A Candid Interview with Brighton’s Peace Camp
Every week I venture into Brighton from campus for work, and every bus journey down Lewes Road, I was hit by the same questions: “I wonder if people actually live…
Israel’s Artificial Intelligence Targeting System, a Pre-emptive Scapegoat
Israel’s intelligence services have been discovered to be using an artificial intelligence system dubbed “Lavender” to identify and locate Palestinians suspected of being active members of Hamas’ military wing and…
UK’s New Extremism Definition Raises Concerns Over Free Speech and Bias
Amidst widespread protests for Palestine, the Government has released a new definition for extremism that has sparked concerns about its potential impact on autonomy and free speech, particularly for certain…
Brighton Peace Camp Continues Protest Against Weapons Factory
Near the Home Farm Road junction on Lewes Road, a large banner with the words ‘Peace Camp’ is visible, marking the presence of the autonomous group ‘Brighton Peace Camp’ who…
Is Our University Funding Genocide?
The University of Sussex takes pride in its recent position as the 8th most sustainable in the UK, alongside its vision to become one of the most sustainable universities in…
Tories Left Standing in Election Meltdown, in Conversation with BBC 5
As a first-time voter, I need help understanding what is happening in the often paradoxical world of politics. This is why I joined a panel of first-time voters on BBC…
Courting Controversy: International Scrutiny Intensifies with Genocide Case Against Israel
Written by: Akanksha Pandey, Senior Editor and Abigail Keyla, Staff Writer Eighty-three days into the Israel-Hamas war, the Republic of South Africa has filed a genocide case against Israel for…
Redefining Fearless Journalism
According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), at least 85 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. Based on their data, more journalists have been killed…
Holding Power to Account: Interview with MP Lloyd Russel-Moyle
As members of parliament go, Labour’s Lloyd Russel-Moyle is a rather interesting case. Elected to represent Brighton’s Kemptown constituency in 2017, the 37-year-old has made his name in a number…
How Disinformation on Social Media Influences the Narrative
Beyond the amount of firepower, war is also about who controls the narrative. While various international and local media outlets are trying to cover the ongoing Gaza conflict, false information…
Can Mainstream Mass Media Discuss Modern-day Massacres?
As the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has been covered extensively by local and international news outlets, posts on social-media platforms about the conflict are often dismissed as “disinformation”; ignored on the…
Universities Not a Place of Liberation?
Universities are not a place for liberation for both students and staff, according to staff panelists at the University of Sussex Students’ Union’s Liberation Round Table, held on 19 October.…
Students Voice Support for Palestine
Amid the weekly rally held on Mondays in Library Square, Zeena (who requested her surname be omitted), a third-year Palestinian student at Sussex, stepped away from the demonstration to take…
Students say ‘arms manufacturers off campus’
Students occupied the General Dynamics and Thales stalls, the fifth and tenth largest arms manufacturers respectively, at the University careers fair on Wednesday. In an open letter, which has attracted…
The BDS movement empowers the Israeli hard right
This last week marks the one year anniversary of Sussex students voting overwhelmingly for the student union to boycott products from Israel, as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…
Palestine Awareness Week "a success"
Sussex Friends of Palestine’s week ‘Palestine Awareness Week’ was a series of events taking place on campus aimed to draw attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Their aim was to raise…
Mixed reactions to Israeli Apartheid Week events provoke criticism
Israeli Apartheid Week took place on campus last week as part of the 8th Annual international series of events of its kind. Sussex Friends of Palestine Society (PalSoc) hosted the…
Living beside your oppressor – inside East Jerusalem
On a seemingly desolate road in East Jerusalem, in the area of Sheikh Jarrah, dozens of Palestinian families live their lives under continuous surveillance and harassment. Located next to the…
Special mission impossible – Livni’s return
In 2009, Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni cancelled an official visit to the UK after a magistrate issued an arrest warrant for war crimes committed during Operation Cast Lead in…
The case for Palestinian statehood
At the recent UN Security Council meeting, the Palestinians placed a bid to be recognised as a state. This is a remarkable moment in Palestinian history, and is a promising…