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Southampton Conference on Israel and
international law postponed
On Tuesday the organisers of the Southampton Conference, hoping to defend the notion of academic freedom and overturn the University’s decision to cancel the conference took the case to the High Court. However, a High Court judge rejected the application for a judicial review. The organisers have released a statementexplaining what happened and reiterating their commitment to continuing the fight for both academic freedom and justice for Palestine.
A lawyer acting for the university argued in court that the conference was not cancelled but merely “postponed”, and suggested that the university was offering to commission a report which would look into holding the conference at a later date.
Lawyers acting for the organisers focused on the university’s claim that protests would be held against the conference. In particular, they referenced the police report which suggested that protests would be led by Sussex Friends of Israel, and that this group worked with the English Defence League (EDL), a violent and racist group. They argued that that although the first police report identified the EDL and Sussex Friends of Israel as the potential protesters, it also said that the police were confident they could provide the necessary support to the university. University lawyers brought up the issue of a second police document: a weekly roundup of intelligence from the Met Police National Domestic Extremism Unit. However, they said it could not be released.
The organisers are still committed to protesting against the university decision and using “the moral strength of our cause to ensure freedom of speech and academic debate.” You can still sign the petition calling on the university to allow the conference to go ahead.
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News and events
Yarmouk protests
Protestors gathered outside the European Commission building in London, to register their horror at the siege and shelling of Yarmouk, and to call for international action to open an humanitarian corridor and to halt the killing and suffering. The organisers read out the names of many of the dead – most of whom were killed by starvation and lack of medical treatment.
Palestinian prisoners’ day – Friday 17 April European Parliament members demand “pressure” on Israel to free Palestinian lawmakers.
BBC hands airwaves over to Israel’s minister for war
In a recent interview on Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme, Israeli government minister, Moshe Ya’alon “was not only afforded absolute silence to tell his lies, he was allowed by the BBC to completely redefine the reality of what is happening in the West Bank and Gaza…
“This particular broadcast verged on complicity, on collusion, on a collaboration with Israel to put across its point of view when the chips were down.”
PSC’s Amena Saleem reports on yet another disgraceful low point in BBC coverage of the occupation.
Sanctions for Israel, say aid agencies
A hard-hitting report initiated by members of the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) calls for sanctions on Israel and divestment from complicit companies to pressure for improvements for Gaza and the Palestinian people
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