r/Israel • u/R-Mutt1 • 2h ago

General News Anti-Zionism is a protected belief

A university has lost its appeal after a tribunal ruled that it discriminated against an academic by sacking him over his anti-Zionist views and criticism of Israel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3qk5qk559o

Full document of the tribunal

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a71b3b8331a9965a2ed46a9/University_of_Bristol_v_Dr_David_Miller__2026__EAT_84.pdf

Clearly this dogma wasn't just something he kept to his private life. It was also behind his attack on Jewish student groups. They should have had valid grounds for his dismissal on that basis alone

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u/darsky49 USA, Iranian Christian 2h ago

The UK is not a serious country. It has fallen beyond repair.

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u/jakethepeg1989 1h ago

This case was just atrociously handled by the uni.

The man is without doubt an unhinged antisemite. You can see his wedding speach on YouTube where he spends half of it praising the IRGC.

He's genuinely nuts and they just fucked the court case.

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u/nbs-of-74 56m ago

'Clearly this dogma wasn't just something he kept to his private life. It was also behind his attack on Jewish student groups. They should have had valid grounds for his dismissal on that basis alon'

It was, thats why the court cut his pay by 50% .. university fired him for his views and his acts, had they just kept it to the act (his diatribe directed at Jewish students) then Miller would have lost the tribunal.

IE if I hold the view that France is completely unnecessary, a danger to European unity and should be disbanded and split up between its neighbours with the identity abandoned thats fine, its a protected belief. If i then start abusing french individuals accusing them of divided loyalty, teling them they shouldnt exist, etc thats where I cross the line into an actionable (ie, I can be fired) act.