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Pressure Mounts to Lift Ban on Israeli Defence Students

10/11/2025

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Pressure mounts for the Royal College of Defence Studies to lift its ban on Israeli students.
UK Lawyers for Israel plans to challenge the ban legally if not lifted.
Defence Secretary John Healey has been urged to reverse the decision, which the Government confirmed last month.
Amir Baram, director general of Israel’s defence ministry, called the ban a dishonourable act of disloyalty to an ally at war.

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Pressure mounts for the Royal College of Defence Studies to lift its ban on Israeli students.
UK Lawyers for Israel plans to challenge the ban legally if not lifted.
Defence Secretary John Healey has been urged to reverse the decision, which the Government confirmed last month.
Amir Baram, director general of Israel’s defence ministry, called the ban a dishonourable act of disloyalty to an ally at war.