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Oxford Students Protest with Red Hands Over Israeli Conflict

11/20/2025

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During an Israeli guest speaker's visit to the Oxford Union, students at Oxford University's debating society displayed red-painted hands.
The hands symbolized the 2000 Ramallah lynching of two Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian mob.
Witnesses reported that the gesture referenced Salha, a Palestinian terrorist who killed one of the reservists and showed bloodied hands to a cheering crowd, underscoring ongoing tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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During an Israeli guest speaker's visit to the Oxford Union, students at Oxford University's debating society displayed red-painted hands.
The hands symbolized the 2000 Ramallah lynching of two Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian mob.
Witnesses reported that the gesture referenced Salha, a Palestinian terrorist who killed one of the reservists and showed bloodied hands to a cheering crowd, underscoring ongoing tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.