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August 19, 2018
Israeli Army self-exonerates; Amnesty says war crimes and crimes against humanity
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In a report on Wednesday (15th August 2018), the Israeli army cleared itself of all wrongdoing and said it would not prosecute commanders who massacred 135 Palestinians and shattered large parts of Rafah in an attack on August 1, 2014, in a response to…
August 17, 2018
The Herald: "Football chiefs reject petition backed by thousands calling for Scotland to boycott matches against Israel"
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The Herald 17 August 2018 SCOTTISH football's governing body has rejected calls for the national team to boycott forthcoming matches against Israel. Nearly 3000 have backed a campaign to have Scotland withdraw from fixtures against Israel away on October 11…
August 16, 2018
Why don't Corbyn’s critics attack him for EDM 1677?
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A huge variety of approaches have been taken by the Labour right, Tories, and the pro-Israel groups to smear Corbyn as hostile to Jews. They have scoured social media posts for many years and attendances at small meetings in countless community centres for…
Aug 13, 2018
Edinburgh 2018 Fringe free of Orwellian Israeli Peace Festival
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“Those who profess to favour freedom and yet deprecate agitation…want crops without ploughing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.This struggle may be a moral one, or it may…
Aug 01, 2018
Corbyn should not apologise for views of Holocaust survivor and Gaza professor
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1st August 2018 In 2010 SPSC and IJAN (International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network) co-hosted a ten-venue speaking tour in the UK and Ireland on the theme of Never Again for Anyone. Main speakers were Auschwitz survivor Dr Hajo Meyer and Dr Haider Eid,…
Jul 27, 2018
Scottish Pension Fund Divests from Israeli Bank Hapoalim
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SPSC not only welcomes the decision by Falkirk Pension Fund to divest from Israeli Bank Hapoalim, but also the rationale for reaching that decision. The Scottish pension fund, which manages £2.3 billion in the pension funds for Falkirk, Stirling and…
Jun 08, 2018
Interview with Argentine BDS campaigner on football victory
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Tonight (Fri June 8) at 7.30pm UK timeon https://www.facebook.com/scottishpscArgentine BDS activist David Comedi will discuss the decision by the Argentine national football team to cancel their game in occupied Jerusalem tomorrow.1. What were the main…
Jun 07, 2018
Gaza motion to SNP Conference a huge disappointment
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The following is a motion being raised at the SNP Conference taking place in Aberdeen this weekend. Given Israel’s illegal occupation, settlement building, imprisonment, home demolitions, their ongoing policies of apartheid, and the killing and maiming of…
Jun 03, 2018
Killing is an Israeli way of life
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The Israeli murder machine has been going about its grisly work for a very long time. Army snipers have coolly and professionally killed over 120 unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the last few weeks, shot and maimed many hundreds more. Millions around the…
May 31, 2018
Press Release: Palestine campaigners welcome hate crime recommendation
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Send a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Communities Minister Angela Constance to ask that the Scottish Government repudiate the IHRA definition as publicly as they adopted it. http://coordin8.org.uk/app/index.php/com/inlineLink/122 Press release…
May 31, 2018
Paul Kelemen on The British Left and Zionism
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Paul Kelemen will be discussing his book, The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce in a webinar (an interactive discussion, a talk followed by Q&A) on the first Thursday of June - June 7th at 7pm UK time. You can register for that talk and join in…
May 14, 2018
BBC draws veil over Israel's latest massacre of Palestinians
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Monday 14th May 2018As of 3pm UK time today, various reports say Israeli snipers have already massacred over 40 Palestinian demonstrators. The language of the BBC is disgusting. No mention of killers killing demonstrators, only such headlines as "Violence…
May 07, 2018
Campaigners call for Wood shareholders to end investment in Israel
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On the week of Wood Group’s (now “Wood”) AGM, campaigners for Palestinian rights are protesting the company’s on-going involvement in Israel. The protests follow Wood’s recent increased activity in Israel, and the on-going impact of Wood’s flagship project in…