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1 July 2021

Revealed: Bristol academic under investigation for alleged anti-Semitism received £400k of public funds

David Miller, a professor who accused Jewish student societies of being “directed by Israel”, received government money to conduct his research.

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

David Miller, the University of Bristol professor currently under investigation for comments he made about Jewish students, received over £400,000 of taxpayers’ money in grants to fund his research, the New Statesman can reveal.

Miller has been put under investigation by the university after a number of controversial comments were exposed – including that the “Zionist movement” was “the enemy of world peace”, that members of university Jewish societies were “pawns” of Israel, and that the Israeli government of wanting to “impose [its] will all over the world”.

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