Statement on appearance of Ehud Olmert in Cambridge (20th June)It is deeply shameful that the Judge Business School has invited former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to speak in Cambridge tonight. As Prime Minister of Israel from 2006-9, he directly ordered and oversaw the bombardment and massacre of thousands of civillians in Lebanon and Gaza, decried as war crimes by Amnesty International and UNHRC inquiries.
Click here to read more. PalSoc AGM (19th June)Come along to PalSoc's AGM to reflect on the past year on campus, discuss campaigning plans for the year ahead, and to elect our new committee!
Date: 19th June 2018 Time: 10.30 am - 12 pm Venue: University Centre Click here for Facebook event After Gaza massacre, 40 Cambridge University student groups demand boycott of BAE & Caterpillar (24th May)Following Israel's premeditated massacre on May 14th of 62 Palestinians protesting in Gaza for their internationally recognised rights as refugees, we are releasing a statement, signed by 60+ Cambridge academics and a major coalition of 38 student groups, demanding that the University end its complicity in war crimes by immediately terminating links with BAE Systems and Caterpillar Inc.
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Cambridge Emergency Rally for Gaza (15th May)In light of recent events, and in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s continued struggle for dignity, equality and the right to return to their homeland, PalSoc are hosting an emergency rally on King’s Parade on the 15th May from 12 pm, in collaboration with the CUSU BME Campaign, CUSU Women’s Campaign, Decolonise Cambridge, FLY Cambridge, FUSE Cambridge, Cambridge Middle East Society, Cambridge Defend Education, Critical Theory & Practice Seminar Series and SolidariTee.
Click here for Facebook event. Cambridge Palestine Awareness Month 2018'Settler-colonialism: a structure, not an event'
In the year marking the 70th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, in which over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes in an act of ethnic cleansing, and in conjunction with with Apartheid Week events at universities across the country and around the world, Cambridge University Palestine Society presents a month of speaker events, panels and cultural evenings to raise awareness of settler colonialism in Palestine. Click here to find out more... |