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Accounting for human rights »

News that the United Kingdom chose to abstain on a crucial UN vote on the Goldstone report is deeply disappointing. Concluding that both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity, during the conflict in G...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by John Watson | Read more »

Gaza's Goldstone on the backseat »

Hilary Wise

The UN report on Israel’s assault on Gaza one year ago called the operation “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population.” It represents the most powerful international indi...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Hilary Wise | Read more »

EUSA sabbatical officers visit Palestine »

Palestine

Inkeeping with a trend amongst past sabbatical officers to visit the Middle East, current EUSA student president, Adam Ramsey, recently returned from a five day trip to Palestine alongside VPAA, Guy Bromley and VPSA, Naomi Hunter. The trip, aimed at r...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Laura McCaffrey | Read more »

Blair: Gaza blockade "not sensible" »

Gaza Protest

Tony Blair has called for Israel to lift the economic blockade of the Gaza strip, in an interview with Channel 4 news last week. He visited the region as Quartet Middle East envoy last week, his first visit since 2001 – then as British Prime Min...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Amy Magowan Greene | Read more »

George Square occupation: Pyrrhic victory »

George Square

When a dozen or so students stormed their campus, university officials cut the power, wifi and access to loos. They refused to negotiate, and very soon the whole thing began to fizzle out. That was New York University. The reaction at Edinburgh was a v...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Harry Cole | Read more »

George square protest: Worth the effort »

In an interview with The Journal shortly before his election to the Edinburgh rectorship, Iain MacWhirter expressed a desire to concentrate on issues where he could have a direct impact, saying: “Frankly, it's difficult for the rector to resolve...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 | Read more »

St Andrews students stage copycat sit-in »

Following on from the protest in Edinburgh which saw students take over the George Square lecture theatre, students at the University of St Andrews have now occupied a university building. Activists at the ancient institution handed a 600 signature pe...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Amy Magowan Greene | Read more »

Gaza protests: an inside account »

The occupation begins on Wednesday. The usually grey and listless building is soon transformed by a pair of banners bearing two potent and succinct messages; "End Israeli War Crimes"; 'End the Siege of Gaza'. Fourth year student 'Alice', tells me that...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Amadeus Findlay | Read more »

Gaza protests: An unwelcome distraction »

Nazry Bahrawi

By any measure, the Gaza crisis is a human tragedy of biblical proportions. At first glance, the slew of protests that had mushroomed across major European cities since late December when Israel launched its military offensive would suggest many saw it...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Nazry Bahrawi | 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 »

Facebook tallies Gaza's grisly toll »

When Dan Peguine came up with the idea for QassamCount on December 21, he was fairly clear about what was going to come next. “I knew that was going to happen – it was created with that in mind,” he says, speaking to The Journal. He ...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | 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 »

UN withdraws Gaza aid »

Protests over Israel's actions in Gaza

The UN has suspended its aid operations in Gaza "until the Israeli authorities can guarantee their safety and security", the organisation has said. A spokesperson from The United Nations Relief and Workers Agency (UNRWA) said the decision was taken af...

Thu 08 Jan 2009 by Matthew MacLeod | Read more »

Gaza turmoil: Russian roulette »

A dangerous uncertainty hovers over the Levant. Even before Israel commenced air strikes on the Gaza Strip on December 27, 2008 the situation in the region was volatile. The massive air strikes launched by Israel on Hamas targets were hardly surprising...

Wed 31 Dec 2008 by Daniel Kenealy | Read more »

No 'right to education' for Palestinians »

The Israeli 'security barrier'

The right to education is a fundamental human right - one not often honoured in the occupied Palestinian territories, where thousands of students are blockaded by the Israeli authorities who refuse them the right to freedom of movement. Rami Abdu, who ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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