An Oxford University Palestinian student society is taking to the streets to demand Israel stops its occupation of Palestinian territories.

The Oxford Students’ Palestine Society will be staging the protest tomorrow (Thursday, October 12) at 5pm at St Michael’s Church in Cornmarket.

The society released a statement earlier this week which stated: “The offensive launched from Gaza can only be understood in the context of Israel’s ongoing, decades long, military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land and imposition of a system of oppression that meets the legal definition of apartheid.

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“This is the context in which we need to understand the cycle of violence.

"If violence is to end, both that of the oppressor and the oppressed, then we must all take action to end the root cause – Israeli apartheid and oppression of Palestinians.”

The society will be joined by Palestine Solidarity UK at the protest.

 

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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

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