The UK government is failing to assist Gaza students to take up their scholarships here. Why?

26 January 2026 As if enduring two years of Israel’s genocidal military assault was not punishment enough, Gaza students who persisted in their studies despite near-impossible conditions and won scholarships to British universities are unable to take them up because of obstacles the UK government seems unwilling to remove. A spokesperson for the government claims…

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Netanyahu moves to crush academic freedom in Israel

A new bill in Israel, “which seeks to destroy academia, is another link in the Netanyahu government’s chain of destruction, aimed at strangling Israeli democracy” and turning “Israel into a dictatorship”. 16 Jan. 2026 Netanyahu’s Destructive Coalition Turns Its Attention to Crushing Academia Jan 16, 2026 12:17 The bill to “strengthen transparency and public oversight…

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Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy (PIPD): an important new agency

15 January 2026 Activists will be interested in the work of the Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy whose website is here. Who We Are The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) is a non-governmental independent organization advocating for the liberation of Palestine from all forms of settler colonialism. Our team is…

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BRICUP joins over 40 civil society groups to resist new constraints on the right to demonstrate

12 January 2026 BRICUP has joined PSC, Greenpeace, the TUC, Liberty and some 40 other civil society groups to oppose the government’s latest proposal to expand police powers over public demonstrations. As before, the powers are extremely ill-defined and therefore certain to be used arbitrarily. One other thing is absolutely certain: they are mainly intended…

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Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Rector of Glasgow University, cleared of antisemitism charge levelled by pro-Israel lawfare group

11 January 2026 Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a British-Palestinian plastic surgeon, has devoted his life to saving the lives of other Palestinians, many now facing genocide. And naturally he has from time to time voiced his support for other Palestinians who like him struggle for justice and freedom. Students at Glasgow University, recognising his heroic activity,…

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Dr Abu Safiya still held by Israelis without charge or trial after one year and almost certainly the victim of torture

11 January 2026 Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent Palestinian paediatrician, neonatologist and Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, the only hospital still functioning in 2024, was kidnapped by the Israelis and is still imprisoned by them where, other Palestinians report, he has been repeatedly abused or tortured. Here is a letter to…

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