Pro-Palestine protesters have planned demonstrations in the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Italy. Vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, David Maguire, said protests in the UK have been generally peaceful, but warned that events like in the US “could happen here”. However, he told BBC Radio 4: “This is a price that we pay for academic freedom and freedom of speech. “Students have the opportunity, if they so wish, to protest about any issue. “And I think we’ve got to remember that for a lot of students, these events have been completely cataclysmic. “Any response from authorities must be commensurate and allowances need to be made.” A spokesperson for Universities UK (which represents 142 institutions) said the situation in the US is being monitored.
