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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

UK 'called out' illegal Israeli settlements before it was 'too late'

Mari Moriarty performs under the name Fempaths.

Edinburgh Fringe performers tell of homophobic and transphobic abuse

Palestinian playwright, performer and stand-up comedian Alaa Shehada in his Fringe First winning show The Bridge

Exclusive Palestinian artists' 'shock' as racist graffiti defaces Fringe posters

An image captured by Gazan student Alaa Khalaf, which she submitted to the blog with her poem Infancy Under Fire, which explores feelings of nostalgia about her home which was destroyed as she comes to terms with the struggles of living in a displacement camp.

Exclusive The Glasgow Uni blog telling 'personal' stories of Gaza students

Rector of Glasgow uni cleared of antisemitism and terror support

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came second in Eurovision 2025 while representing Israel.

Eurovision facing major decision over Israel amid boycott threats

People react as they watch the hostage release live stream at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Trump in Israel as 20 remaining living hostages released by Hamas

Palestinian ambassador: Scotland 'partly responsible' for Gaza deal

Palestinians celebrate in Khan Yunis following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal.

Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan, Trump announces

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves makes a speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool.

Reeves warns of hard choices to come as UK hit by 'global headwinds'

The flag of Palestine flies outside the Palestine Mission to the UK following a flag-raising ceremony in London to mark the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: The UK has shamefully surrendered to Hamas

First Minister John Swinney

SNP halts cash for arms firms supplying Israel as munitions ban lifted

St Andrews University

University calls for intervention to evacuate its students from Gaza

The embroidered dress lent by Nadia El-Nakla, worn at the swearing-in ceremony of her husband, Humza Yousaf as first minister.

Palestine dress exhibition linked to Humza Yousaf's wife to open

Reem Kelani is due to perform in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Online abuse before Scottish festival 'worst' ever

Moayed Abu Ammouna was due to speak at Art27 Scotland's Culture=Life festival this week.

Exclusive Festival cancels event after Gaza filmmaker unable to leave war zone

Greta Thunberg, who was on board the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, has been detained.

Greta Thunberg 'kidnapped' claims after activist vessel detained

Displaced Palestinians flee Khan Younis, Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the area

Why North Sea oil fields must not be used to exploit Gaza citizens Humza Yousaf

The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been criticised for her comments

Two Labour MPs ‘astounded’ to be denied entry to Israel

The Palestine Museum US will open in the former Arusha gallery on Edinburgh's Dundas Street.

US Palestinian art museum to open branch in Edinburgh

Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Oscar-winning director beaten up and detained in West Bank

I saw the devastation in Gaza first-hand – but there was also hope Tracy Gilbert

Pro-Palestine protesters hold demo outside Scottish Labour conference

The people of Gaza are returning to rubble

Exclusive Concerns about tariffs must not stop UK speaking out on Gaza, SNP say

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) was at the pro-Palestinian rally.

Jeremy Corbyn to be questioned by police under caution

Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, on the central Gaza Strip. Picture: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Gaza ceasefire comes into force after three-hour delay

David Anderson and the CT scan of Razan

Scots nurse saves Palestinian toddler with bullet lodged in neck

An image taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a smoke plume rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza Strip ceasefire in major breakthrough

The right to protest has been turned into right to intimidate Euan McColm

People climb on the debris of an Iranian missile intercepted by Israel, near Arad, southern Israel, on 2 October

Why war between Israel and Iran now looks more likely than ever Paul Wilson

The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops has increased the chance of an end to the fighting (Picture: Emmanuel Dunand)

Killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar represents real chance for peace Scotsman comment

A Palestinian boy mourns relatives killed in Israeli missile strikes in the central Gaza Strip last month (Picture: Eyad Baba)

As Labour and Tories criticise Israel, Netanyahu must change course Scotsman comment

Amina Ahmed and her family are now beginning a new life in Edinburgh, but she hopes to return to Gaza one day.

Academic begins new life in Scotland after escaping war-torn Gaza

A two-minute silence is held at the site of the Supernova music festival where many young people were killed or taken hostage by Palestinian militants on October 7 last year (Picture: Jack Guez)

For sake of Israelis and Palestinians, we need a two-state solution Christine Jardine

Mahmoud Almassri, a Palestinian student in Edinburgh, has spent a year trying to help his family escape Gaza and is urging the UK government to open a scheme similar to the Ukraine Family Scheme.

Why a Palestinian in Scotland is calling for Ukraine-style visa scheme

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference, at the ACC Liverpool. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Breaking 'Return of the sausages': Keir Starmer's conference speech blunder

Israeli deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky met with External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson in Edinburgh.

Angus Robertson makes new admission over Israeli ambassador meeting

Salman Rushdie will be part of this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival line-up. Picture: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images

Book Festival reviews: a new side to Salman Rushdie

Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

18 dead in Israeli air strikes on Gaza after two killed in Tel Aviv stabbing

Stella Maris

St Andrews University rector discharged after probe into Gaza posts

Bambie Thug, Ireland's Eurovision 2024 entry, during the first semi-final. Image: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett

Eurovision: Ireland's Bambie Thug made to alter Palestinian message

Palestinian youths search the rubble of a building hit in overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian president expects ground assault on Rafah to start ‘in coming days’
Mahmoud Abbas said a ground assault could create ‘the biggest catastrophe in the Palestinian people’s history’

Palestinians look at smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment on the Firas market area in Gaza City on Friday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Migration minister calls on UK Government to take in more Palestinian refugees

UK cannot ignore chilling reports of human rights violations by Israel in Gaza Stewart McDonald

Smoke billows amid destroyed buildings in Gaza in this picture taken from a position in southern Israel this week.

UNRWA, the largest Gaza aid agency 'hanging in the balance' after funding cuts

Israeli government is wielding starvation as a weapon against innocent civilians Laura Waddell

Labour MPs who say one thing over Gaza and do another must be called out Kenny MacAskill

The performance took place at the Soho theatre in London.

Man 'hounded out' of performance by sell-out Fringe comedian

People assess the damage caused by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

How serious is the spread of conflict in the Middle East beyond the war in Gaza?

Displaced Palestinians receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf: Scotland has not paused funding to allegation-hit UN Gaza agency

Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Wednesday.

Hamas reports 241 killed in 24 hour as Israel says conflict could last ‘months’

Palestinian single mother Israa Aljaish with her mother Amal (left) and her daughter Marlin. Photo: PA

Palestinian mother living in Scotland ‘helpless’ as daughter, five, trapped in G...

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

A protester holds reading "Coexist" during a demonstration in central London on Sunday to protest against antisemitism. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

Hamas frees 17 more Gaza hostages under ceasefire deal

A Palestinian boy stands amidst the rubble of a building following Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Yousaf warns Gaza ceasefire 'must go further' as four-day pause agreed

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in airstrikes on Saturday as heavy fighting raged on in the northern Gaza Strip. Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

Patients and medical staff leave Shifa Hospital

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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