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Censure motion fails in Israel row endgame at EUSA »

Meehan listens with her sabbatical colleagues as the motion is proposed

Student representatives at the University of Edinburgh this week defeated an attempt to censure incumbent Vice-President (Societies & Activities) Emma Meehan over her participation in a controversial trip to Israel earlier this month...

Thu 26 Jan 2012 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Birzeit: "We hope that the student body at Edinburgh will distance themselves from this shameful trip." »

Right to Education

We are very disappointed and shocked to learn that a sabbatical officer, Emma Meehan, from Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) which is twinned with Birzeit’s Student Council and the Right to Education campaign; a twinning tha...

Tue 24 Jan 2012 by Majdi Hafi | Read more »

Sabbatical's Israel junket sparks war of words at EUSA »

Emma Meehan

The bitter and divisive conflict between Israel and Palestine threatened to engulf Edinburgh University Students’ Association last week, after it emerged that a senior student leader at the union accepted an all-expenses-paid five-day trip to I...

Wed 11 Jan 2012 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Palestinian students host web-link with Edinburgh »

Palestinian students told of their daily struggle for education as they communicated over a live feed with students in Edinburgh last week. The event was organised by the Edinburgh Student's for Justice in Palestine group as part of the EUSA-supported...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Harriet Grecian | Read more »

EUSA president talks about his time in Palestine »

Adam Ramsay

We had a slightly bizarre week. Whether it was the people we met or the buildings being architectually similar to Edinburgh, everything seemed strangely familiar. When we decided to take a week's holiday to visit our twin student council in the West B...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Adam Ramsay | Read more »

Gaza: Citizen reporting comes of age »

Foreign journalists have not been allowed to enter the Gaza strip during Israel’s offensive. While this is no doubt a violation of the principle of freedom of the press which, in turn, undermines the international community’s ability to scr...

Tue 13 Jan 2009 | Read more »

Thousands march for Gaza »

Gaza Protest

4000 people have marched on the US consulate in Edinburgh in support of Palestinians trapped by the Israeli assault on the Gaza strip, and to demand an immediate end to hostilities. Despite being planned and executed as a peaceful protest, violence fl...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Spotlight on education in the Middle East »

Right to Education

Edinburgh University will Monday launch the annual "Right to Education Week," the product of a campaign set up by Edinburgh's twin institution in Palestine, Birzeit University. According to the Edinburgh University Student Association (EUSA) the campai...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

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