LONDON, November, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – The prestigious Oxford Union voted in a public debate to declare “Israel an apartheid state responsible for genocide,” with 278 votes in favor and 59 against.

The debate, which sparked widespread controversy, saw a debate between supporters of Palestinian rights, including American Jewish writer Norman Finkelstein, American Israeli activist and writer Miko Peled, Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa, and Palestinian activist Mohammed al-Kurd.

Framing the debate, Oxford University student Othman Muwafi said he was “putting the right names on the clear facts,” while asking, “How many bullets does it take to kill one family? 335, and Netanyahu was quoted as saying: Gaza is a city of evil; noting that 50 percent of Gaza’s population are children?”

It is worth noting that the Oxford Union dates back to 1822, and is known for organizing high-level and highly important debates, in which a wide range of scientists, thinkers, politicians, activists, and people of literature and art participated.

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