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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

'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’

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

Explosions erupt during Israeli bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip near a position along Israel's southern border.

Vulnerable babies at risk as Al-Shifa hospital ‘not functioning as hospital’

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel. Picture: Leo Correa/AP

Hospital runs out of fuel as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas

Remembrance: Every life lost in every war is a tragedy for a family somewhere Stephen Jardine

People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip.

Hamas leaders attacked Israel ‘to change the equation’ in the Middle East

People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area, despite increasingly pressing calls for a humanitarian truce.

Israel would oversee Gaza for 'indefinite period' after war ends, says Netanyahu

People flee following Israeli air strikes on a neighbourhood in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Picture: Yasser Qudih/AFP via Getty Images

Israel severs Gaza in two as Palestinian death toll ‘passes 10,000 mark’
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned Gaza is becoming a "graveyard for children" as the Palestinian death toll passed 10,000 on Monday

The goals from James Forrest and Luis Palma in Celtic 3-0 win away to Ross County on Saturday - the pair seen here celebrating the Scot's headed counter his team-mate set up - had special significance. (Photo by Paul Devlin / SNS Group)

Celtic reaction: Far from outliers over Palestine; better strike rate than Kyogo

Celtic fan group The Green Brigade have been banned from home and away matches. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Green Brigade say Celtic board have 'shamed' club over ticket ban

Protesters raise signs in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Egyptian army officers and bodyguards escort United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to his vehicle (Image: KEROLOS SALAH/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak and Starmer are out of touch with UK public opinion - Angus Robertson

Israeli tanks and troops near the border with Gaza as ground operations, backed by airstrikes, against Hamas expanded yesterday. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Israel opens a “second stage” in the war against Hamas in Gaza

Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Israel warns civilians as it plans to launch ground offensive

Celtic fans hold up Palestine flags during their club's 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

Green Brigade v Celtic: Seeing all sides in schism over war in Middle East

Palestinian civil defence members carry the body of a victim that was killed during Israeli bombardment after it was rescued from the rubble of a destroyed building in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel blocks visas for UN officials amid row over calls for Gaza ceasefire

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of al-Ahli Hospital after explosion in Gaza City. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Deadly Gaza hospital blast 'likely came from missile launched towards Israel'

Aid must be allowed to reach desperate Gazans Scotsman comment

Hope for the Middle East must be rediscovered Christine Jardine

Shadow International Development Secretary Lisa Nandy. Image: Press Association.

Lisa Nandy refuses to say if international law breached

Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel denies responsibility for deadly Gaza hospital blast

Downfall of Iran's tyrannical mullahs who created Hamas monster vital Struan Stevenson

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in the House of Commons about the Hamas attack.

At least six Britons killed in Hamas 'pogrom' in Israel, Rishi Sunak says

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