Frankfurt, Germany — AFP Germany has said that calls to boycott Israeli artists at the Eurovision song contest were “unacceptable”, after demonstrators in host country Sweden protested against Israeli participation due to its ongoing genocidal military campaign in Gaza. Israeli singer Eden Golan qualified Thursday for this we...
Malmö, Sweden – – AFP After a run-up in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in Sweden’s Malmo, where representatives from 26 countries will compete. Up to 30,000 demonstrators from the Free Palestine Movement are expected to protest against IsraelR...
Mothin Ali, a Green Party councilor in Leeds, has dismissed criticism of his shouting “Allahu Akbar” after getting elected. Ali’s victory in the Gipton and Harehills ward prompted backlash over his remarks, which he claims were misrepresented. Accusations intensified as footage circulated of Ali’s support for Palestine, including...
GENEVA (AA) – Switzerland has decided to contribute 10 million Swiss francs (over $11 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), focusing on the basic needs of the people in Gaza. “The CHF 10 million contribution is exclusively earmarked for Gaza and will be used to provide the urgent assistance specified in the [&...
CAMBRIDGE, England (AA) – Outside King’s College at the University of Cambridge, dozens of students have set up camps to protest Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, mirroring the protests sparked at American universities that have since swept across the world. The scene here is vastly different from the images coming out of the US, where [&hel...
Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFP Free Palestine protests by students to demand that universities break ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread across Europe on Tuesday, with police breaking up demonstrations in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Students at some elite European universities, inspired by ongoing demonstrations at US campus...
ANKARA (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday condemned the closure of campus entrances at top universities by students protesting against Israeli attacks on Gaza. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche and La Provence dailies, Macron condemned “with the utmost firmness” the blockades at universities. He said he was in favor...
Paris, France – AFP Police on Friday entered the Sciences Po university in Paris to remove dozens of students staging a pro-Gaza sit-in in the entrance hall, AFP journalists saw, as protests fired political debate about Israel’s war on Gaza. Demonstrations have struck education institutions in several French cities in recent weeks,...
An Iraqi refugee and a radical Christian have stirred controversy by demanding permission to burn a copy of the Quran in Malmo, Sweden, just before the Eurovision Song Contest begins on May 7. Salwan Najem and Jade Sandberg aim to carry out the act in protest against Islam, with Sandberg advocating for a ban on […]
Palestinian students removed a diplomatic delegation from the Palestinian Museum in the West Bank to protest European support for Israel. The delegation included members from Germany. Social media videos captured the incident, with one student announcing the expulsion of the German ambassador. Amid escalating tensions in the West Bank follow...
