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Some students on the “No” side of the controversial Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) vote at McGill University this week say the suddenly hostile climate on campus has become unbearable for them.

Since the contentious vote on Monday in support of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel, many students are saying they have been targeted for their opposition and that social media is now chock-full of anti-Semitic remarks that make them very uncomfortable.

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“Little Zionist jewboys not happy that McGill students don’t support their genocide,” reads one post on messaging site Yik Yak, to which users centred around a geographic area can post anonymously.

“No” side campaigner Miled Hill said he knows of at least 10 students who sought counselling to help with intolerable situations. One student was going to police on Wednesday after there was an attempt to hack his Facebook page. One student speaking about the voteafter the results were announcedwas later followed home and verbally harassed.