15th January 2009 MOTION PASSED
The motion “Defend Gaza: Condemn Israeli Massacre” passed in todays UGM. The Students Union supports the creation of an emergency fund to waive tuition/application fees for Palestinians students affected; support links between LSE faculty and Palestinians universities ; the call to recall our Ambassador, end preferential trade.

With over 1,000 Palestinians killed - 300 of them children - and over 5,000 injured, the Students’ Union condemns the Israeli massacre in Gaza. Understanding the sanctity of human beings, students have voted in support of the Palestine Society’s declaration that we will not sit by as Israel continues its persecution of 1.5 million Palestinian.

Latest Bombings:
Even by the Israeli Forces’ depraved standards, today’s bombings reached new lows for the grotesque. Three acts in the last 24 hours show their total lack of humanity and total disregard for the dignity of the dead.

Late yesterday, news reports reached the world of how the Israeli Army had shelled the holy burial grounds at the main Gaza cemetery in northern Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighbourhood. Even the dead are denied peace. http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0114/211603.html

Then the Israeli Air force attacked yet another UN building sheltering 700 refugees. The air strike injured three UN workers and from eyewitness accounts, they used illegal phosphorus bombs. The building hit by the Israeli Air Force also contained tonnes of much needed medical supplies, which now as a direct result of their attack has destroyed these vital supplies. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/15/israel-gaza-offensive-truce-talks

And finally, if the Israeli army doesn’t kill you the first time, and you manage to make your way to one of the few remaining medical centres, you’ll still not be safe. Today Israeli forces shelled Al Quds hospital making the medical treatment of the innocent victims of Israel’s slaughter even tougher. According to the head of emergency services at the hospital, Dr Bashar Murad, two of the Israeli missiles used also included white phosphorus.