2010 June 4th: Notice of Scottish Demo tomorrow
Friday 4th June 2010 -- NO EMBARGO
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: media release
NOTICE OF SCOTTISH DEMONSTRATION SAT SAT 5TH JUNE IN RESPONSE TO THE GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA MASSACRES
On Monday 31st May, the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign called a Scottish demonstration in response to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacres.
The protest calls:
Boycott Israel! Sanctions Now! End the Siege of Gaza!
The Protest will be chaired by Dave Moxham of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)
The Demonstration assembles at the Mound Precinct by Edinburgh’s Princes Street at 2pm on Saturday 5th June 2010.
A map of the assembly point is available here:
The demonstration is supported by a wide range of groups including STUC, Scottish FBU, Scottish Friends of Palestine, Stop the War Scotland; Scottish CND; Scottish Islamic Forum, Scottish Jews for a Just Peace, Scottish Afghan Society, Glasgow Lebanese Community, and many others.
ENDS
Notes for editors:
1. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in response to the Palestinian second uprising against Israeli occupation (Intifada). The SPSC has branches and groups of supporters in several Scottish cities and universities, as well as individual members across Scotland and elsewhere.
For further information, contact:
SPSC Chair, Mick Napier: 0131 620 0052; 07958002591
SPSC Chair, Mick Napier: 0131 620 0052; 07958002591
2. During First Minister’s Questions yesterday (Thurs 3rd June 2010), Labour’s Pauline McNeil MSP told Alex Salmond that he would be supported if he went ahead with the review of trading relations with Israel he had supported in March.
Pauline McNeil MSP said:
On the BBC's "Question Time" recently, the First Minister called for a review of trading relationships with Israel. How can he take that forward in his Administration? Can he act on that in any way? If he can, he will have my support and that of all Scots who demand that the blockade on Gaza be lifted and that Israel abide by international law.
A report of First Minister’s Questions will be available from 9am Fri 4th July 2010 on the Scottish Parliament website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/index.htm
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/index.htm
3. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond called for a review of “trading relationships” with Israel after the Mossad passport assassination scandal. He spoke on the BBC’s Question Time in Glasgow, 25th March 2010:
Salmond’s statements come 3 minutes into above clip (55 mins, 16 secs)
A 30th March 2010 SPSC media release includes a transcript of the relevant section in the editor’s notes:
See also, The Jewish Chronicle, 8th April 2010:
Alex Salmond calls for Israel trade rethink
4. A Scot is captaining the last of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla still en route to Gaza. The Rachel Corrie contains £750,000 of medical aid from Scotland. See SPSC Press Release on website:
http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3344&catid=255&Itemid=100345
http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3344&catid=255&Itemid=100345
A Cargo Manifest for the HV Rachel Corrie is available here:
Crew details are available here:
5. Scottish PSC calls on people of conscience to demand:
- an immediate end to British support for the blockade of Gaza
- the Scottish government support the call from the UN's Judge Goldstone for Israel to appear before the International Criminal Court for its crimes against humanity
- the rogue state of Israel is stripped of its nuclear weapons
- Scottish councils, universities and other institutions to boycott all Israeli produce, companies and institutions linked to the Israeli state