UCL J-Soc won its campaign, spearheaded by Daniel Bowman and Ben Rodin, to overturn the twinning motion proposed to link UCL and Al-Quds University, Jerusalem.

In the process, J-Soc has ensured that the UCL students' union does not take a stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Jewish students have been campaigning relentlessly for the referendum with more than 3,300 students casting their votes in a new UCL record of a 14.7 per cent turnout.

The J-Soc proposed motion passed with 1,337 in favour and 1,005 against and 833 abstentions.

Daniel, UCL J-Soc's education officer, said: "It was not only an impressive effort from Jewish students at UCL, but also students from different backgrounds and societies such as The Model UN and Debating societies.

"I hope that this will help to inspire those students who are made to feel uncomfortable by motions put forward in their student unions to realise that they can work with others to harness support against unreasonable motions, put forward their own and affect change."

UJS campaigns director Dan Sheldon added: "The students have spoken and they have rejected the divisive politics promoted by an unrepresentative minority.

"We are pleased that UCL Union is once again a safe space for all students, where dialogue and education on Israel-Palestine can take place."

At LSE another motion, proposed for former Manchester King David High School pupil and J-Soc president Jay Stoll, entitled 'Stop Antisemitism Now' passed through the student union's general meeting.

The motion followed an incident on an LSE ski trip where a Jewish student was subjected to antisemitic abuse.

The motion aimed to detail what should be categorised as antisemitism, and to ensure that all antisemitic incidents are "dealt with swiftly and effectively in conjunction with the school".

The motion called for the publication of "a semi-annual report detailing all incidents of racism, including antisemitic incidents of racism that have occurred on campus during the previous six months and the actions taken by the union and the school."

It passed with a total of 507 votes, 78 per cent in favour.

Jay told Social Scene: "The antisemitism motion was a renewal of policy passed after Operation Cast Lead in February 2009 when the Community Security Trust reported a spike in antisemitic incidents.

"It is coincidence that it happened to be up for renewal after the recent incident, but it is more relevant now than it was when it was first passed.

"This time it is more of a statement. In a way it was a pro-active stance to say that antisemitism is not welcome on our campus.

"Now it is classed as antisemitism on LSE campus to describe Israel as a Nazi state or something similar."