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The UK National Union of Students (NUS) has shownÌý"full solidarity" with students at London School of Economics (LSE) who have faced widespread criticism afterÌý which hosted Israeli ambassadorÌýÌýlast week.

The union deplored the negative portrayalsÌýof the protest on 9ÌýNovember as "concerning", afterÌýgovernment members - including UK Home Secretary - into the demonstration against the Israeli ambassadorÌýand likened it toÌý.

show Hotovely - known for herÌýÌý- leaving the Ìýto boos while some protesters attempted to confront the ambassador, who was surrounded by bodyguards.

LSE For Palestine -Ìýthe student group who organised the protest - Ìýthe protest was "a peaceful... [and]Ìýtremendous demonstration of solidarity with Palestine".

"It is...Ìýconcerning that government officials... are clamping down on any form of student dissent with threats of police involvement... the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy," the NUS said in a statement.

The union voicedÌýconcernÌýthat "a protest led by students of colour and Muslim students was quickly characterised as 'a violent mob'".

"The gross misrepresentation of the protest... does not make our communities safer," it added.

LSE for Palestine said on Saturday said: "There is a gross imbalance of power at play here,Ìýpoliticians at the very top of the British government unjustly singling out university students for protesting the racism of the representative of a nuclear-armed ally of Britain."

The LSE saidÌýit will review processes around such events, statingÌý"intimidation or threats of violence are completely unacceptable" and that they will "take action if any students are identified as having made threats of violence".