5 communities across Scotland that are boycotting Israel amid Gaza genocide There is a growing Scottish movement to boycott Israel amid its genocide in Gaza ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 10, 2025
Palestinian foreign minister demands action to end Israel’s Gaza genocide Varsen Aghabekian Shahin says international community must take concrete steps to end Israeli impunity for abuses. Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2025
Anas Sarwar blasted as 'hypocrite' after branding Benjamin Netanyahu 'war criminal' Anas Sarwar has been accused of "hypocrisy" after he branded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal" The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2025
Former Knesset speaker urges '1 million Jews' to file Israel war crimes complaint A former speaker of the Israeli Knesset has called on "one million Jews" to file a war crimes complaint against Israel ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2025
Voices: Why I am marching for freedom of speech COMMENT: Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced, says human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025
UK Foreign Office fails to release 2024 assessment of risk of genocide in Gaza Report said to have found no serious risk last June, and government refuses to say if new assessment made since The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025
Nicola Sturgeon brands Israel actions in Gaza 'nothing short of genocide' NICOLA Sturgeon has said that Israel’s actions in Gaza are “nothing short of a genocide” in a major intervention following pressure from her… The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2025
AIPAC slams Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene over Gaza genocide remark Pro-Israel lobby group says the Republican congresswoman’s criticism of Israel is ‘a betrayal of American values’. Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2025
Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.” The Conversation · Aug 7, 2025
Streaming platform Mubi facing pressure from film industry over Israeli military ties A growing number of filmmakers are calling on Mubi to cut ties from investment fund Sequoia Capital, which backs several Israeli defence-tech start-ups. Euronews · Aug 7, 2025
Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza 'looks like genocide,' says top European Commission official ‘What we are seeing is a concrete population being targeted, killed and condemned to starve to death,’ says the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025
Majority seek end to Israel weapons sales: Survey spanning three continents Amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza, a five-nation poll shows support for the private sector and states to take action. Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2025
John Swinney to consider imposing state boycott on Israel The Scottish Government is considering imposing a state boycott on Israel, The National can reveal The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2025
Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? We asked 5 legal and genocide experts how to interpret the violence In January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional ruling in a case brought by South Africa against Israel, alleging genocide in Gaza. The court found Palestinians have a “plausible” right to protection from genocide in Gaza and that Israel must take all measures to prevent a… The Conversation · Aug 6, 2025
The Conversation · Aug 6, 2025 Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the country’s Bushmen, also known as the San.
The Guardian - US · Aug 5, 2025 More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York Protest led by Jewish American group IfNotNow demands White House pressure Israel to let more aid into territory
Latin Times · Aug 4, 2025 Trump Rejects Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza: 'They're In a War' President Donald Trump rejected the notion that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, saying the country is at war with Hamas
The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2025 ‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’
Radio France Internationale · Aug 4, 2025 DR Congo urges world to recognise 'Genocost' tied to decades of resource war The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – a term used to describe mass deaths linked to the exploitation of the country’s natural resources.
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025 Greenpeace demonstrators plaster London underground with anti-Starmer stickers in Gaza protest Watch as Greenpeace protesters plaster a London underground tube station with anti-Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy stickers and signs as they claim the politicians are “fuelling genocide”.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025 Scottish first minister calls Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’ for first time John Swinney is second UK leader, after Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, to use term in relation to Israel’s actions in Gaza
The National (Scotland) · Aug 2, 2025 John Swinney brands Gaza as ‘genocide’ for first time as Fringe show disrupted JOHN Swinney has described what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza as a “genocide” for the first time ...
Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025 Swinney brands Gaza crisis ‘genocide’ after Fringe show disrupted An event with the First Minister was interrupted seven times by pro-Palestinian protesters.
The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2025 The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in Gaza
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025 Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’