Those tensions seemed to be mirrored in student politics when back in September 2016, there was an outcry when the newly elected NUS president, Malia Bouattia, was accused of anti-Semitism for calling the University of Birmingham a “Zionist outpost” in a blog she co-wrote in 2011. A video from a 2014 event, when she was the NUS’s Black Students Officer, also showed her referring to “Zionist-led media”, and some universities disaffiliated from the NUS as a result of her presidency. A Home Affairs Select Committee report said her comments smacked "of outright racism”. An internal NUS investigation dismissed four allegations of anti-Semitism, including the comment about Birmingham university, but found that another comment – in which Bouattia said the UK's anti-terror programme Prevent was fuelled by "Zionist lobbies" – could be interpreted as anti-Semitic. No disciplinary action was taken but it was recommended that Bouattia apologised.