🚨STUDENT ENCAMPMENT AT OLD COLLEGE🇵🇸
We have taken over Old College to demand divestment and an end to the colonial legacy of the Lord Arthur Balfour, previous chancellor at the University of Edinburgh. COME JOIN.
Day 21 of the hunger strike by students at
@EdinburghUni
. The administration continues to delay despite students putting their lives on the line.
#BalfourUniversity
‼️ 30 GRADUATES WALK OUT OF LLC graduation this morning in their steadfast support for the Palestinian people whilst
@EdinburghUni
struggles to maintain silence and disingenuous cordiality to guise their complicity!
Day 25 of the student hunger strike campaign at the University of Edinburgh. The administration can't hide from their moral, legal and financial responsibilities in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This campaign will remain for as long as the university fails to meet our
DEPUTY "ISRAELI" AMBASSADOR HOSTED BY PETER MATHIESON AT OLD COLLEGE❗️Despite an ICC warrant against Netanyahu for apartheid and occupation, Mathieson welcomes genocide enablers, betraying any pretense of fair process or good faith. UoE revels in its bloodsoaked colonial legacy.
Spent the last few days in Scotland, surrounded by friends and the vibrant culture at
@edfringe
.
This important visit was filled with productive discussions on the shared global challenges and opportunities that connect our two nations.
‼️Graduates from the School of Social and Political Science walk out of their cermony in protest of the administration and solidarity with Palestine🇵🇸✊
🔴 BREAKING
Last night, one of our campers was attacked by a foreign intruder during OC closing hours. The intruder had ripped off the keffiyah protecting the identity of the camper and attempted to force his way through the Quad. Thankfully, this was contained. 1/4🧵
#BalfourUniversity
strikes again: The memorial set up to commemorate the thousands killed in Gaza has been taken down and binned publicly.
Clearly, this institution holds nothing sacred. It is one of the most disrespectful acts of violence that
@EdinburghUni
has done (which is
To those who might take us for unnecessary troublemakers, this represents the real driving force behind our actions: in memory of the 14,000 children who have died, and all Palestinians who have fallen while protecting their land. We must do our part to bring an end to the
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE
Part VI
Chaos at McEwan hall as brave students finally reach their threshold on the amount of bulls** they have to hear from Mathieson. We will not be cordial during genocide. We will not follow archaic and outdated traditions which produce colonial
In light of
#BalfourUniversity
's continued support of the ongoing Nakba, we call on students and staff alike to join us at Old College encampment and demand divestment this Wednesday, May 15th ✊
The martyrs in Gaza deserve to be honored and remembered. We have set up a memorial at the Old College next to the war memorial. Please come by during the day if you wish to show respect; a prayer, flowers, candles, or a somber moment of remembrance. We encourage you to
BREAKING: University of Edinburgh students set up encampment at Old College, demanding the university divest from and an end all complicity with genocide and occupation.
“We have taken over Old College to demand divestment and an end to the colonial legacy of Arthur Balfour.”
Good morning from the liberated Old College quad, where we have been camping for the past 21 days (and counting!) in demand for divestment from the Israeli genocidal regime. Hunger strikes continue,
#BalfourUniversity
go on to prove just how little they care about student
‼️Today’s picket of Old College has successfully made the administration concede to our demands!
1. To add the appendix on Amazon and Alphabet that was purposefully omitted by the working group when sent to the court back.
2. To allow our experts who were sabotaged in the
Hello Twitter!!😊 We are the Edinburgh University Justice for Palestine Society. We meet every Wednesday, all welcome, join the fight! And follow us for regular updates on our actions on campus 🇵🇸👊
Brave protestor stands out at the Moray House School of Education graduation ceremony and shows solidarity with Palestine on stage. Power to those who stand, albeit alone, for justice. 🇵🇸✊
‼️Part IV: MEDICS 🩺
Our newly qualified medics waste no time in fulfilling their Hippocratic oath.
“I will treat all patients equally and without prejudice."
OUR GRADUATION. OUR VOICES. UOE IS COMPLICIT.
The
@EdinburghUni
administration has yet to provide a response to the shameful takedown of the martyrs vigil, and campus security claim no responsibility. Perhaps the ghost of Balfour is to blame?
Regardless, The Martyrs Vigil is back up. Visit Old College steps to pay respects
In light of
#BalfourUniversity
's continued support of the ongoing Nakba, we call on students and staff alike to join us at Old College encampment and demand divestment this Wednesday, May 15th ✊
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE
Part IV cont.🩺
People don't like being confronted on their silence. That's why we have to resort to measures like this.
10% of Gaza's population is dead and Edinburgh University has a role in that to the tune of £56 million. We really don't care
Zionists doing what they excel at: verbally harassing two students at the Martyrs Memorial in the Old College quad. Two young brown women being called “kin of Osama bin Laden” and “daughter of Hamas” for paying respect to murdered children. Unsurprising, and even less surprising
THANK YOU to everyone who
turned out today for our last push. Amazing turnout, brilliant crowd, doing what’s right.
🚨 We will reconvene in front of EFl at
4:45pm later today to greet the court members as they leave.
Feel free to join us there once more‼️
‼️ EMERGENCY CALL‼️
PM Rishi Sunak is launching the Scottish Conservative manifesto at the Apex Hotel in Edinburgh's Grassmarket NOW. We need people to head there ASAP with Palestine flags to challenge his support for genocide!
On Monday June 10th, EUJPS, with help from the wider university and city communities, rebuilt and inaugurated The Martyrs' Memorial after it was shamelessly taken down by the university. The memorial serves as an eternal reminder of the Palestinians killed at the hands of the
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE
Part V
Vice Chancellor Peter Mathieson attempts to deter graduates from making their voice heard as the undeniable will of the students and the Palestinian people is put on full display for all to see.
If he or the administration are bothered by what
We ask the Edinburgh University Administration:
Does the blood of our martyrs make you uncomfortable?
Does your historical role in the 1917
Balfour Declaration and the 1948 Nakba make you ashamed?
More importantly, do you think this will all blow over silently?
From us at the JPS committee, all we can say is god help this administration come September. We will cover this campus in black, white, red and green. 🇵🇸
‼️ Peter Mathieson attempts to deter graduates from making their voice heard
The will of the students is undeniable. It didn’t take long for the administration to acknowledge our actions - but rather than respect our will and concede to our demands, they’re looking to silence
Solidarity with Palestine - once a forgotten chapter in Edinburgh university history returning once more to haunt them.
👇Student Newspaper article from 1988, about a year into the First Intifada. As is usually the case with Palestine and anti-colonial struggle, history
COME SEPTEMBER. ALL THE STUDENTS WILL REMEMBER.
As demonstrated by todays rally, and our march to Old College, we remind the Edinburgh 7 - Peter Mathieson, Colm Harmon, Lee Hamil, Leigh Chalmers, Lucy Evans, Kim Graham and Catherine Martin- that we the students will remember
DAY 3
Yesterday, a group of students have commenced an unprecedented hunger strike for the demands of the encampment.
To Mathieson and Harmon: an invasion of Rafah is underway. The whole world is watching you. Will you remain on the side of genocide?
#BalfourUniversity
🧵🚨 NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE.
We appreciate that graduation is the time of year when your hard work finally pays off - despite whatever this administration has thrown at you in its endless crusade for profits over people, education and humanity.
We also appreciate the
Regardless, we will continue to be steadfast in our demands for divestment from the genocidal Israeli state, no matter what methods of negligence or intimidation this administration employs against us.
#BalfourUniversity
4/4
By the way, no apology for this yet, one month after the act. Seems Mathieson’s schedule is still busy deterring students from protesting his administration’s involvement in these kids’ genocide. Shame all around!
#BalfourUniversity
strikes again: The memorial set up to commemorate the thousands killed in Gaza has been taken down and binned publicly.
Clearly, this institution holds nothing sacred. It is one of the most disrespectful acts of violence that
@EdinburghUni
has done (which is
‼️ UPDATE ‼️
Rishi Sunak has reportedly left upon finding out about our visit to him. Cowardly move as is expected of him.
Vote Palestine on July 4th
🗳️🇵🇸
‼️ EMERGENCY CALL‼️
PM Rishi Sunak is launching the Scottish Conservative manifesto at the Apex Hotel in Edinburgh's Grassmarket NOW. We need people to head there ASAP with Palestine flags to challenge his support for genocide!
“But the state of Israel was not created for the salvation of the Jews; it was created for the salvation of the Western interests. This is what is becoming clear (I must say that it was always clear to me). The Palestinians have been paying for the British colonial policy of
Simple: this university has no backbone, no morals, no integrity. A clear example of how the imperial core operates. They do not care about contributing to an ongoing genocide. If they did, divestment would have long happened. What an honourable legacy!
.
@EdinburghUni
why is the vice chancellor meeting with the Israeli deputy ambassador to the UK during an ongoing genocide that Israel is committing AT THE MOMENT despite months of calls for divestment?
@eu_jps
This is by far the most outrageous example of Mathieson’s contempt for Edinburgh students and Palestinian lives. Shameful but not surprising. This is what Edinburgh University is: a warm host for genocide deniers, enablers, fascists, and bigots of all kinds.
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE
PART IX
It is no surprise that students from the school of Language, Literature and Cultures overwhelmingly showed support for Palestine when graduating last week and opposed their university's complicity in genocide.
The irony of being taught to
Additionally, the books placed to allow visitors to pay respects through their words have been disposed of as well. Prayers, messages to beyond the grave from individuals, Qu’raanic verses, and well wishes all thrown out. Shame on the administration and all those who collaborate
🎥 Elderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation. Join us this Friday for our screening of Jumana Manna's film 'Foragers'.
Reminder that the Martyr’s Memorial, despite the university’s multiple pathetic attempts at shutting it down, is still up at the Old College Quad. We encourage you to visit and pay your respects, and bring along any pictures of Palestinians martyrs should you like to add. 💐 🇵🇸
There are no words that can describe yesterday's massacre in Rafah. What more is needed to persuade these criminals in power of the depravity of their silence? What is there left to see in order to stop this genocide? We must all escalate.
These names, members of the executive
Edinburgh university will never be the same again. Palestine has become the theme of this campus no matter what the administration tries to do to distract from its complicity. This institutions colonial legacy will be confronted at every turn as it has been for the last 10
for students who defend the Palestinian cause. It also has demonstrated the negligence of safety of students who decide to confront the administration’s criminal complicity in the genocide.
This administration is not to be trusted, neither are their henchmen (security). 3/4
Not only does this come after a year of protests, hunger strikes, & occupations, it also comes days after Israeli occupation forces committed yet another massacre on a UN school where not a single body was left intact. All reduced to guts, collected in plastic bags by loved ones.
Day 32 of the hunger strike campaign. Rafah in flames, Israeli aggression on Gaza reaching horrific heights, and
#BalfourUniversity
still refuses to divest and insists on feigning sympathy while it stalls negotiation efforts.
This was however accomplished completely without the assistance of university security, who watched the entire incident take place, and refused to intervene despite multiple appeals for assistance. As a consequence, this administration has demonstrated the contempt it holds 2/4
‼️ACTION REQUIRED‼️
Open letter to urge the university court to consider the expertise presented by staff regarding responsible investments - as of now, that is mostly being ignored.
Sign and share before 1pm tomorrow!
27 days have passed since the start of the student hunger strike campaign. Yet,
@EdinburghUni
prefers to let their students starve in order to fund genocide.
In a recent letter from Peter Mathieson, the administration has formed "working groups" that merely discusses the
Two weeks prior, Lucy Evens - Deputary Secretary - had written to us on behalf of the Administration informing us that they would be taking down our Martyrs Memorial once again (cordially this time, with an official notice, unlike the previous public binning of it. How generous!)
‼️ TEACH-OUT 08/05
Understanding University Complicity: A deep dive into how asset managers profit from genocide
Join us in Old College Lawn at 2pm today!
❗️BREAKING
Scottish government suspends all further meetings with 'Israel' until a ceasefire is achieved in Gaza.
Now the question is, will Edinburgh University do the same?
Make no mistake, the Zionists sending their deputy ambassador tells us that we're not just dealing with a few second-rate lobbyists and mere apathy on the part of the administration.
We're dealing with direct collaboration and complicity with genocide, aparthied and colonialism.
‼️ CALL TO PROTEST‼️
Join us this Friday (20th Sept) as we scream as loud as ever for divestment, for liberation, for Palestine.
Tell your friends, grab your flags and ready your voices. Quiet time for the complicit administration is officially over.
SHARE, CIRCULATE, ATTEND
This is not the first time hate crimes against Palestinian/arab/brown/muslim students have occurred on Edinburgh Uni grounds which went unchecked.
#BalfourUniversity
has made it crystal clear their support for marginalized students extends as far as marketing and PR only.
Zionists doing what they excel at: verbally harassing two students at the Martyrs Memorial in the Old College quad. Two young brown women being called “kin of Osama bin Laden” and “daughter of Hamas” for paying respect to murdered children. Unsurprising, and even less surprising
💥EXHIBITION EXTENDED💥
Due to demand, we’ll be open Tuesday 12-6pm and Wednesday 12-3pm. See the photos, watch the documentary, and meet the artist! Come down to Embassy Gallery: free entry, refreshments provided. Don’t miss it!!
Saturday Rally 20/09/24
Edinburgh students rebuild the martyrs memorial for the third time after the administration desecrated it back in August.
We will not stop honouring the martyrs. We will not rest until divestment is achieved today and liberation is achieved tomorrow.
Official communication from the court is expected in ‘a few days time’ - a deliberately unspecified period of days. Cowardice, or incompetence? Or good old bureaucracy?
THANK YOU to everyone who
turned out today for our last push. Amazing turnout, brilliant crowd, doing what’s right.
🚨 We will reconvene in front of EFl at
4:45pm later today to greet the court members as they leave.
Feel free to join us there once more‼️
💐 Community event tomorrow! Join us for Juma’a prayer for those practicing, and bring friends and family for an evening potluck, poetry reading, music, and company. Check full schedule below!
🎥 Elderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation. Join us this Friday for our screening of Jumana Manna's film 'Foragers'.
To nobody’s surprise, Edinburgh Uni once again takes down the memorial. Once again they prove whose side they’re on - the side of genocide, fascism, bigotry, and intimidation. The spineless side, which once again buries its head in the sand at the mere mention of Palestine.
Saturday Rally 20/09/24
Edinburgh students rebuild the martyrs memorial for the third time after the administration desecrated it back in August.
We will not stop honouring the martyrs. We will not rest until divestment is achieved today and liberation is achieved tomorrow.
UoE continues to do everything in their power to shut down protests + keep student dissatisfaction behind closed doors... today when students disrupted the med school grad ceremony to demand divestment from Israel, UoE immediately cut the sound to the livestream. Unbelievable😵💫
🎓As graduations come to a close, we remember the millions of futures that have been stolen.
But we also celebrate and salute this generation that have been steadfast in their courage, morals and determination to use their platform (no matter how small) to lift the voices of the
AUDIENCE MEMBERS‼️
Support your brave loved ones on stage.
Scream for them!
Carry flags along side them, drop banners and flags over the balcony railing.
This administration will not be allowed any peace of mind so long as it's complicit.
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE
🚨RALLY FOR THE UNIVERSITY COURT MEETING ON DIVESTMENT 🚨
TOMORROW! This is the big one. The work and pressure of the last 9 months has led up to this court vote. Come show your support, and remind the decision makers of who they're dealing with when they make decisions on our
NO GRADUATING FROM GENOCIDE PART X ⚖️
In addition to many law students protesting the university's complicity in genocide under the cheers of McEwan hall, the Law School graduation saw a disruption from students demanding divestment.
TODAY ❗️🇵🇸
All out for Gaza. Bring all your friends, your community, your rage, and your love. Down with the genocidal Israeli regime and the corrupt University that invests in it. See you soon!