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Rishi Sunak scraps plans to move the British Embassy to Jerusalem

Rishi Sunak scraps plans to move the British Embassy to Jerusalem

By Reem Walid, BA Politics and International Relations UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak abandoned the controversial plans to relocate the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem earlier this month. The decision was announced during a press briefing just over a week after he had been elected as the new

Freedom for Amal Nahkleh!

Freedom for Amal Nahkleh!

Panagiotis Gkagkatsis, PhD in Law Amal Nahkleh is a 17-year-old Palestinian who is being unethically detained in an Israeli prison. Amal suffers from a severe autoimmune system disease that’s called ‘gravis’. Gravis is a neuromuscular illness that destroys the communication between the neurons and the muscles, resulting in weakness

Is Celebrity Culture Political? Zionism Prevails in Hollywood, Again

Is Celebrity Culture Political? Zionism Prevails in Hollywood, Again

Yasmin Elsouda, BA International Relations Whether or not celebrity culture should be politicised is incessantly debated in the media. Is Kanye crazy? Shouldn’t Kaepernick just stick to sports? Why is Kim in The White House? The notion that popular culture is somehow isolated from the rest of the world

Vote 'yes' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Vote 'yes' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

BDS Working Group SOAS is buzzing with conversation about the academic boycott of Israel referendum, which is to be held on campus from 23-27 February. The referendum will be school-wide and will call on students, academics, and other staff members to vote in favour of boycotting Israeli academic institutions. The

Vote 'no' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Vote 'no' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Kay Lees, LLB Law The BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), calls for international support to help achieve its goals of boycotting Israeli academic institutions and academics in order to chastise Israeli treatment of Palestinians— from human rights violations to the marginalisation of academics and activists. Taking into account the conflicts

Ex-Foreign Office official calls for pressure on Israel-Palestine solution

Ex-Foreign Office official calls for pressure on Israel-Palestine solution

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish “I believe firmly in the two-state solution,” began Sir Vincent Fean, ex-Consul General to Jerusalem, although, he continued, it “is in very severe danger of disappearing before our eyes.” The London Middle East Institute holds talks every Tuesday evening that seem to attract people

Israeli and Palestinian professors back SOAS boycott calls

Israeli and Palestinian professors back SOAS boycott calls

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish Launching its campaign for an academic boycott of Israel, SOAS Palestine Society yesterday hosted distinguished Israeli historian Ilan Pappe and Palestinian-American Oxford professor Karma Nabulsi to debate the issue amongst the student body. From 23rd to 27th February, SOAS students will have the opportunity