Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has held the first official meeting with a senior Israeli minister in more than a decade. Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz travelled to Ramallah in the occupied territory of the West Bank on August 29th to discuss security, civilian issues, and the economy. Gantz told Abbas that Israel would seek to…
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Decolonise UEA calls for UEA and the SU to adopt JDA definition of Antisemitism
Over the past week, various UEA societies have shared a statement written by Decolonise UEA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram calling for UEA and the SU to replace the current IHRA definition of Antisemitism with the JDA definition. As well as this, the statement calls for a boycott of institutions such as Barclays “that are…
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Iran Accused of Recent Drone Attack
The US, UK, and Israel have blamed Iran for a recent ‘kamikaze’ style drone attack on an Israeli-owned tanker off the coast of Oman that left a British and Romanian national dead. After the MV Mercer Street had been targeted a day prior by two UAVs, a drone crashed again into the ship on 30…
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators speak in UEA Square
Hundreds of UEA students and staff protested in support for Palestinians against Israel at the Square on the 25th May at 5pm. Organized by the UEA Arab Society and UEA Palestinian Solidarity Society, speakers shared stories through a microphone in between shouts calling to free Palestine to an audience sat on the steps of the…
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Israel Election Looms as lawmakers Vote to Dissolve Parliament
On Wednesday Israel’s Parliament (the Knesset) voted in favour of a preliminary bill to dissolve itself following budget delays, moving the country towards its fourth election in two years. The Knesset voted in favour of dissolvement following the defence minister Benny Gantz accusing current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately delaying decisions on the national…
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Sick of student unions?
Do you feel represented? I don’t. Zamzam Ibrahim is the president elect of the National Union of Students (NUS). Her job is to represent all UK students in higher and further education. But she’s come under fire for stating she wanted to ‘oppress white people’ and ‘have an Islamic takeover’, comments she made when she…
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Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision
Ukraine has withdrawn from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest amid growing political tensions with Russia. The Ukrainian original entry, singer Maruv, refused to take part in the competition saying she felt she was being used as a ‘political tool.’ Ukraine failed to find a replacement act and has now chosen not to enter the contest…
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The Middle East Year in Review
The Middle East has seen tensions rise within the region in 2018. Just when tensions were at an all-time high, the Saudi Arabian dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in October. The finger has been pointed at Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. Meanwhile, the vicious Yemeni Civil War between…
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Controversial Israel policy renewed
A controversial vote to keep the students’ union’s policy relating to solidarity with Palestine and the boycott of Israeli products, will be examined by trustees as it may fall foul of government legislation. Councillors voted by 44 to 19 in favour of retaining the policy ‘1714 In support of international law and human rights in Palestine.’…
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