For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts between members of British universities. These seemingly intractable exchanges have stoked controversies around free speech, 'extremism', antisemitism and Islamophobia within higher education, controversies that have been widely reported in the media and subjected to repeated interventions by politicians. But why is this conflict so significant for student activists living at such a geographical distance from the region itself? And what role do emotive, polarised communications around Palestine-Israel play in...
For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts between members of British universities. These seemingly intractab...
