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The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation & Resistance with Professor Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University Chair: Professor Ann Phoenix, UCL   6.30pm, 21st...

On 17th October Fobzu held the third event in the Education, Occupation & Liberation programme on the topic of ‘Palestinian universities under occupation and academic freedom’. The panel discussion held at the Institute of Education drew a large audience of academics,...

On Monday 15th October, Fobzu and representatives of the major education unions - including UCU, NEU, NASUWT, EIS and UNISON - wrote to Minister of State for the Middle East, The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP to call on the UK government to stand up for Palestinian students...

In an historic move, Labour Party and trade union delegates representing millions of party members and affiliated trade unionists carried a motion at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool that drew attention to the most recent escalation of attacks on the rights of...

On Friday, Fobzu joined 14 UK NGOs to issue a joint statement responding to the US announcement to stop funding UNRWA, the UN agency established to support Palestinian refugees, and called upon the UK government to defend their rights now under severe threat: As a...