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Israel a greater threat to regional stability than Iran, Oxford Union debate team votes

“Israel's actions are above the law and do not respect UN resolutions, and also we know this aggressive state of Israel is nuclear armed and a centre of a regime based on apartheid."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A Pro-Palestinian supporter walks past a banner reading "Oxford Action for Palestine" at Oxford University, in Oxford, eastern England on May 7, 2024
The Milky Way galaxy.

Milky Way mystery uncovered? Black matter may be the source of the galaxy’s mysterious glow

New research suggests that dark matter may be the key to uncovering the mysteries of the Milky Way. The scientific team led by Dr. Moorits Muru has opened a new path for space studies worldwide.

|ByANOUK CARTER-DORF
A SIGN at a pro-Palestinian encampment reads: ‘Welcome to the People’s University for Palestine,’ at Oxford University last year. History shows that antisemitism begins with a slur and then graduates to societal exclusion of Jews, the writer asserts.

Calling for the death of Jews: Danger and hatred in countries that Jews call home - opinion

These calls to kill Jews indicate that we are, once again, at a time when society has broken down and is desperately in need of profound soul-searching.

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
THE BGU TEAM out in the field.

BGU researchers part of international team in study saying reptiles could face extinction threat

Reptiles include a wide variety of cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrates, including snakes, lizards, turtles, iguanas, crocodiles, and alligators.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

'Put the Zios in the ground:' After Oxford student arrest, UK groups back chant

British anti-Israel groups voiced support for a London protest chant calling to “put the Zios in the ground,” days after an Oxford student was arrested for inciting racial hatred at the rally.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Samuel Williams, a student at Oxford University's Balliol College, was suspended by the university over the chant "put the Zios in the ground."

Oxford Union president-elect who interviewed Charlie Kirk appears to celebrate his death

OU President-elect George Abaraonye debated Kirk on ‘toxic masculinity’ in May at the Oxford Union.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Charlie Kirk debates with Oxford Union President-elect George Abaraonye in May

Former Supreme Court pres. Hayut joins Rhodes Scholarship committee in Israel

Rhodes is the oldest scholarship program in the world. Established at Oxford University in 1903, next year’s edition will mark a decade since the program arrived in Israel.

AUGUST 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ESTHER HAYUT

Oxford University college launches £5k Tikvah Scholarships for Jewish, Israeli undergraduates

The Tikvah Scholarships will provide a total of four Jewish and/or Israeli (of any or no faith) undergraduates studying at the college with £5,000 for the year.

AUGUST 5, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Students queue to sit a university degree finals examination at Oxford University in Oxford, Britain, June 6, 2025.

Oxford team finally opens Paestum tomb jars, confirming 2,500-year-old sacred honey inside

Reanalysis led by da Costa Carvalho used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to detect royal jelly proteins and intact hexose sugars, settling a decades-old debate.

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oxford team finally opens Paestum tomb jars, confirming 2,500-year-old sacred honey inside.

Struggling with numbers? Oxford scientists discover brain-boosting technique

Low-performing students improved arithmetic scores by up to 29% with mild electrical brain stimulation.

JULY 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oxford scientists discover math proficiency technique. Illustration.

Oxford study finds 9,000 daily steps cut cancer risk by 16%

While brisk walking is usually associated with better health outcomes, the study found that the number of steps is more important than walking speed in reducing cancer risk.

MAY 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oxford study finds 9,000 daily steps cut cancer risk by 16%.

Oxford academics used a human skull cup at official dinners until 2015

Professor believes the skull belonged to an enslaved woman from the Caribbean.

APRIL 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Main entrance of the Worcester college in Oxford, UK.

Anti-Israel vandalism group defaces Cambridge, Oxford universities

"They can try to stop the student intifada, but they will never succeed," Palestine Action said on Instagram. "Resistance until victory!"

MARCH 5, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR, MATHILDA HELLER
TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

Oxford researcher discovers new super-Earth HD 20794 d just 19.7 light-years away

Researchers hail HD 20794 d as an 'invaluable test case' for detecting signs of life.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A super-earth planet. Illustration.

Oxford University announces Rhodes 2025 Israel scholarship winners

Up to $320,000 is awarded to Israeli students as part of the Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and most prestigious scholarship in the world.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Left to right: Noam Morris, National Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship in Israel Doron Weber, and Hen Davidov.