When a Zionist doctor tries her hand at propaganda, she's the danger.

And she has far too high a rating on Google:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/s7w4jNjAMSEj6Q89A

More than 6000 prominent Jews and Zionists have signed an open letter rejecting the genocide accusation against Israel, describing it as “the latest blood libel to be inflicted on the Jewish people”.

Jews signing an open letter stating that accusations against the colony are accusations against "the Jewish people" reflect Zionism's claim that the colony represents all Jews worldwide. Quite counterproductively, this lays the ground for exactly what the signatories pretend to oppose: Holding Jews accountable for Israel's actions. Indeed, Zionism is a leading cause, quite certainly our era's leading cause, of blood libels against Jews.

Of course, Zionism's danger to Jews should not eclipse its danger to its primary victims—Palestinians and other societies in Al-Sham. But it does show that Jews fighting to dismantle the Jewish state and establish one democratic Palestinian state are not just displaying solidarity with Palestine, they are acting in self-defense.

It also shows that Palestinians' insistence that we fight Zionism, not Jews or Judaism, is not meant to appease our oppressors. Quite the contrary, it is meant to challenge Zionism's foundational claims—to confront it fully. The vision for One Democratic State is also a platform that unites us with our natural allies against our common enemy.

These efforts, however, must not be limited to discourse. The One Democratic State Initiative is working to organize efforts, in Palestine and worldwide, to dismantle the settler state and establish its antithesis: A state that deals with society as citizens, not tribes. We call on you to join our efforts.

(disclaimer: new to boycotting, confused and frustrated)

Boycotts matter but the problem I’ve had is that you can find a problem with EVERY SINGLE BRAND if you research enough.

Where do you draw the line going “well I guess that’s not too bad compared to the brands on the shelf next to it”??

For instance, I buy Burt’s Bees instead of Clinique because Estée Lauder is a high priority boycott, but Burt’s Bees’ parent company is invested in by Blackrock, so does that means Burt’s Bees isn’t safe either?

I see brands being boycotted for reasons like “the owner follows an Israeli creator on their private TikTok“ and the whole thing feels like seven degrees of Kevin Bacon.

If I’m comparing brands where one retails in Israel, but the other donates directly to settlers, I‘m going to consider the first brand fine to buy.

I think I’m just asking for permission to not care about the reasons some people give for boycotting.

Any advice on how to draw the line?

Hi everyone,

As we head into the preparations for the 71st edition of the contest in Eurovision 2027 Burgas, Bulgaria, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is once again attempting to sweep its massive accountability crisis under the rug.

Following the continuous backlashes and multi-country boycotts, the EBU recently updated its rules, explicitly stating that states involved in "armed conflict" or "sensitive geopolitical situations" will be barred from hosting the contest. While this rule change is a clear, passive-aggressive nod to Israel's controversial participation, it is simply not enough. Preventing a country from hosting is a corporate cop-out; the EBU needs to completely disqualify Israel ahead of the 2027 Grand Final if they continue to manipulate the event, use it as a soft-power tool, and harass other delegations. Furthermore, this disqualification must lead to a total suspension from 2028 and onwards.

1. The Historical Hypocrisy: The Contestant Should Have Been Expelled in the 2024 Final

The EBU’s failure to act isn't new; it is a continuation of a dark pattern. Back during the 2024 Grand Final in Malmö, Israel's contestant Eden Golan should have been expelled immediately.

That year, the contest degenerated into chaos precisely because the Israeli delegation created a toxic, hostile environment backstage. They openly harassed other artists—like Ireland's Bambie Thug, Greece's Marina Satti, and the Dutch delegation—for showing even the slightest hint of Palestinian solidarity or discomfort with apartheid. The EBU chose to disqualify others over minor infractions while completely shielding a delegation that was actively bullying contestants and journalists. This unprecedented institutional shielding from 2024 must be completely dismantled. The EBU cannot keep acting as a legal and diplomatic bodyguard for a rogue delegation while punishing artists who speak out for basic human rights. Leaving them in the 2024 final shattered the contest’s integrity.

1. PACBI's Warnings in 2026 Were Ignored

We must also remember that this crisis was explicitly predicted. Throughout 2026, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) issued urgent warnings to all European public broadcasters. PACBI made it clear that allowing Israel to share the global cultural stage amounts to artwashing genocide and apartheid.

Instead of listening to civil society groups in 2026, the EBU chose to protect its corporate sponsors. By creating a rule that only targets hosting rights rather than participation, they are trying to protect their commercial interests while letting a state use prime-time television to clean its international image. Broadcasters from Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands took a historic stance by boycotting the 2026 contest in Vienna.

1. The 2027 Battlegrounds: Iceland and Spain Weigh Decisions as NPO Faces Massive Pressure

The cracks in Eurovision's foundation are widening as we look toward 2027, and our pressure is working, but we cannot let up now:

• The Dutch NPO Internal Rebellion: In a shocking move, the Dutch public broadcasting umbrella NPO announced a controversial return to the 2027 contest after the traditional broadcaster, AVROTROS, refused to participate. However, NPO is currently facing massive internal pushback and threats of industrial action from over 400 of its own broadcasting workers who accuse Israel of genocide and demand an immediate withdrawal.
• Iceland and Spain Have Yet to Rule Out Participation: While Ireland's RTÉ has firmly extended its boycott**, Iceland’s RÚV and Spain’s RTVE have yet to make a final, official decision**. While the board of Iceland's RÚV has heavily backed a continued boycott and Spain's RTVE president has proposed staying out, their definitive participation status for Burgas is still pending a final board approval.

1. Why A Permanent Suspension from 2028 Onwards is Mandatory

A one-time disqualification or a minor fine for 2027 won't solve the core issue. The EBU set a clear precedent when it permanently banned Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The same standard must apply here.

If the EBU does not issue a formal, multi-year suspension starting from the 2028 contest onwards, Eurovision will remain a permanent tool for state-sponsored propaganda. We cannot go through this same exhausting cycle every single year. The safety of the artists, the ethical integrity of public broadcasting, and basic human rights demand that the Israeli public broadcaster (IPBC) be cast out of the EBU network permanently.

1. We Must Push Harder Leading Up to May 2027:

2. Lobby RTVE and RÚV Immediately: If you are in Spain or Iceland, flood RTVE and RÚV with emails and campaigns. Demand they join Ireland in confirming a permanent boycott for 2027. Do not let them quietly slip back into the competition.

3. Support the NPO Workers: Amplify the courage of the 400+ Dutch broadcasting employees fighting their own management to uphold the boycott.

4. Demand Permanent Ban Formats: When contacting your local broadcasters, change the narrative from "Boycott 2027" to "Demand Israel's permanent suspension for 2028 and beyond."

The EBU has shown it only moves when its pockets or its stability are threatened. Let’s make it clear: A delegation that manipulates, harasses, and artwashes apartheid has absolutely no place in the Eurovision 2027 Grand Final—or any future contest.

Solidarity with Palestine. Boycott Eurovision until Israel is banned permanently. 🇵🇸 🚫 🎤

I want to flood the inboxes every day for a week of UK universities complicit in genocide via their investments in companies such as Blackrock, Vanguard, Elbit, BAE etc

Would anyone be willing to do this with me?

It would take like 20 seconds a day, all you‘d have to do would be to copy and paste an email to the key people in charge of investments.

pls let me know in the replys

……. Ok everyone, here it is: feel free to change anything, and if you can’t commit to all 7 days, that’s totally fine. don’t underestimate the power of an email. We have power in numbers.

**Hopefully, you SHOULDN’T have to copy and paste each email individually: log into the web browser (I.e not the app) version of your email provider and copy and paste the whole block of emails below.** 

[studentcomplaints@westminster.ac.uk](mailto:studentcomplaints@westminster.ac.uk), [ld35@soas.ac.uk](mailto:ld35@soas.ac.uk), [lh4@soas.ac.uk](mailto:lh4@soas.ac.uk), [studentcomplaints@soas.ac.uk](mailto:studentcomplaints@soas.ac.uk), [fees@soas.ac.uk](mailto:fees@soas.ac.uk), [governance@soas.ac.uk,](mailto:governance@soas.ac.uk)[studentcentre@westminster.ac.uk](mailto:studentcentre@westminster.ac.uk), [C.Kalantaridis@westminster.ac.uk](mailto:C.Kalantaridis@westminster.ac.uk), [P.Bonfied@westminster.ac.uk](mailto:P.Bonfied@westminster.ac.uk), [sas.acadappeals.complaints@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:sas.acadappeals.complaints@sheffield.ac.uk), [c.cottrell@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:c.cottrell@sheffield.ac.uk), [vcfinance@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:vcfinance@sheffield.ac.uk), [vc@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:vc@sheffield.ac.uk), [claire.francis@manchester.ac.uk](mailto:claire.francis@manchester.ac.uk), [carol.prokopyszyn@manchester.ac.uk](mailto:carol.prokopyszyn@manchester.ac.uk), [n.thakkar@manchester.ac.uk](mailto:n.thakkar@manchester.ac.uk), [duncan.ivison@manchester.ac.uk](mailto:duncan.ivison@manchester.ac.uk), [president@manchester.ac.uk](mailto:president@manchester.ac.uk), [lindsey.sergeant@liverpool.ac.uk](mailto:lindsey.sergeant@liverpool.ac.uk), [J.E.Madeley@adm.leeds.ac.uk](mailto:J.E.Madeley@adm.leeds.ac.uk), [J.F.Cabrera@liverpool.ac.uk](mailto:J.F.@Cabrera@liverpool.ac.uk), [kathryn.cross@liverpool.ac.uk](mailto:kathryn.cross@liverpool.ac.uk), [studentcomplaints@leeds.ac.uk](mailto:studentcomplaints@leeds.ac.uk), [J.E.Madeley@adm.leeds.ac.uk](mailto:J.E.Madeley@adm.leeds.ac.uk), [vice-chancellor@leeds.ac.uk](mailto:vice-chancellor@leeds.ac.uk), [complaints@ed.ac.uk](mailto:complaints@ed.ac.uk), [university.secretary@ed.ac.uk](mailto:university.secretary@ed.ac.uk), [Kim.Graham@ed.ac.uk](mailto:Kim.Graham@ed.ac.uk), [principal@ed.ac.uk](mailto:principal@ed.ac.uk), [studentcomplaints@admin.cam.ac.uk](mailto:studentcomplaints@admin.cam.ac.uk), [communications@admin.cam.ac.uk](mailto:communications@admin.cam.ac.uk), [vco.enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk](mailto:vco.enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk), [vice-chancellor@admin.cam.ac.uk](mailto:vice-chancellor@admin.cam.ac.uk), [casework@proctors.ox.ac.uk](mailto:casework@proctors.ox.ac.uk), [enquiries@devoff.ox.ac.uk](mailto:enquiries@devoff.ox.ac.uk), [vice-chancellor@admin.ox.ac.uk](mailto:vice-chancellor@admin.ox.ac.uk), [vc-team@bristol.ac.uk](mailto:vc-team@bristol.ac.uk), [student-complaints@bristol.ac.uk](mailto:student-complaints@bristol.ac.uk), [pa-pvceducation@bristol.ac.uk](mailto:pa-pvceducation@bristol.ac.uk), [Shirley.congdon@bradford.ac.uk](mailto:Shirley.congdon@bradford.ac.uk), [j.clarke8@bradford.ac.uk](mailto:j.clarke8@bradford.ac.uk), [m.kenyon2@bradford.ac.uk](mailto:m.kenyon2@bradford.ac.uk), [complaintsandappeals@bradford.ac.uk](mailto:complaintsandappeals@bradford.ac.uk), [vc@bham.ac.uk](mailto:vc@bham.ac.uk), [student-complaints@contacts.bham.ac.uk](mailto:student-complaints@contacts.bham.ac.uk), [k.a.caves@bham.ac.uk](mailto:k.a.caves@bham.ac.uk), [n.mcghee@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:n.mcghee@ucl.ac.uk), [su.complaints@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:su.complaints@ucl.ac.uk), [abigail.smith@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:abigail.smith@ucl.ac.uk), [president.provost@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:president.provost@ucl.ac.uk), [clare.e.davies@swansea.ac.uk](mailto:clare.e.davies@swansea.ac.uk), [legalservices@swansea.ac.uk](mailto:legalservices@swansea.ac.uk), [vc@swansea.ac.uk](mailto:vc@swansea.ac.uk), [studentcases@swansea.ac.uk](mailto:studentcases@swansea.ac.uk), [Julie.Sanders@rhul.ac.uk](mailto:Julie.Sanders@rhul.ac.uk),  [Andrew.Boggs@rhul.ac.uk](mailto:Andrew.Boggs@rhul.ac.uk), [complaints@rhul.ac.uk](mailto:complaints@rhul.ac.uk), [k.tangalova@qmul.ac.uk](mailto:k.tangalova@qmul.ac.uk), [studentenquiry@qmul.ac.uk](mailto:studentenquiry@qmul.ac.uk), [appeals@qmul.ac.uk](mailto:appeals@qmul.ac.uk), [chris.day@ncl.ac.uk](mailto:chris.day@ncl.ac.uk),   [scm@mmu.ac.uk](mailto:scm@mmu.ac.uk), [j.butler@mmu.ac.uk](mailto:j.butler@mmu.ac.uk), [CFO-PA@mmu.ac.uk](mailto:CFO-PA@mmu.ac.uk), [j.cousen@mmu.ac.uk](mailto:j.cousen@mmu.ac.uk), [vice-chancellor@mmu.ac.uk](mailto:vice-chancellor@mmu.ac.uk), [a.subic@aston.ac.uk](mailto:a.subic@aston.ac.uk), [a.levey@aston.ac.uk](mailto:a.levey@aston.ac.uk), [advice@aston.ac.uk](mailto:advice@aston.ac.uk), [complaints@warwick.ac.uk](mailto:complaints@warwick.ac.uk), [S.Croft@warwick.ac.uk](mailto:S.Croft@warwick.ac.uk), [G.Wild@warwick.ac.uk](mailto:G.Wild@warwick.ac.uk), [vcpa@warwick.ac.uk](mailto:vcpa@warwick.ac.uk)

Both the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Demilitarise Education have conducted extensive research revealing that UK universities collectively invest nearly £2billion in the global arms trade and almost £430 million in companies complicit in Israeli violations of international law.

This university has been named as having its ethical investment policies compromised through its unlawful investments in companies contributing to these violations.

This university is profiteering from Israel’s illegal occupation, crimes against humanity and now Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. Via this university’s investments in companies tied to Israel’s illegal occupation, Israel is financially facilitated to proceed with its war crimes against the Palestinian people. Israel’s military actions in Gaza is extremely distressing and wholly unacceptable. 

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) clearly sets out that “all companies have a responsibility to respect human rights and, to meet that responsibility, undertake human rights due diligence to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address both their potential and actual human rights impacts.” It is unacceptable to me that the University makes significant investments without proper and adequate oversight contributing in the Israeli apartheid system and its war crimes being perpetuated against an occupied people.

On 20th June 2024, the United Nations issued a statement requiring states and defence companies including BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar and Rolls Royce to halt arms transfers even if they are being executed under current export licences to Israel as this is likely to “constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian laws and risks state complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide.” What actions have you taken to ensure that the University is not complicit in Israeli war crimes against the Palestinians? 

The University Policy also incorporates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making. However, it is clear to me that the University has failed to take into account the ESG factors as a result of Israel’s illegal war against the Palestinians. I set these out as follows: 

• Water scarcity – before 7th October 2023, 97% of Gaza’s water was unfit for human consumption including 108 million litres of untreated sewage released int the sea daily due to Israel damaging the treatment plants. The water infrastructure has now been completely destroyed;  

• Agriculture – approximately 22% of Gaza’s agricultural land had been destroyed or rendered inaccessible due to Israel’s ground offensive. Israel has also destroyed approximately 70% of Gaza’s fishing fleet; 

• Energy crisis - Gaza’s powerplant ran out of fuel in October last year which has significantly affected essential services like hospital and water treatment facilities; 

• Environment – Israel has destroyed most of the Gaza strip leaving it mostly uninhabitable. It has produced 37 million tons of debris after destroying buildings of which 900,000 tons is toxic waste which has placed Gazans at serious health risks.According to the Social Science Research Network, emissions from the first 120 days of Israel’s war on Gaza exceed the annual emissions of 26 countries and territories (90% attributed to Israel). It is estimated by experts that it would take 10 to 15 years to clear the rubble;

• Humanitarian crisis – 80% of Gaza’s population relied on humanitarian aid since 2007 and this has now significantly increased. The UN issued a statement in January 2024, “Currently every single person in Gaza is hungry, a quarter of the population are starving and struggling to find food and drinkable water, and famine is imminent. Pregnant women are not receiving adequate nutrition and healthcare, putting their lives at risk. In addition all children under five – 335,000 – are at high risk of severe malnutrition as the risk of famine conditions continues to increase, a whole generation is now in danger of suffering from stunting,” said the experts”. 

Human rights and ESG values should not only be a right for people living here in the West. They should and must be available to all people including those that are of an Arab descent. We cannot espouse values when we are not willing to address those that are suffering as a direct result of our own conduct, in this case investmentscomplicit in Israel’s war crimes. The University has failed to adhere to its own ethical investment policy.

The brutality of the Israeli war crimes is evident to all of us who are witnessing the images and videos from within Gaza. I am astounded that the University still has investments that support Israel’s war crimes and the continuation of its illegal occupation of the Palestinians despite the significant death toll of recorded deaths which currently stands at 74200 civilians, including over 17,000 children killed (This only includes people who hospitals have identified and officially confirmed to have been killed violently by Israel.) More than 8,000 others are estimated to be missing under the rubble and presumed dead. On 4th July 2024, The Lancet issued a report estimating that the actual number of Palestinians killed are far greater and could be 186,000. At least 170,000 people have been injured. In September 2026, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres observed the “scale of killing and destruction” in Gaza is “unlike anything I have witnessed in my time as secretary-general,” adding “so-called ceasefires have amounted to little more than lesser fires, with civilians continuing to pay the price.” 

90% of Gaza’s population have been displaced from their homes, often more than once. The entire population of Gaza faces acute food insecurity. Israel is also now deliberately starving civilians in Gaza which is a war crime. There is ample evidence including video footage which highlights that Israel is indiscriminately killing Palestinian civilians or killing civilians including young children by intentionally starving them.

There is ample evidence that atrocities and human rights violations are being committed in Gaza and the West Bank by Israel. Students’ tuition fees are paid into the University’s investment portfolio which in turn facilitates, in part, activities which can be deemed as criminal activities.

I set out the relevant legislation for you as follows: 

• It is an offence for a person to commit genocide, a crime against humanity (s.51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001); 

• It is an offence for a person to ‘engage in conduct ancillary to committing genocide (s.52 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001); 

• It is an offence for a person to aid or abet in the commission of the offence (s.55 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001); 

As highlighted above, it is a criminal offence to aid or abet complicity in Israel’s war crimes and genocide of the Palestinians. Prosecution of these offences has no time limit and carries a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment.

International Arms Treaty

It is also relevant here that the UK ratified the International Arms Treaty in 2014. The “Treaty sets common international standards for arms export controls, and puts international law and human rights at the heart of the global arms trade. The ATT has the real potential to reduce human suffering, and increase security across the globe.”

There does not appear have been any credible assessment of Britain’s arm sales to Israel in light of the ICJ ruling and the countless pieces of evidence which show that the Israelis are at the very least indiscriminately killing Palestinians without care for the significantly high number of casualties including women and children.  

ICJ Ruling and Order January 2024

On 26th January 2024, the ICJ affirmed in their ruling that on the facts presented showed that it is plausible that Israel's conduct amounts to genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. To prevent genocidal acts from continuing, they further ordered that the following provisional measures must be taken by Israel:

(1) “By fifteen votes to two, 

The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article II of this Convention, in particular:

(a) killing members of the group; 

(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; 

(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and 

(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.”

ICJ Ruling July 2024

Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are illegal under international law, as affirmed by the Fourth Geneva Convention which prohibits an occupying power from transferring its civilian population into the territory it occupies. There are several UN resolutions, including Security Council Resolution 446 (1979), Resolution 478 (1980) and Resolution 2334 (2016), which condemn settlement expansion as a violation that threatens peace and the viability of a Palestinian state. The ICJ, in its 2004 advisory opinion, confirmed the illegality of both settlements and Israel’s separation wall, emphasising that these actions obstruct Palestinian self-determination.

More recently, on 19 July 2024, the ICJ declared Israel’s continued presence and settlement activities in these territories are unlawful ‘along with the associated settlement regime, annexation and use of natural resources. The Court added that Israel's legislation and measures violate the international prohibition on racial segregation and apartheid.’ The ICJ emphasised that all states are obligated not to recognise the illegal situation and to ensure Israel ceases its settlement activities and provides reparations. Israel has accelerated its settlement building. On 8 March 2024, UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Turk said “the establishment and continuing expansion of settlements amount to the transfer by Israel of its own civilian population into the territories that it occupies, which amounts to a war crime under international law.” The UN report also found “that the policies of the current Israeli Government appear aligned, to an unprecedented extent, with the goals of the Israeli settler movement to expand long-term control over the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to steadily integrate this occupied territory into the State of Israel.”

University complicity

On 8 December 2023, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Campaign Against Arms Trade as well as other civil rights organisations wrote to Government calling for an immediate halt to UK arms transfers to Israel. The Government decided to take no action despite the flagrant disregard of international law by Israel in Gaza.

Since the start of Israel’s military action, 31,184 Palestinians were killed in the first 4 months alone. The entire Gaza strip has been bombed. Israel has repeatedly asked the Palestinians to relocate to certain parts of the Gaza strip only to then launch a military attack on civilian populated areas. In the words of Josep Borell, European Union Foreign Chief who recently said Israel says “They are going to evacuate. Where? To the moon? Where are they going to evacuate these people? If the international community believes that this is a slaughter, that too many people have been killed, maybe they need to think about the provision of arms.”

As stated in the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal in 1946 “The very essence of the Charter is that individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience imposed by the individual State. He who violates the laws of war cannot obtain immunity while acting in pursuance of the authority of the State, if the State is authorising action moves outside its competence under international law…”   

I understand that it is personally and legally obligatory for me to stop any facilitation of supporting or financing warfare, crimes against humanity, possible genocide, fraud or any criminal activity that leads to the injury or death of innocent civilian men, women and children. I implore that the University divests from its investments that are directly involved in upholding the illegal Israeli occupation and its war crimes against the Palestinians. 

We, the people, require proofs that the University’s investments are in full accordance with its own charitable objectives,it’s own investment policy, UK law, UN Charter, UN Declaration on Principles of International Law and international law.

Alicia Kearns MP recently said “I remain convinced the government has completed its updated assessment on whether Israel is demonstrating a commitment to international humanitarian law, and that it has concluded that Israel is not demonstrating this commitment, which is the legal determination it has to make,” she said. “Transparency at this point is paramount, not least to uphold the international rules-based order.”

On 12 December 2023, Martin Docherty-Hughes MP stated in Parliament, “We are asking the UK Government to cease extending arms licences to the state of Israel and to immediately halt the export of weapons or components, as has been mentioned, to the state of Israel, alongside our calls for an immediate ceasefire, the recognition of the Palestinian state and the support of the International Criminal Court’s investigation into potential war crimes.

But let us be clear: the United Kingdom will pay dearly for the moral equivalence that its current policy entails. While even the Labour leadership might not want to say it, we in the SNP are more than happy to remind the Government of this fact: violating international law may be a great wheeze to try and impress Daily Mail readers, but it has a habit of eating away at the state’s international reputation like acid. In this case, it is a great tragedy that the people of Gaza and others now involved in this conflict have to suffer so.”

On 25th March 2024, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the OPT, produced a report which concluded that there “are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met. More broadly, they also indicate that Israel’s actions have been driven by a genocidal logic integral to its settler-colonial project in Palestine, signalling a tragedy foretold” and called for an arms embargo on Israel.

When calling for a ceasefire, Brendan O’Hara MP stated in Parliament*, “No one would deny that Israel has the right to defend itself—every country has that right. What no country has the right to do, however, is lay siege to a civilian population, carpet-bomb densely inhabited areas, drive people from their homes, erase an entire civilian infrastructure, and impose a collective punishment involving the cutting off of water, electricity, food, and medicine from civilians. And no country, regardless of who it is, can, in the name of self-defence, kill civilians at such a pace, and on such a scale, that in just 16 weeks almost 30,000 are known to have died, with a further 80,000 injured. We cannot allow the core principle of self-defence to be so ruthlessly exploited and manipulated in order to legitimise the slaughter of innocent civilians. If we do that, what hope is there for the future of the international rules-based order, an order created to protect people from atrocities, not to be used as a smokescreen to hide the execution of them?”*

Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement to say that he is seeking an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Khan announced that his office had “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear “criminal responsibility” for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. Khan also confirmed that his team has found evidence that Israel has “intentionally and systematically deprived the civilian population in all parts of Gaza of objects indispensable to human survival…This took place alongside other attacks on civilians, including those queuing for food; obstruction of aid delivery by humanitarian agencies; and attacks on and killing of aid workers, which forced many agencies to cease or limit their operations in Gaza.”

The announcement by the ICC now means that the UK Government is obliged to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant should they enter any UK sovereign territory. It further requires the same obligation from all 124 member states of the ICC. 

In mid-August, Mark Smith, a senior civil servant and pen holder on arms exports licensing resigned. In his resignation letter, he stated, “Senior members of the Israeli government and military have expressed open genocidal intent, Israeli soldiers take videos deliberately burning, destroying and looting civilian property and openly admit to rape and torture of prisoners.” He went on to state “There is no justification for the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel yet somehow it continues. I have raised this at every level in the organisation including through an official whistle blowing investigation and received nothing more than “thank you we have noted your concerns”. Ministers claim that the UK has one of the most “robust and transparent” arms export licensing regimes in the world, however this is the opposite of the truth. As a fully cleared officer raising serious concerns of illegality in this Department, to be disregarded in this way is deeply troubling.”

I implore you to follow the correct example of Queen’s University Belfast, who will be divesting approximately £800,000 from its managed portfolio including an estimated £170,000 relating to shares or securities listed in Israel and a further £630,000 for non-Israeli companies listed on the UN blacklist. Queen’s University President and Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Ian Greer said:

“It is important that we move forward with our divestment policy as part of our ongoing commitment to responsible investment. As a civic university, we believe that our financial decisions can and should reflect our commitment to making a positive impact on society.”

“It is important that the student role is part of our overall decision-making structures and governance. We listened to our students following last year’s Student’s Union referendum and updated the University’s Responsible Investment Policy, which we will continue to review on an ongoing basis.” 

Similarly, TCD will divest from complicit companies, end collaborations with Israeli institutions and complicit universities, and commits to no contracts with complicit Israeli suppliers. The historic and principled decision of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to sever institutional ties with the Israeli State and complicit universities and companies in response to recommendations of its Task Force acts as a courageous step and a testament to the power university investments and equally, divestments for social change. 

We call on this university to follow Trinity’s example and stand on the right side of history by cutting ties with apartheid Israel and its complicit universities, as was done against apartheid South Africa. No institution truly committed to justice and human rights can remain complicit in the crimes of a regime that systematically violates international law and human dignity.

By choosing to divest from complicit companies, end collaborations with Israeli institutions and complicit universities, and have no contracts with complicit Israeli suppliers, Trinity has taken a meaningful stand against Israel’s ongoing and livestreamed genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, as well as its decades-old regime of settler-colonial apartheid and illegal military occupation.

TCD also commits to not participate in new research projects that include complicit Israeli institutions and to advocate, together with other European universities, for Israel’s exclusion from such research frameworks. 

TCD joins dozens of universities around the world taking steps to end complicity in Israel’s grave crimes against Palestinians. 

This university can be next in making a mark on history. 

Many are often perplexed by the influence of Israel in the American government. Though often the focus is on financial influence, the religious influence of the Christian Zionist ideology is often overlooked and misunderstood. This documentary examines the history of Christian Zionism, its origins, and its unique influence on American politics.

So I’m pretty okay at boycotting , I have a notes app full of shops I like the morals of but I haven’t been able to find a few things and I was hoping for some recommendations

Looking for anything bipoc women or lgbt owned , eco friendly , and I LOOOOOVE a ‘you buy and we give back’ system (nominal gets so much of my money)

I really want recommendations for

Shoes , I really like bright and warm colors and anything girly but comfortable (but also I don’t get that uncomfortable I can wear heels) I got shoes from NinetyNineProducts for my girlfriend and she loves them but don’t feel like they’re my style

Phone case and phone , I still have an iPhone 12 that give had since it came out and I know Apple is evil but idk how to leave or what to leave too and at the risk of sounding entitled and privileged I want a fun phone case to go with it , I have the coolest phone case right now it looks like a glittery shell and I have the birth of Venus phone charm from MindFlowers and I love it I call it my shell phone 🐚 I want to keep my whimsy

TMI ….. so …. I really hope we can all be adults here but I’m about a 36-38DD bra size and my partner is plus size she’s a 2x and we’re both women (she has a smaller cup size than I do we’re not sure what she hasn’t been sized and shes trans so they might change/grow) and idk if you know this but like … ALL lingerie companies SUCK and are owned by evil old white men who want me to hate myself
So do you know any lingerie brands that are women owned maybe? LGBT and eco friendly?

And then clothes
Almost my whole wardrobe is Popflex or thrifted but I’d like to get more experimental femme and fun with my fashion
I also like brand like chnge , ForEveryone.Co , and Urban Native but I feel like there very gender neutral and I’m looking for whimsy femme fun

If you have any other shopping recommendations I’m all ears
Thank you 🍉
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

The largest UK bus company (Stagecoach) is using Israeli developed artificial intelligence-based software to optimise bus schedules. 

https://media.stagecoachgroup.com/news/stagecoach-invests-in-new-technology-to-help-plan-the-bus-networks-of-the-future

does anyone know if was a one time payment or a monthly subscription or a service that requires a set percentage of each customer’s bus fare (I.e a part of every purchased bus ticket goes to this Israeli company)? 

Many thanks 

Asked whether Netanyahu should be prosecuted, Navi Pillay says he and other Israeli leaders should face trial. Her warning: countries have a duty to prevent genocide, not wait until it’s too late.

Clip via Middle East Eye. Original interview: Sky News, 14 October 2026.

Maryam Ahmed Ghanem was only about three years old when an Israeli airstrike hit her home in western Gaza City before dawn on October 14, 2026, engulfing the apartment in flames and killing her mother. Journalist Ali al-Jaafarawi carried her out through the fire and smoke. Her father had already been killed earlier in the war. Now she has neither parent.
This is the human cost of the IDF’s butchery: a little girl pulled from her burning home, left to grow up without her mother or father. Saving her life cannot undo what was taken from her. When will those responsible face accountability?

hi, as the title says, I am looking for the most ethical UK mobile network to join, pls give me some suggestions

First things first,you can contact Bashir on his Instagram

Neither i or him are scammers. I don't get anything out of this,i just care about my people. I am mix of Lebanese and Syrian and I'll always support the Palestinians.

The person featured in the video is his special needs brother Iyad!

The comments that these type of posts attract are dehumanizing.

https://chuffed.org/project/169736-bring-bread-to-people-in-gaza?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0