STUDENTS and parents at a Birmingham school were left fuming yesterday after management secretly invited the Israeli ambassador for a talk.
Outraged locals issued an open letter to the King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls head demanding an apology and calling for a Palestinian speaker to be invited to redress the balance.
Students said their questions were screened, violating their freedom of speech.
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE


