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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 »

Updated: EUSA sabb faces censure vote as Israel row escalates »

Emma Meehan

Updated (19:30) In a narrow vote, Student Council has just voted down the motion to censure Emma Meehan, 29-22. Full report to follow. Pro-Palestinian activists at Edinburgh University Students’ Association will today move to censure controversi...

Tue 24 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 »

A new era »

Samuelarrival

UNESCO’s decision in September to accept Palestine’s membership reflected not only the international support that has built for the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice, but also exposed yet again the role of the US in trying to blo...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Sarah Colborne | Read more »

The Anti-Israel Boycott: A timely measure against injustice »

It was 5am on the morning of 2 August 2009 when the eviction happened. I was sleeping in the home of the Hannoun family in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, knowing that at any moment the police could arrive. Israeli forces commenced the eviction...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Liam O'Hare | Read more »

The Anti-Israel Boycott: Foolish and counter-productive »

Last month the EUSA annual general meeting voted to ban all Israeli products in EUSA shops and to lobby the University to take part in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The motion passed by a 9-to-1 margin. Fortunatel...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Daniel Clinkman | Read more »

Israeli diplomat silenced by student protests »

Ishmael Khaldi faces down protesters

A guest lecture at the University of Edinburgh was brought to an end mere moments after it began on Wednesday, when demonstrators stormed the stage in protest against Israel’s policy towards the Palestinian people. The speaker, Ishmael Khaldi, w...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

The glib ambassador »

Protesters crowding the stage

Much of the rhetoric used by both sides of the Ishmael Khaldi affair at the University of Edinburgh last week - first at the protest and then in the slew of statements and comments which followed - has been imbued with no uncertain amount of hyperbole....

Wed 09 Feb 2011 | Read more »

Edinburgh careers fair halted by student protest »

SJP protesters at Adam House

Student activists brought the University of Edinburgh's careers fair to a halt last week when they staged a public protest against arms company BAE Systems' presence at the fair. Police were called to the event at Adam House after around a dozen prote...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Charges against pro-Palestinian campaigners dropped »

Palestinians

Five members of the Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) have had charges of racially aggravated breach of the peace thrown out by a judge in Edinburgh. After 18 months of hearings and changes of charges, Sheriff James Scott said there was...

Sat 17 Apr 2010 by Rosalind Brown | 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 »

Palestine protesters face racism charges »

Protests over Israel's actions in Gaza

Four members of the Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) are facing new charges of alleged racist behaviour, for interrupting a concert by the Jerusalem Quartet during last year's Edinburgh Festival. The initial charges against the proteste...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Constantine Innemée | 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 »

Galloway calls for inquiry over Gaza convoy arrests »

George Galloway

The future of the "Viva Palestina" aid convoy to Gaza—led by the Respect MP and one-time University of Edinburgh rectorial candidate George Galloway—has been put in doubt following the arrests of members of the convoy on terrorist charges. ...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Amy Magowan Greene | 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 »

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 »

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