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Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building

Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building

In what is their second occupation of a University building in the last month, Pro-Palestine groups have occupied the Roscoe Building to protest alleged University connections to Israel and its complicity in the conflict in Gaza
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“The important point is [to] stop the killing”: Afzal Khan on his support for Israeli-Gaza ceasefire

“The important point is [to] stop the killing”: Afzal Khan on his support for Israeli-Gaza ceasefire

Afzal Khan sits down with the Manchester Media Group following his resignation from Labour’s Shadow Cabinet over the ceasefire vote in Parliament
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Envisioning Palestine: The Sea Cloak and Other Stories

Envisioning Palestine: The Sea Cloak and Other Stories

Urussa Malik reviews a new short story collection which explores what it means to be a woman in Palestine today.
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2019 World Para Swimming Championships stripped from Malaysia, after banning Israel

2019 World Para Swimming Championships stripped from Malaysia, after banning Israel

Politics once again enters sport as Malaysia stands in solidarity with their fellow Palestinian Muslims over their ongoing conflict with Israel
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Why Manchester Students’ Union supports BDS

Sara Khan defends the SU’s support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign, and challenges claims that the movement is anti-Semitic
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Short story: Return to Rafah

Featured prose: Joely Thomas writes a moving short story set in the southern Gaza strip
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Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Manchester

From the 23rd to the 27th of February, Action Palestine is running events, stalls and talks to increase awareness of the conflict in Gaza
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Debate 1: Palestine reaches for statehood, but is it ready?

On 23 September Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and head of the Palestinian Authority, officially submitted a bid to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for Palestine to be recognised as a state and granted full membership of the United Nations. This bid has precisely a zero per cent chance of succeeding. […]
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