June 2008 – Page 2 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

‘Silence-for-Food’ and sustainable apartheid and occupation

21 June 2008

Palestine: The Programmed Failure of the “Silence-for-Food Program”By Julien Salingue, http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17947 One year ago, as a consequence of the failed coup d’état attempted by the Fatah MP Mohammad Dahlan, the Palestinian President Abu Mazen decreed […]

A plea to Branford Marsalis not to play an apartheid gig in Tel Aviv on July 17th

18 June 2008

An Open Letter to Branford Marsalis from the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine info@bricup.org.uk 17 June 2008 you said what drew you to jazz is that it’s ‘about freedom’. Yet […]

We print a Zionist rant on Scottish protest against Israeli football visit & SPSC response

18 June 2008

HATE BRIGADE: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators vent their wrath against Israel outside the Hamilton ground by Marc Cowen 5 Sep 2002Original in Glaswegian, 5 Sep 2002 no longer available online: A stunned Israeli team manager Eli Rozen […]

Irish jury frees ‘Raytheon 6’ who damaged arms company’s computers to prevent Israeli war crimes

17 June 2008

Raytheon 6 cleared Over the course of the last four weeks, the jury had heard that, following repeated bombing of Lebanese property in which numerous civilians died, the group of anti-war protestors forced their way […]

Israeli Army kidnap Arab-Jewish couple on behalf of settlers

16 June 2008

Gestapo Tactics: the Israeli army attacks a village near Bethlehem and kidnaps an Arab man and his Jewish wife Saturday, 14 June 2008 During the invasion on Thursday morning the soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian man […]

European governments defy public opinion to reward Israeli settlment builders

16 June 2008

A dubious Israeli spring in Europe By Gideon Levy "…public opinion in Europe is still more sympathetic to the Palestinians. But the European governments are turning their backs on this sentiment and are conducting […]

Israelis shoot to kill during peaceful protest (a common practice against Palestinians)

14 June 2008

israeli army uses live rounds in peacefull protest Here is the video link June 13 2008- Today a young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who […]

Solidarity & support to those who mount a resistance

12 June 2008

We offer our solidarity and support to the victims of this brutality and to those who mount a resistance against it. For our part, we will use all the means at our disposal to expose […]

Welsh Assembly speaker boycotts ambassador of pariah state of Israel

12 June 2008

Welsh Assembly speaker boycotts Israeli ambassador “I am unwilling to accept the invitation to meet the ambassador, because of my objection to the failure of the State of Israel to meet its international obligations to […]

Israeli killing continues unabated – three fighters and young girl assassinated in Gaza

12 June 2008

Three Hamas members killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday Young girl killed by Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical officials said six-year-old Hadeel Smari was decapitated by the tank shell explosion while […]