This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.

In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's anti- Semitism, but the British never faced their own complicity in its construction.

There has been nothing like this since the student-led anti-apartheid movement of the 1980s. We expect... another wave [of students] throughout the summer of 2006, and for as long as it takes to rebuild that region for all the people who need help, who want to return, and should not be forgotten.

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.