Month: May 2009

PACBI Ramallah, Occupied Palestine 25 February 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) applauds CUPE-Ontario‘s University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) for its principled support for the cause of justice […]

BRICUP – British Committee for Universities of Palestine PRESS RELEASE 27th May 2009 for immediate release UCU Congress endorses boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel despite legal warning Boycott campaign “now reaching critical mass” say […]

by Adri Nieuwhof and Omar Barghouti The Electronic Intifada, 5 May 2009 The Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign, operating in full coordination with the leadership of the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), […]

The following response by Ken Loach to Israeli director Tali Shalom Ezer (see her open letter to Ken Loach below) was sent to The Times on Saturday 23 May 2009.  It was not published – […]

The Scotsman, 23 May 2009 by Shan Ross ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh film festival apologised last night for the "distress" caused after it accepted cash from the Israeli embassy, sparking a major funding row. The […]

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Statement Thursday 21 May, 2009 Ken Loach and the Edinburgh International Film Festival are to be congratulated for distancing the EIFF publicly from the unwelcome embrace of the State of Israel, […]

The Scotsman, published Date: 19 May 2009 By EMILY PYKETT ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have been forced to return a donation from the Israeli embassy after director Ken Loach waded into the […]