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None of this was reported; presumably because it doesn't lend itself well to smear.Stories about Bouattia have also focussed heavily on allegations that she is anti-Semitic. She has a long record for campaigning in support of the Palestinian people and proudly describes herself as anti-Zionist. In the past she has criticised Zionist politics on a number of occasions. Since being elected she has gone to some effort to separate her criticisms of this ideology from attacks and conspiracy theories about Jewish people. She wrote in the Guardian that "There is no place for anti-Semitism in the student movement, or in society. If any of my previous discourse has been interpreted otherwise, such as comments I once made about Zionism within the media, I will revise it to ensure there is no room for confusion.""I know many of you will have seen my name dragged through the mud in the right wing media. You'll have read that I am a terrorist, that my politics are driven by hate […] I know too well the damage done by racism and persecution. I've faced it every day since I arrived in this country, every day in office, and I will continue to fight it in all its forms, whoever it targets."
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