›
‹
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Latest articles
-
Aug 09, 2017 The oppositionIsrael kills Palestinians and works to silence dissent
The entire written and audio-visual content of the SPSC website and Facebook pages over seventeen years, together with scores of hours of TV discussions by SPSC representatives reveals not a scintilla of antisemitic material, suggestions or ‘dog whistles’. The material contains many direct and vigorous rebuttals of antisemitic theories raised by others to explain the power of… Read full article -
Aug 02, 2017 State terrorIsrael applied lessons from Warsaw Ghetto to crush Palestinians
As noted by Prof Stephen Graham of Newcastle University Dept of Architecture, the Israeli Army applied Nazi Germany's experience of crushing the Warsaw Ghetto uprising to attack and crush Palestinian resistance in Jenin: "Just as Israeli staff officers had no compunction studying the lessons of the Wehrmacht’s attack on the Warsaw Ghetto, as preparation for the onslaught on… Read full article -
Jul 30, 2017 About SPSCSPSC Statement: JHRW report
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Statement 29 July 2017 Scottish PSC is not inclined to take seriously the so-called 'research' of a pro-Israel blogger whose primary purpose is to smear organisations that support Palestinian rights (1), to deflect attention away from what Palestinians have to endure on a daily basis – home demolitions, expulsions, killings, torture and… Read full article -
Jul 29, 2017 GazaFresh legal threats against SPSC from 'Friends of Israel' activist
On July 20th Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Mick Napier as an individual received virtually identical letters from defamation lawyers who had been instructed by a member of Glasgow Friends of Israel, Matthew Berlow, to demand an apology and financial compensation for an article written and posted on the SPSC website a few days earlier. The letter also demanded… Read full article -
Jul 26, 2017 Friends of IsraelScottish pro-Israel group welcomes takeover of Al Aqsa
Do SNP and Labour members know how mad are one of the main organisers of the pro-Israel Shalom Festival in Edinburgh, which both party leaders, Nicola Sturgeon and Kezia Dugdale, are endorsing? Nigel Goodrich is the leader of the Confederation of Friends of Israel - Scotland (COFIS) and doubles as CEO of the Shalom Festival. Nigel is a Christian fundamentalist who is very keen… Read full article -
Jul 23, 2017 Israel's imageScottish Labour and SNP leaders endorse event by those celebrating 'euthanasia' of Palestinians
Both Nicola Sturgeon and Kezia Dugdale have urged support for an event organised by the Israeli embassy and its murderous agents in Scotland. The Shalom Festival will showcase Israel as a fine place where Palestinians are not periodically massacred, Jewish-only roads are not barred to Palestinians, and there are no separate legal systems for Israelis and Palestinians in… Read full article -
Jul 20, 2017 EdinburghThe Lynching - during Edinburgh Fringe
·'Frankie wrote this after attending a performance of The Lynching in Whistable: "Dear Canterbury and Whitstable Labour Party committee members and activists, I was surprised to find that an event I attended at Whitstable Labour Club on Monday has been perceived as controversial by some in the local Labour Party, and even treated as being so problematic that it should not have… Read full article -
Jul 20, 2017 Occupied West BankThe Biggest Prison on Earth – A History of the Occupied Territories, by Ilan Pappé
"If the Palestinian population was compliant and did not resist the occupation they were rewarded with the most basic of civil and human rights and if not, these rights were rescinded. All changed when, after two intifadas it was clear that if the prisoners would not behave themselves, an increasing brutal system of collective punishment would be put into place. Israeli… Read full article -
Jul 20, 2017 GazaGaza under siege - Israel deliberately 'causing serious bodily or mental harm' to Palestinians
A photo from Gaza last night. Israel (aided by Sisi and Abbas) is preventing fuel getting in to the power plant. Darkness. Hospitals unable to give care.One dictionary definition of 'genocide' is 'the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group'.The word 'genocide' was coined by Rafael Lemkin in 1944. It has a legal… Read full article -
Jul 16, 2017 ZionismScottish court yet again dismisses racism charges against Palestine solidarity activists
On Friday July 14th in Glasgow Sheriff Court 17, Sheriff Barry Divers brought a three-year legal process to an end when he threw out charges of racism against two SPSC members, myself and Jim Watson. The seven members of the pro-Israel lobby sitting in the courtroom, a larger delegation than the usual two or three that attended every session of the near three-year legal… Read full article -
Jul 03, 2017 War and ImperialismSyrian war - Israel's aims and involvement
The Syrian War's Worst Kept Secret that could Become an Israeli NightmareRichard SiversteinMiddle East Eye30 June 2017Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with a Syrian rebel commander and half a dozen fighters, who confirmed the worst kept secret of the Syrian conflict: Israel is directly aiding Syrian rebel factions with both humanitarian and… Read full article -
Jun 26, 2017 Legal attacksTomorrow - Tuesday 27/07/17 - is final day of 'racism' trial of SPSC members for BDS activities
After four days of evidence and cross-examinations earlier this month, a trial enters its final moments tomorrow of two members of SPSC on charges of 'racism'. The two stand accused of aggravated tresspass for a protest against Israeli Dead Sea operation, Jericho cosmetics. Israel's massacre of 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children, ended on August 26th and the protestors… Read full article -
Jun 25, 2017 GazaSeeking justice for Gaza
'Civil proceedings have begun in the Netherlands against former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and the commander of Israel’s Air Force, Amir Eshel, over the deaths of six family members in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.' In 2016, three SPSC members visited Gaza. While there, we were hosted by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), and spent a… Read full article -
May 08, 2017 Zionism & the Nazi HolocaustThe anti-Zionist Bund led the Jewish Resistance in Poland - the Zionist Movement abandoned the Jews
The anti-Zionist Bund led the Jewish Resistance in Poland - the Zionist Movement abandoned the JewsTony Greenstein8 May 2017Zionism and Israel’s racist rulers have created a series of myths about how the only Jewish Resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland was from the Zionists. The role of the anti-Zionist Bund has been erased. In fact the Zionist movement in Palestine and the West… Read full article -
May 02, 2017 Trade unionsMay Day: Palestinian trade unions call for intensifying BDS
28 April 2017 by Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS)From bdsmovement.net On May Day, we Palestinian trade unions are proud to stand with the trade union movement internationally as we collectively resist attacks on our working conditions, cuts to public services and job losses. We lend our voices to the mass rallies taking place internationally uniting trade… Read full article -
May 02, 2017 Trade unionsMedia Release: Campaigners welcome STUC statement
Campaigners welcome STUC statement on solidarity with Palestinian workers Media Release, 1 May 2017 [Pictured right: Ryvka Barnard of War on Want speaking at joint War on Want, Unison Scotland & Scottish PSC fringe meeting STUC 2017 - with Sam Macartney, Chair of Unison Scotland International Committee & Fiona Napier, Chair of SPSC Aberdeen.] Campaigners welcome Scottish… Read full article -
Apr 23, 2017 What is Zionism?Is Zionism anti-semitic?
By Leon Rosselson In the current furore over supposed antisemitism in the Labour Party and the suspension of Ken Livingstone for asserting that Hitler supported Zionism, the crux of the problem seems to have been somewhat obscured. Livingstone’s intervention was untimely, uncalled for and clumsily expressed (it’s never a good idea to bring Hitler into the discussion) but the… Read full article -
Apr 02, 2017 Rise and rise of the fascist rightIsraeli general & journalist see Israel resembling 1930s Germany
Even before the latest UN-commissioned and UN-suppressed report on Israel, an Israeli journalist has nailed aspects of current Israeli society that led Israeli Army Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan to identify trends in current Israel society reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Maj. Gen. Golan made the observations while speaking at a Holocaust Memorial event in Israel.… Read full article -
Mar 28, 2017 Free Speech on PalestineRevealed: Lies & Sinister Tactics of the Israel Lobby in Scotland
Last month’s Al Jazeera exposé The Lobby revealed the length supporters of Israel are going to in their attempts to suppress free speech on Palestine and BDS (the Palestinian-led movement calling for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel) - an international effort coordinated by the Israeli government. Now details are surfacing of how groups in Scotland, such as the… Read full article -
Mar 26, 2017 ChurchesSupport free speech on Palestine – outside Methodist Church, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh Mon 27 March 7pm
Support free speech on Palestine – outside Methodist Church, Nicolson Square Monday 27th March 7pm Jackie Walker - Palestine, Free Speech & Israel’s ‘Black Ops’ If we’re banned from speaking inside, from now on we’ll speak on the pavement outside 12noon onwards in same place– publicity stall "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our… Read full article -
Mar 13, 2017 A colonial projectTalks by Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign15 March 2017BREAKING: New UN Report Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid - an evaluation of Israel’s practices against the 1973 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid and other key human rights laws Richard Falk, co-author of this UN report starts a… Read full article -
Mar 02, 2017 What we stand forBriefing against Zionist censorship campaign
Dear Friends You may receive a communication making allegations of racism, support for murder and terrorism, Holocaust denial and heaven knows what else against the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign or other groups campaigning for Palestinian rights. The information provided below should clarify for any reader that these allegations are without any basis in fact. What we… Read full article -
Feb 15, 2017 Mass killingsWe need to discuss White supremacists rising and Palestine solidarity
"...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity..." Dickens, Tale of Two CitiesSo many questions we need to discuss together. You will be welcome to join SPSC activists for a weekend of discussion in beautiful Pitlochry next weekend. The Tory Government and the Zionist lobby are working to criminalise… Read full article -
Feb 10, 2017 On campusWhy SPSC declined invitation to debate
The four short emails below are self-explanatory. 1-4 from bottom to top: 1. Letter of invitation from St Andrews Debating Society 2. SPSC seeks clarification 3. Clarification - Israeli diplomat will be invited 4. SPSC response, declining invitation, explaining rationale, and calling for diplomats of Apartheid State to be boycotted4. On 9 February 2017 at 09:58, Scottish PSC… Read full article -
Feb 06, 2017 What is Zionism?Israel has always been based on White Supremacy
Israel and White Supremacy by Aaron Michael LoveCounterpunch 15 October 2002 the racial oppression of the Palestinian people is at the heart of the matter; all other things–land laws, religion, pass laws, racially designated roads and neighborhoods, etc.–are symptoms. This should not come as any surprise: the racial definition of the Zionist project existed from the very… Read full article -
Feb 06, 2017 SPSCSPSC Residential weekend - political discussion March 10-12
SPSC Residential weekend of political discussion – ideas for effective campaigning in four sessions: Israeli embassy criminalisation effort against BDS and strategies to combat it Fit for the fight! The SNP on Palestine & the wider political landscape in Scotland Palestine solidarity in the context of the wider Middle East These are tumultuous times - a carnival of reaction… Read full article -
Jan 27, 2017 From anti-Semites
Intelligent Zionists fear Israel's enthusiasm for Trump
"Walter Russell Mead, who warned Israel not to embrace Trump too strongly lest it is irrevocably stained in the eyes of American public opinion. Former U.S. Ambassador Martin Indyk was bleaker by far: For the first time in my life, he said, I am concerned about the future of the Jewish people, in America and in Israel. The Jewish people, he explained, have prospered and… Read full article -
Jan 09, 2017 Israel's imageDon't miss Al Jazeera's 4-part 'The Lobby' this week
Don't miss the programme the BBC or C4 never tried to make Al Jazeera Investigative Unit's 4-part series "The Lobby" Wednesday, January 11, 22:30 Thursday, January 12, 22:30 Friday, January 13, 22:30 Saturday, January 14, 22:30 Go to www.aljazeera.com to watch live UK Gov't wants the 'matter closed' (BBC has already dropped it.) Neither Theresa May nor Boris Johnson called in… Read full article -
Jan 08, 2017 Free Speech on PalestineMedia Release: Public enquiry needed into Israeli Embassy black-ops
Media Release: Public enquiry needed into Israeli embassy black-opsSunday 8th January 2017 [Image left: Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev meeting with SNP MPs at Westminster, October 2016] Israeli government efforts to 'neutralise' and 'take down' critics have been revealed thanks to an al Jazeera undercover investigation. Shai Masot, a sernior Israeli Embassy official, is a… Read full article -
Jan 05, 2017 Mass killingsMass support for killer Azaria - drift towards genocide?
Elor Azaria has been tried by an Israeli military court and found guilty of manslaughter after murdering a helpless Palestinian alleged to have attacked and wounded an Israeli solder. Unfortunately for the Israeli military who condone such attacks, this murder was captured on a mobile phone, shared and went viral. The killer last March, Elor Azaria, was actually an Israeli… Read full article -
Dec 18, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineBBC's statistics programme demolished Zionist antisemitism claims
BBC Radio 4's weekly statistics programme took 10 minutes in January 2015 to examine and demolish absurd Zionist claims that massively exaggerated popular antisemitism in the UK and magnified Jewish fears. Any antisemitism must be firmly challenged, not just the atrocious terrorist massacres in France and Belgium but any manifestation of prejudice towards Jews as Jews. (Of… Read full article -
Dec 16, 2016 Right to BDSAberdeen City Council robustly defends freedom to boycott Apartheid
In a victory for free speech and democracy, December 14th saw a significant defeat for forces attempting to silence criticism of Israel , as a motion raised by Councillors Greig and Boulton of Aberdeen City Council was debated at a meeting of the full Council. At first viewing, the motion had much to commend it, roundly condemning racism and xenophobia and calling for… Read full article -
Oct 21, 2016 CampaigningScottish PSC: notes from sixteen years of campaigning
CONTENTS Pioneering boycott in Scotland Political ideas - major conferences Political ideas -.speakers Consistent anti-racism Sports boycott Taking on the racist JNF Cultural boycott victories Economic boycott Defending our right to fight for BDS Legal threats Scottish campuses What they say about us - partners and friends around the world What they say about us – the… Read full article -
Oct 16, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineALERT: all-party attack on free speech for Palestine
A report published today by the all-party Home Affairs Select Committee unanimously recommends limits on political free speech. The six Tory MPs, three New Labour and one SNP are unanimous in urging that the term ‘Zionist’ be allowed only in an academically neutral or positive tone and that use of the term in an “accusatory“ manner should be categorised as “inflammatory” by… Read full article -
Oct 15, 2016 Right to BDSStewart McDonald MP sings the Israeli Embassy song
"Ten years earlier most of the main SNP leaders signed a motion in the Scottish Parliament to send “an important message to the Palestinian people expressing Scotland’s disgust at their treatment at the hands of the Israeli Government”. Now Stewart McDonald shares in the “inspiration for Scotland [Winnie Ewing] saw in Israel”, including the fascist-inspired butcher, Menachem… Read full article -
Oct 12, 2016 'Anti-Semitism'Scoreboard: SPSC 4 - 0 ScottishPFs (with two 'games' to go)
"...in May 2010 then-First Minister Alex Salmond rightly attacked the idea that Scottish Jews "should be judged or affected by the policies of Israel. The Jewish community is not liable for those policies”. It is therefore troubling that the Lord Advocate has now accepted the Zionist claim that the Israel State represents in some way Scottish Jews. Having officially endorsed… Read full article -
Oct 09, 2016 State terrorUrgent: quickly send a letter to your MP to demand release of these children from an Israeli prison
Nine children aged 13-17 were kidnapped this afternoon (Monday 10 October) from Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem by masked Israeli soldiers. On Wednesday October 5th three 14-year-olds, Mustafa Bdair, Mo'taz Barak'ah and Omar Radi were seized from their homes at 4am by Israeli soldiers. They were released on Sunday evening. The three are members of Lajee Dance group from in Aida… Read full article -
Sep 28, 2016 State terrorPeres: Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored
Ben White Middle East Monitor A few years ago, Peres described the Palestinians as “self-victimising.” He went on: “They victimise themselves. They are a victim of their own mistakes unnecessarily.” Such cruel condescension was characteristic of a man for whom “peace” always meant colonial pacification. Peres was born in modern day Belarus in 1923, and his family moved to… Read full article -
Sep 11, 2016 OthersWe face an enemy with deep pockets & friends in high places
The Israeli Minister of Public Security and Strategic Affairs flew into London last week to enlist UK Government help to fight the BDS movement. Hand in hand with Israeli massacre and ethnic cleansing on the ground in Palestine, the Israeli Government fight against international solidarity with the Palestinian people involved the Minister making a sinister threat to BDS… Read full article -
Sep 05, 2016 Right to BDSIsraeli anti-BDS "threats to lives of activists"
Defamation, harassment and threats - the risk in "special operations" against BDSYossi Melman, Maariv(Key points translated by Ofer Neiman) The ministry is divided into three sections: intelligence, awareness (media) and operations.Problems may arise when the operations section, as hinted by Erdan at the YNET conference on BDS this year, will try to carry out, directly or… Read full article -
Sep 05, 2016 What is Zionism?Settler Colonialism in Palestine - videos
-
Sep 01, 2016 FootballSept 5th Israel-Italy World Cup qualifier - BDS Italy appeal
During the Israel-Italy World Cup qualifier, let's fill social media with Palestinian flags!BDS Italy On September 5 in Haifa, Italy will play against Israel in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. This match should not take place. Under the rules of fair play, FIFA should suspend the Israel Football Association. In addition to practicing colonialism and apartheid against… Read full article -
Aug 27, 2016 State terrorHuman rights groups call for end to 'severe' Israeli torture
Three human rights groups urged the international community to take action to end Israel’s torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26). In a joint statement, Adalah, Al Mezan, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel say that the Israeli authorities continue, with no accountability, to… Read full article -
Aug 27, 2016 A colonial projectHow British soldiers brutalised Jewish troops in Mandate Palestine
Terror in Galilee: British-Jewish Collaboration and the Special Night Squads in Palestine during the Arab Revolt, 1938–39Matthew HugesThe Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History In 1938 in British Mandate Palestine, British army officer Orde Wingate organised and led a joint British-Jewish military unit, the Special Night Squads (SNSs), to defeat Palestinian rebels… Read full article -
Aug 27, 2016 Occupied West BankMost aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli hands
Study: At least 78% of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers Shir Hever, an Israeli economist who has spent years piecing together the murky economics of the occupation, recently published a report that makes shocking reading. Like others, he believes international aid has allowed Israel to avoid footing the bill for its decades-old occuption.… Read full article -
Aug 22, 2016 The extreme rightViolence at Israel ‘Peace Festival’ in Edinburgh Fringe
The claim in the Jewish Chronicle of Nazi salutes at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Edinburgh on August 17th was pure invention. The smear is as ridiculous as it is unsurprising given the anti-racist politics of the organisers, the intolerance of the protestors to such filth, the large number of cameras and smartphones in constant use, as well as the numbers of police… Read full article -
Aug 02, 2016 ZionismProtest Festival of Israeli crime in Edinburgh, August 17
Palestine supporters to Edinburgh on August 17th!The language of some UK pro-Israel organisations is getting very heated concerning their celebration of "all things Israel" during the Edinburgh Fringe on Wednesday August 17. The celebration of Israel is a celebration of violent ethnic cleansing - past, ongoing and planned. "All things Israel" includes war crimes and crimes… Read full article -
Jul 24, 2016 EdinburghLajee cultural centre in Edinburgh
Over 150 people attended the Lajee Centre performance in Edinburgh on the 15th of July on their scottish tour. Lajee, meaning refugee in Arabic, is a creative cultural space for the children of Aida camp in Bethlehem; a training ground for IDF soldiers that is home to 3150 refugees (UNRWA).The centre's tour brings 35 talented young people from the camp to Scotland and Ireland,… Read full article -
Jul 24, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineZionist censorship & mobilisation for Edinburgh Fringe
The pro-Israel gang are working across the UK to support their one-day effort during the Edinburgh Fringe to openly promote the apartheid State of Israel as a beacon of tolerance. They are also trying to persuade Edinburgh City Council to cancel the booking for the conference on Settler Colonialism in Palestine on August 13th in Edinburgh. Mick Napier24 July 2016… Read full article -
Jul 22, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineIs it Anti-Semitic to Criticize and Boycott Israel?
"...nowadays legislatures in Europe and North America condemn and occasionally outlaw peaceful boycott of Israel (BDS) as anti-Semitic. In doing so they explicitly link Jews of their countries to Israel and its actions. This constitutes a serious danger, not only for the Jews, but also for basic freedoms underpinning the liberal principles of Western democracies." Our elected… Read full article -
Jul 18, 2016 Cultural
SPSC letter to Edinburgh Fringe, 2016
To: Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe18th July 2016 Dear Ms McCarthy International Shalom Festival Gala Concert, Central Hall, 17 August 2016 I write to you to ask that you remove the above event from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme since it is nothing more than an explicit attempt to whitewash the crimes of a state, in this case the state of… Read full article -
Jul 07, 2016 ChurchesWorld Council of Churches slams Israeli injustice in Palestine
WCC calls for member churches to recognize the danger of using scripture to in any way justify occupation Jimmy Powdrell CampbellEdinburgh7th July 2016 Representing over half a billion Christians around the world, when the World Council of Churches (WCC) agrees a statement recognizing that “so long as underlying injustice persists there can be neither peace nor security for… Read full article -
Jul 04, 2016 ZionismDon't Dance with Israeli Apartheid at the Edinburgh Festivals
The Confederation of the Friends of Israel Scotland has announced a provocative all-day event during the world’s biggest arts event, the Edinburgh Festival & Fringe; on Wed 17 August at Central Hall at Tollcross, Embassy-funded Friends of Israel and StandWithUs are organising a ‘Shalom Festival’ to promote Israeli 'democracy and tolerance of minorities'. The primary Israeli aim… Read full article -
Jun 28, 2016 Get involved
Events
-
Jun 20, 2016 All
West Bank - Eye Witness Report
SPSC Edinburgh 13th June 2016 West Bank - Eye Witness Report Monday 13the June 7pm SPSC Edinburgh Office Presented by Gerry Coutts In April of this year Gerry and Basia Gordon visited a village called Jayyous, Palestine in the West Bank. They were hosted by the famiy of Abdel-Latif. Gerry and Basia travelled from Glasgow to Edinburgh to present a summary of their trip to the… Read full article -
May 08, 2016 Get involved
Coming Events
-
May 06, 2016 Free Speech on PalestinePalestinians and their supporters will not be silenced by Zionist-inspired accusations of 'anti-semitism'
Recent weeks have seen a corrdinated series ofattacks on supporters of Palestinian freedom as supposedly 'anti-semitic'. Political positions both serious and whimsical, but not remotely racist, have led to suspensions from the Labour Party that have included lifelong antiracist Ken Livingstone, ex-Mayor of London. Mick NapierWest Calder6th May 2016 The attacks are a sign of… Read full article -
May 03, 2016 Apartheid
Palestinians on campaign to silence pro-Palestine voices
As members of the Palestinian Diaspora in Britain, many of us British citizens, we have long been familiar with the ploys of Zionists and their supporters in politics and the media. We observe the desperate attempts to silence the ever-growing world-wide criticism of Israel’s actions by conflating opposition to Israel’s brutal policies towards our people with hostility to… Read full article -
May 03, 2016 What is Zionism?Tariq Ali: Notes on anti-Semitism, Zionism and Palestine
By Tariq Ali / 28 April 2016 The past few months have seen voices raised from within the media and Westminster establishment concerning the supposed culture of anti-semitism nurtured under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. This has reached a peak today with the suspension of former Labour Mayor of London Ken Livingston, from the party. But, what is anti-semitism and how does… Read full article -
May 01, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineHow Israel lobby manufactured UK Labour Party’s anti-Semitism crisis
Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada 28 April 2016 Last year, socialist stalwart Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership of the UK’s Labour Party by a landslide. Since then, there has been a steady flow of claims by Israel’s supporters that Corbyn has not done enough to combat anti-Semitism. This has only accelerated in the lead-up to a major test for Corbyn, the UK local elections… Read full article
Events & Activities
Featured articles
Aug 02, 2009
6508
These paranoids have nuclear weapons, courtesy of the West
in Fundamentalists with nukes
Vatican teaching Hezbollah how to kill Jews, says pamphlet for IDF troopsBy Ofri Ilani, Haaretz 31 July 2009The Pope and the cardinals of the Vatican help organize tours of Auschwitz for Hezbollah members to teach them how to wipe out Jews, according to a…
Aug 02, 2011
7527
Settler Colonialism in Palestine.
in A colonial project
Settler Colonialism and the State of Exception: The Example of Palestine / Israel David Lloyd, University of Southern California"This paper argues that these apparent contradictions...can best be explained by understanding Israel's occupation of Palestine as…
May 03, 2016
4018
Tariq Ali: Notes on anti-Semitism, Zionism and Palestine
in What is Zionism?
By Tariq Ali / 28 April 2016 The past few months have seen voices raised from within the media and Westminster establishment concerning the supposed culture of anti-semitism nurtured under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. This has reached a peak today with…
Apr 25, 2014
15109
Educate yourself about Palestine, Israel & Zionism
in What we stand for
Others will have different short lists of 'best' books, films, and videos on Israel/Palestine but, for what it's worth (and I think they are all platinum) here goes with Five key books Five key books available online Five great films Five YouTubes Five key…
Feb 28, 2010
18257
Al Hiwar TV interview: Israel's weaknesses, the growing BDS Campaign and what happened in Cairo in New Year 2011
in About SPSC
Mick Napier, Scottish PSC founder member and SPSC Vice-Chair Yvonne Ridley in wide-ranging dscussion with Anas Takriti on Al Hiwar's English-language weekly programme. View here or here.
Aug 12, 2014
8593
Scottish Government & Israel/Palestine - a chronology
in Governments
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”. George Orwell The Scottish Government’s positions on Israel/Palestine are in flux, responding to pressures from a furious public opinion as well as the realpolitik that led…
Nov 30, 2006
7460
Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel
in All
Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights 9 July 2005 One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of…
Aug 27, 2016
2712
Most aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli hands
in Occupied West Bank
Study: At least 78% of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers Shir Hever, an Israeli economist who has spent years piecing together the murky economics of the occupation, recently published a report that makes shocking reading.…
Jan 17, 2010
26066
States come and go - it's people who are important
in All
"The state formation that will follow the defeat of the Zionist programme of ethnic cleansing and mass killings is not for us to decide. The commitment to full human rights for Palestinians alongside Jews and to the dismantling of the structures of Jewish…
Aug 09, 2015
13171
US State Department intervened to defeat grass-roots Scottish boycott effort...and failed
in Zionism
According to the front page headline in the Scotsman of Saturday 8 August 2015, Hillary Clinton weighed into Edinburgh film festival row, the court-mandated publication of her emails from 2009 reveal that the US Secretary of State worked from Washington to…
Visit our eShop
Israel and Settler Society by Lorenzo Veracini
The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians is not unique -- whatever the news media may suggest. Lorenzo Veracini argues that the conflict is best understood in terms of colonialism. Like many other societies, Israel is a settler society. Looking in detail at the evolution of other colonial regimes -- apartheid South Africa, French Algeria and Australia -- Veracini presents a thoughtful interpretation of the dynamics of colonialism, offering a clear framework within which to understand the middle east crisis.
Electronic Intifada
-
New York Times distorts reality of Israel's walls
New York Times distorts reality of Israel's walls
All the news that’s fit to omit. Isabel Kershner reports Israelis, rather than Palestinians, are “walled in.”
Created on: Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 -
Watch: Israel's secret blacklists of BDS supporters
Watch: Israel's secret blacklists of BDS supporters
Israel is banning activists from occupied Palestine based on information obtained through a covert campaign.
Created on: Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 -
Will South Africa push back Israel's charm offensive in Africa?
Will South Africa push back Israel's charm offensive in Africa?
Diplomat says Pretoria it will boycott Israel-Africa summit and urge others to do the same.
Created on: Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 -
Rasmea Odeh unbowed as judge passes sentence
Rasmea Odeh unbowed as judge passes sentence
Community activist prepares to leave US after four-year legal battle.
Created on: Aug 17, 2017
Aug 17, 2017 -
New Jewish group in Labour Party backs right to BDS
New Jewish group in Labour Party backs right to BDS
Jewish Voice for Labour critical of pro-Israel groups in party.
Created on: Aug 17, 2017
Aug 17, 2017
Mondoweiss
-
Israeli boys, 14 and 16, arrested for assaulting Palestinian bus drivers inside Jews-only settlement
Israeli boys, 14 and 16, arrested for assaulting Palestinian bus drivers inside Jews-only settlement
Police on Wednesday arrested a pair of teens from a settlement south of Jerusalem who are suspected of assaulting Israeli-Arab bus drivers over the past several months, Times of Israel reports. Boys are from Bat Ayin, "a staunchly nationalistic community that, as a policy, does not allow Arabs through its gates."
Created on: Aug 19, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 -
Netanyahu’s diplomatic charm offensive in Africa is bound to fail
Netanyahu’s diplomatic charm offensive in Africa is bound to fail
Israel is making a big effort to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa. Netanyahu told his ambassadors to Africa, “The first interest is to dramatically change the situation regarding African votes at the UN and other international bodies from opposition to support.”But Tel Aviv's history and its policies today mean it will fail in this effort.
Created on: Aug 19, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 -
‘Progressive’ NYC official compares cancellation of Israel-sponsored event to neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville
‘Progressive’ NYC official compares cancellation of Israel-sponsored event to neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville
Amith Gupta reports, "New York City comptroller Scott Stringer, council members Melissa Mark-Viverito and Rory Lancman, and press secretary Eric Phillips joined Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon in strong-arming the Queens Museum to host an Israeli-government sponsored celebration of the creation of the State of Israel. 'At a time when we literally have neo-Nazis marching in American streets, when bigotry is on the rise, the Queens Museum has sent a disappointing message to New York City and the world,' said New York City comptroller Scott Stringer about the initial cancellation."
Created on: Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 -
New network leads the fight against fascism on campus
New network leads the fight against fascism on campus
The Campus Anti-Fascist Network is a new grassroots, multiracial collective of faculty, students and staff committed to fighting the presence of fascists, white supremacists and nationalists on University campuses. One of the network founders, American Studies Professor Bill Mullen of Purdue University, says the network has exploded since the confrontation in Charlottesville, "We have nearly 200 members nationally and internationally. Nearly 1,000 people joined our [closed] Facebook page within 48 hours when it went live."
Created on: Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017
BDSmovement
-
Portuguese photographers launch Israel boycott pledge
Portuguese photographers launch Israel boycott pledge
Portuguese photographers launch Israel boycott pledge In the NewsCultural BoycottOn World Photography Day, over 40 Portuguese photographers, teachers of photography and photography students have launched a pledge not to accept professional invitations or financing froAugust 19, 2017By: Comité de Solidariedade com a Palestina
Created on: Aug 19, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 -
PACBI's Response to Pop-Kultur Festival's Misleading Statement
PACBI's Response to Pop-Kultur Festival's Misleading Statement
PACBI's Response to Pop-Kultur Festival's Misleading StatementPACBI StatementCultural BoycottA desperate attempt to divert attention from its shameful acceptance of Israel's sponsorship and its resultant complicity in whitewashing Israel's regime of occupation and apartheid.August 17, 2017
Created on: Aug 17, 2017
Aug 17, 2017 -
Boycott the “Pop-Kultur” festival in Berlin
Boycott the “Pop-Kultur” festival in Berlin
Boycott the “Pop-Kultur” festival in BerlinPACBI StatementCultural BoycottAs in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, a regime of oppression and racism should never be welcomed in cultural spaces under the pretext of oppeness and inclusion. August 15, 2017By: The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Created on: Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017 -
Football: Gaza team wins Palestine Cup despite Israeli restrictions
Football: Gaza team wins Palestine Cup despite Israeli restrictions
Football: Gaza team wins Palestine Cup despite Israeli restrictionsIn the NewsRed Card IsraelDespite Israel barring 10 players from entering the occupied West Bank, Shebab Rafah wins first Palestine Cup title for Gaza in a decadeAugust 4, 2017By: Agence France-Presse
Created on: Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017
Contact SPSC
Email us
campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk
0131 208 1948
0141 416 1948
101 Rose Street South Lane, Edinburgh, EH2 3JG
180 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RW
Building effective solidarity with the Palestinian people
Scottish PSC is an extension to the Palestinian struggle for freedom against Israel's programme of ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. Scottish PSC exists to channel public opposition to the Zionist settler colonial project into an effective and dynamic Scottish component of the global campaign that sends a powerful message of solidarity to the Palestinian people and a warning to Israel that its crimes must end.