Palestine

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Features

Harbourside to Gaza: Bristol answers the Freedom Flotilla’s call

This week a boat set sail from Bristol to break Israel’s siege on Gaza. Twelve people are on board the latest vessel attempting to deliver aid to Palestine

Will Crawford

Reports

Shindig Festival stands firm on Bob Vylan booking despite licencing pressure

Adam Quarshie Priyanka Raval
Adam Quarshie, Priyanka Raval and Sam Kinch

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How the BBC failed Gaza

Faisal Hanif

Features

Damien Egan school visit: Anatomy of a faux scandal

How a sentence in a Cable article led to a media firestorm — resident political pundit Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins delves into the Damien Egan furore

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Reports

University of Bristol paid private security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine protesters

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

Roshan De Stone
Roshan De Stone

The Big Story

‘We wanted allies, not saviours’: Bristol’s Palestinian diaspora on allyship, isolation and enduring grief

Bristol has seen an unprecedented wave of pro-Palestinian activism in the past two years — protests, vigils, fundraisers and student encampments. But amid the noise, have Palestinian voices been lost?

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla with Mathilda Mallinson

From psychology training to drone attacks — reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval

Reports

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Palestine Action’s ‘Filton 6’ cleared in ‘huge victory for moral courage in face of political pressure’

A jury has refused to convict the six activists, who broke into and disrupted operations at an Israeli arms firm in Filton, after a high-profile and politically-charged trial

Sean Morrison Adam Quarshie
Sean Morrison and Adam Quarshie