UCD president criticises ‘messages of hatred and violence’ following pro-Palestine protest on campus – The Irish Times

University College Dublin (UCD) president Prof Orla Feely has written to students and staff to express dismay at what she described as “messages of hatred and violence that are entirely unacceptable”.

Prof Feely was referring to graffiti chalked on the walls on the campus that was highly critical of Israel and Israeli policy in relation to Palestine. The slogans included “long live the intifada”, “Zionism is terrorism”, “death to Zionism” and “up the Ra”.

It followed a protest on campus on Monday, led by UCD Students’ Union and the college’s branch of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group from an encampment in the university grounds, which was set up last week in solidarity with Palestine.

In her message, Prof Feely said the university supported the right of UCD students and staff to engage in “peaceful protest”.

“Apart from certain unacceptable actions that were highlighted to those in the encampment, the protests last week were largely…

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Irish Times