Shir will be talking on the need for using boycott tactics against Israel to force it to abide by international law. Come along for what is sure to be an engaging discussion and if you want to find out what Israelis who want fight the occupation think we should be doing.
Edinburgh University Students for Justice in Palestine are planning their second
annual trip to Palestine! Come along to an open meeting on Wednesday the 16th of February at 13.00 in room 7.01, David Hume Tower.
An article with pictures on the SPSC website about the SJP protest during Ishmael Khaldi’s talk on the 2nd of February 2011.
An article about the student protest during Ishmael Khaldi’s talk on the Indymedia website.
An article in French about SJP action during Ishmael Khaldi’s talk at the University of Edinburgh on the 2nd of February.
EDINBURGH University security officers had to be brought in last night after 50 protesters claimed to have shut down a lecture by the Israeli foreign minister’s special advisor.
Mike Prysner, US Army veteran and founding member of March Forward, will speak at Edinburgh University on Wednesday as part of a UK wide speaking tour.
Edinburgh University Politics Society have invited Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, to speak at Edinburgh University campus this semester. Students for Justice in Palestine believe that by welcoming a mouthpiece of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing to our University campus, the Politics Society make themselves complicit in the whitewashing of the suffering of the Palestinian people.
SJP is organizing weekly tutorials on topics related to Palestine and activism. Each meeting will have a separate theme and be organized by a separate speaker. Ideally each speaker would make a handout for his/her talk for people who might be interested but can’t make it.