Gaza

The UK must not support Israel in its war against Hamas Kenny MacAskill

Palestinians, including many displaced from other areas in the Gaza Strip, walk through a main square in Rafah near the border with Egypt.

Israel-Gaza: 'There is no safe place in Gaza'

Palestinians in the hospital in Khan Younis mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

Israel intensifies offensive after end of week-long truce

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

SNP politicians are job hunting as party prepares to go down without a fight Kenny MacAskill

US president Joe Biden sid in a tweet that violence 'would give Hamas what they seek'. Picture: Getty Images

Is Joe Biden warning Israel not to re-start its bombing campaign on 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

Stella Maris took up the role of rector only last month (Pics: University of St Andrews)

St Andrews University rector under fire over Israel 'genocide' claim

Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold photos of people held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, during a demonstration outside Downing Street last week. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza: temporary truce holds as Irish-Israeli girl, 9, among hostages released

An image from a handout video released by the Hamas Media Office showing members of its Al-Qassam Brigades leading hostages over to officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Friday. Picture: Hamas Media Office/AFP via Getty Images

Gaza: Hostage release delay as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking truce

Palestinians salvage their belonging after an Israeli strike in Rafah yesterday. (Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Readers' letters: Two-state solution remains the only hope for peace

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

First Minister Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf calls on UK to officially recognise the state of Palestine

First Minister Humza Yousaf will lead the debate. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf to lead debate on Gaza ceasefire vote at Scottish Parliament

Babies provide precious glimmer of hope in Gaza Scotsman comment

Exclusive Anas Sarwar set to water down calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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

Tony Blair speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York. Picture: Getty Images

Blair acting as broker for Sir Keir Starmer in Middle East

Shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar take a tour of St Fergus Gas Terminal in Peterhead. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Starmer says Gaza ceasefire position about showing credentials to be next PM

Right-wing populists seem hellbent on trashing the West’s finest principles Joyce McMillan

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the InchDairnie Distillery in Glenrothes, Fife. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Starmer hits out at 'unforgivable' failure over Scotch whisky industry

Several of Anas Sarwar's Scottish Labour MSPs plan to back a Gaza ceasefire call next week (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: MSPs should stop wasting time on things outside their remit

People at a Humanity Not Hatred Vigil, for civilians suffering in Israel and Palestine, in Richmond Terrace, Westminster, central London.

Labour rebellion as several shadow ministers vote for ceasefire

Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Why could there be a ceasefire vote on Israel in the UK, and what will happen?

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Glasgow in August.

Anas Sarwar faces pressure to rebel against Keir Starmer on Gaza

Iran fails to persuade other Mid-East states to scrap talks with Israel Struan Stevenson

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’

People search buildings destroyed in Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip (Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Israel’s widespread bombing of Gaza in bid to wipe out Hamas i...

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

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Museum reopens after temporary closure due to pro-Palestine protest

Officers from the Metropolitan Police on duty beside the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London, ahead of marches planned for the centre of the city on Saturday - Armistice Day. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Braverman isolated as Jeremy Hunt distances himself amid protest allegations

Protesters take part in a Gaza demonstration at The Mound in Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Protests demanding Israel ceasefire to be held across Scotland on Armistice Day

A Palestinian woman gives water to her child as families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas, walk along a main road.

Israel agrees to four hour 'pauses' in fighting to allow aid into Gaza

Four protesters have climbed onto the Scottish Parliament roof. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Pro-Palestine protestors arrested after climbing Scottish Parliament roof

It’s a ceasefire not a pause that’s essential in Gaza Kenny MacAskill

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure from his own party.

Apathy and anger at Sir Keir Starmer but MPs confident over Gaza stance

UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Michael Shanks, MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Scottish MP dismisses claims Labour is divided as shadow cabinet member quits

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

A Remembrance poppy wreath

Remembrance Day far is too close - Angus Robertson

Humza Yousaf's parents-in-law Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla, are home from Gaza

Ceasefire is only Gaza option - Angus Robertson

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the media after his meetings with his Turkish counterparts. Picture: Jonathan Ernst/AFP via Getty Images

Will Antony Blinken's Middle East visit bring a humanitarian pause in Gaza?

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’

Displaced Palestinian citizens gather at the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) school in Khan Yunis, after evacuating their homes that were damaged by Israeli airstrikes earlier this month.

Yousaf's 'empathy' praised as United Nations aid agency battles on in Gaza

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home". Picture credit Humza Yousaf.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home"

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Picture: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

Keir Starmer is right to remain firm on ceasefire calls

The Rafah crossing reopened on Wednesday after weeks of closure.

How were certain foreign passport holders selected to leave Gaza?

Elizabeth & Maged El-Nakla have managed to leave Gaza and are on their way back to Scotland. PIC: Yousaf Family Handout/PA Wire

A chink of light in the utter darkness of war

Humza Yousaf

Yousaf’s in-laws successfully leave Gaza through Rafah border crossing

Among my grief and helplessness, I have also felt gratitude for the life I have

Palestinians check the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip this week.

Yousaf pledges more Scottish aid funding for Gaza

The Rafah crossing has been closed to all but a small number of aid trucks since the conflict broke out on 7 October.

Rafah border crossing opens for foreign citizens to leave Gaza

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and First Minister Humza Yousaf. Image: Press Association.

'My heart goes out to Humza Yousaf', says Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

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

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (centre) leaves Chatham House after delivering his speech. Picture: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

Starmer car mobbed by pro-Palestine protesters as police intervene

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