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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Natasha Hausdorff Natasha Hausdorff in 2022 Born October 1989 (age 35) Citizenship British Alma mater Oxford University (Lincoln College) Tel Aviv University Columbia Law School Occupation Barrister Years active 2013–present Employer 6 Pump Court Chambers Organization UK Lawyers for Israel Known ...
The Oxford Union was founded as the United Debating Society, an independent forum for unrestricted debate by junior members of Oxford University in 1823. At the time, the university prohibited junior members from discussing certain issues, such as matters of theology.
One of the speakers, Ghada Karmi, a Palestinian research fellow at the University of Exeter and vice-chair of CAABU (the Council for Arab-British Understanding), wrote on The Guardian's blog that "the newest and least attractive import from America, following on behind Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Friends, is the pro-Israel lobby." She states the ...
A motion to be brought before union members states that only a ‘mass uprising across the Middle East can free the Palestinian people’. Oxford academics to debate motion for ‘intifada until ...
In 2013, Hasan took part in a debate at the Oxford Union to consider whether Islam is a peaceful religion. Hasan, who is an Ithna'Asheri Shia Muslim , vouched for Islam as a religion of peace , citing political and cultural reasons for violence in Muslim majority countries, as opposed to holding the religion of Islam responsible.
The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...
In January 2024, he expressed concern about potential breaches of international law by Israel, specifically addressing the need for Israel to restore water supplies to Gaza. [23] Cameron said in the same month that "Israel is acting in self-defence after the appalling attack on October 7" and denied that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.
On 27 May, an opposing faction of 100 Oxford lecturers and staff published their own letter, declaring: “We believe that trans students should not be made to debate their existence.