Student Paul Donnachie was found guilty on Tuesday in Cupar Sheriff Court of ‘racially aggravated conduct’ after showing contempt for an Israeli flag on the wall of a two-bed student residence shared by his friend and an American Zionist. The Sheriff did not allow expert witnesses from Scottish Jews for a Just Peace and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign to speak. Within the hour, Paul Donnachie received a letter of expulsion from St Andrews University. He will appear at Cupar Sheriff Court on Tuesday September 13th for sentencing.
Defacing a flag that is property and potentially emotionally significant to someone else is likely to be inflammatory. But to call it racially motivated is to misunderstand the Palestinian question and the Middle East.
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