The students occupying the area outside 2B025 on Frenchay Campus in a “display of solidarity to the Palestinians” have revised their demands of the University. The new demands are as follows.

 

• We demand that the University provides a full list of investments held and that it guarantees to withdraw any investment with any organisation that profits from the occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
• Provide 5 fully paid scholarships for Palestinians to study at UWE.
• Provide 5 fully paid scholarships for Israelis who refuse to serve in the IDF to study at UWE.
• We demand that the management of the university should issue a statement condemning the Israeli bombing of Gaza educational establishments.
• To donate educational resources to Gaza.
• University to publicise DEC advert in any way possible (including banner on the website) and put pressure on the BBC and sky to show the DEC advert.
• Support a day of fundraising across campus with the proceeds going to the DEC Gaza appeal.
• Immediate boycott and halt to buying any university supplies & equipment from Israeli companies.
• To send a public message of solidarity to the Islamic University in Gaza, whose campus has been virtually destroyed, and publish it on the university website and distribute it to the university wide e-mail addresses.
• No victimisation for those taking part in the Occupation, and free movement in and out of the occupied spaced.

The demands were put to the University in a meeting with the vice-chancellor this afternoon, the results of which are still unknown.

The occupation continues...