A night for Gaza

My housemate Omar put on a fantastic evening last night in Leeds, a cultural event with an impartial-as-possible history of Palestine which was interesting and poetry readings. The evening was generally quite upbeat, but was punctuated with a heated exchange relating the use of certain words to describe the situation in Gaza. Regardless of the phraseology, I felt that the qualitative nature of the situation was generally well understood. Arguments about the words used seemed to be a distraction from the main issue of agreeing to disagree, and moving on to a solution. 

It would be really fantastic if representatives from Leeds from all sides of the situation could come together and come to an agreement. I mean, we can't do it in a local setting, or amongst students, then what hope is there for the international stage?! We students should start behaving as real citizens of the world, setting a good example to everyone. Of all people, we should be the ones who should be able to reach consensus on many important issues. 

Unless we collaborate, coordinate, and communicate with each other on all things to do with the bettering of society, then we'll be sure to find it difficult once we graduate and enter the 'real world'. Let's practice what we preach, and perhaps the world will follow.