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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
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
Apr 18, 2016 Financial AppealThank you for contributing to our Fighting Fund!
Thank you - your contribution will make a difference to how well we can organise to defend free speech on Palestine and to take forward the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). What's next? Time to Divest! Local Authority Pension Funds: stop investing in killing and apartheid! The Israeli government is running scared because the international BDS campaign has… Read full article -
Apr 18, 2016 Financial AppealStep 2: Fighting Fund Donation
Step 2: Make your contribution Select one of these options to make a MONTHLY contribution. £5 per month £15 per month £25 per month £50 per month £100 per month £150 per month £250 per month Note: You will be redirected to our payment processor GoCardless - Scottish PSC does not process payments or have access to bank details. Select one of these options to make a ONE-OFF… Read full article -
Apr 17, 2016 Legal attacksSupport Scottish activists on 'racially aggravated' charges for protesting Israeli Dead Sea cosmetics thieves
Support two SPSC members - Jim Watson and - I, on trial for 'racism' on Wednesday April 27th and Friday April 29th in Court 10 of Glasgow Sheriff Court. The effort by Zionists and their allies to conflate opposition to Israeli crimes and hatred of Jews is intensifying; having long ago lost the debate over the revolting crimes of the Israeli Government, the Zionists are openly… Read full article -
Apr 17, 2016 Free Speech on PalestineBritish police guidance equates anti-Zionism with ‘new anti-Semitism’
The College of Policing, a body which sets standards for police in England and Wales, is being urged to revise its guidance on hate crime, which equates anti-Zionism with “a new antisemitism.” The manual, ‘Hate Crime Operational Guidance’, was published in May 2014, but its definition of antisemitism was recently quoted by Eric Pickles MP on a government website. Ben… Read full article -
Apr 06, 2016 Cultural2016 Edinburgh International Festival free of Brand Israel
The programme of the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival published today, April 6th, has no Israeli State-sponsored artists. Make no mistake, this represents a failure on the part of the Israeli Embassy and its Scottish supporters who announced they were working to reverse the boycott trend that has developed since vigorous protests against the Jerusalem Quartet in 2008 and… Read full article -
Apr 05, 2016 1948 till todayJamal Juma public meetings on the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
"We therefore need to ensure that the campaign for the freedom of all anti-wall activists and Palestinian political prisoners continues to grow. We have to combine our energies to ensure that the root cause – the Wall – will be torn down and the occupation will be brought to an end. SPSC public meetingsTear down apartheidJamal JumaGlasgow Sunday 24th April 3.00pmQuaker Meeting… Read full article -
Apr 04, 2016 Financial AppealSPSC Fighting Fund
The Appeal: Support the SPSC Fighting Fund “Having lost the actual arguments, Israel's defenders have now declared war on argument itself". The pro-Israel forces are campaigning to silence pro-Palestine voices; Ken Livingston is the most high-profile figure to date to be attacked as an ‘antisemite’. We are now in a place where democratic critiques of Israel as a racist project… Read full article -
Mar 30, 2016 Arms companiesCCTV tracking technology ready to launch in Glasgow
Glasgow City Council slammed over CCTV tracking technology ready to launch on 70 cameras which can track you across town by Billy Briggs, 30 March 2016The Daily Record A TOTAL of 70 cameras are now able to track people in the streets of Glasgow through hi-tech surveillance. Their potential use has been branded a threat to civil liberties by politicians and consumer groups. The… Read full article -
Mar 29, 2016 CulturalNo 2 Brand Israel at Edinburgh Festival 2016
Please act on the appeal from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) which asks you to add your voice – wherever you are – asking the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) and Edinburgh Festival Fringe (EFF) not to cooperate with the State of Israel while that state commits crimes against the Palestinian people. Please send a letter… Read full article -
Mar 18, 2016 ZionismOwen Jones’ Obsession with ‘anti-Semitism’
As A B Yehoshua, one of Israel’s foremost novelists, explained in a lecture to the Union of Jewish Students, ‘‘Anti-Zionism is not the product of the non-Jews. On the contrary, the Gentiles have always encouraged Zionism, hoping that it would help to rid them of the Jews in their midst. Even today, in a perverse way, a real anti-Semite must be a Zionist.’ (Jewish Chronicle… Read full article -
Mar 18, 2016 ZionismPalestine, Zionism, Apartheid Israel, and UK Government attacks on BDS
"UK Minister of Justice Michael Gove opposes a welcome to refugees fleeing war and seeking sanctuary here and he fights against Palestinian refugees who do not want to come to Europe but desire to return to Palestine from which they were ethnically cleansed." The Zionist programme of occupation, colonisation, Apartheid and dispossession of the Palestinian people continues.… Read full article
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The anti-Zionist Bund led the Jewish Resistance in Poland - the Zionist Movement abandoned the Jews
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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.
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Why should Palestine take a back seat?
Why should Palestine take a back seat?
Economic pressure on Israel can only be achieved by building consensus for Palestinian rights.
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Mahmoud Abbas' high stakes gamble in Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas' high stakes gamble in Gaza
PA leader is playing politics with the welfare of two million Palestinians to no obvious end.
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Why is the EU funding Israeli torturers?
Why is the EU funding Israeli torturers?
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Former prisoners say payments end as PA comes under US pressure
Former prisoners say payments end as PA comes under US pressure
Renewed hunger strikes as Palestinians resist Israeli mistreatment in prison.
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Chicago Dyke March accuser A Wider Bridge has record of fabrications
Chicago Dyke March accuser A Wider Bridge has record of fabrications
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34 House Dems condemn Israeli charges against Issa Amro — follower of civil rights movement and Gandhi
34 House Dems condemn Israeli charges against Issa Amro — follower of civil rights movement and Gandhi
In yet another sign that the Democratic left is determined to stand up for Palestinian human rights, 34 congresspeople have signed letters supportive of Issa Amro, the courageous and non-violent leader of protest actions in occupied Hebron who has been accused by Israel of a series of absurd charges going back to 2010, including “insulting a soldier,” “assault” and demonstrating without a permit.
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Netanyahu says Israel’s ‘hand is outstretched to peace’ — but he makes a fist
Netanyahu says Israel’s ‘hand is outstretched to peace’ — but he makes a fist
In a speech to visiting young Jews, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's "hand is outstretched to peace," but he twice makes a fist as he says it.
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Two babies with heart defects die in Gaza after P.A. fails to let them leave
Two babies with heart defects die in Gaza after P.A. fails to let them leave
Two babies born with life-threatening conditions died in Gaza this week after they didn’t receive permission from the Palestinian Authority to get medical treatment in Israel, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, according to Haaretz. Both babies had heart defects. One died Monday, the second Tuesday.
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‘A camera and not a gun’: photojournalism as my weapon for justice
‘A camera and not a gun’: photojournalism as my weapon for justice
Photojournalist Hamde Abu Rahme writes, "Palestinian journalists defy the continuous harassment and abuse, and thanks to the internet and outlets like Mondoweiss, we are succeeding. Using the web’s broad and rapid global reach, we are exercising our fundamental right to freedom of expression and challenging Israel’s constant portrayal of Palestinians as violent terrorists. If you are among those around the world who believe in what I do—in the value of journalism in exposing Israel’s crimes—please decide how you will give material impact to that belief. You can buy my book. And you can donate to Mondoweiss, which supports the work of me and others seeking to spread the truth."
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UK Government Defeated in Court by BDS Activists for Palestinian Human Rights
UK Government Defeated in Court by BDS Activists for Palestinian Human Rights
UK Government Defeated in Court by BDS Activists for Palestinian Human RightsIn the NewsEconomic BoycottRight To BoycottThe court ruled that it is unlawful for the government to restrict local councils from exercising their conscience and divesting their pensions from Israeli companies complicit in violating Palestinian human rights.June 22, 2017By: Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC-UK)
Created on: Jun 22, 2017
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Largest Israeli Public Transportation Company Loses Netherlands Contract Worth 190 Million Euros Following Campaign by BDS Activists for Palestinian Rights
Largest Israeli Public Transportation Company Loses Netherlands Contract Worth 190 Million Euros Following Campaign by BDS Activists for Palestinian Rights
Largest Israeli Public Transportation Company Loses Netherlands Contract Worth 190 Million Euros Following Campaign by BDS Activists for Palestinian RightsUpdateEconomic BoycottLocal governmentsLast month, Egged Bus Systems (EBS), a subsidiary of Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society, Israel’s largest public transportation operator, lost a bid for a decade-long contract to run public transportation in the North-Holland region of the Netherlands.June 21, 2017By: Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
Created on: Jun 22, 2017
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Why We Should Boycott Gay Pride in Tel Aviv
Why We Should Boycott Gay Pride in Tel Aviv
Why We Should Boycott Gay Pride in Tel AvivIn the NewsCultural BoycottI am a queer Palestinian who has been working tirelessly over the last decade for sexual and gender diversity, as well as LGBTQI visibility in Palestinian society.June 9, 2017By: Haneen Maikey in Newsweek
Created on: Jun 22, 2017
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For Palestinians, the 1967 War Remains an Enduring, Painful Wound
For Palestinians, the 1967 War Remains an Enduring, Painful Wound
For Palestinians, the 1967 War Remains an Enduring, Painful WoundIn the NewsEconomic BoycottCultural Boycott After years of occupation and dispossession, the time for Palestinian freedom is now.June 9, 2017By: Omar Barghouti in The Nation
Created on: Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017
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