have anti-Semitism but this by itself it does not explain the low interest in studying in France,” he said.
“France is the only country in Europe that has a law forbidding anti-Semitic speech. Unfortunately many countries in Europe experience anti-Semitism, in Germany and in the UK the incidents of anti-Semitism are much higher and yet Israeli students choose to study in these countries,” he added.
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