Mr Ayalon said he had a moral duty to press charges

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister is considering pressing charges against a pro-Palestinian protester who hurled racist abuse at him during an address at the Oxford Union.

Danny Ayalon was addressing the student audience on Monday evening when protesters waving Palestinian flags began shouting in Arabic and English.

One shouted the Arabic phrase “Idhbah al-yahud”, meaning “kill the Jews”, before being ejected by security.

The Israeli Embassy in London was examining video footage of the incident yesterday to determine whether the phrase was uttered. If so, it could lead to hate crimes charges.
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Mr Ayalon said he had a moral duty to press charges against the protesters.

"This demonstrates our new policy on hatred and racism and we will have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, something that should have happened a long time ago," he told reporters.

(Timesonline)