April 2013 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Planned protests force cancellation of JNF and Friends of the IDF fundraiser in St Andrews

25 April 2013

An event to be held at a St Andrews hotel, aimed at raising funds for the Friends of the IDF and the JNF, has been cancelled on police advice in the face of serious mobilisations […]

Hajo - survived Auschwitz with his humanity intact

Auschwitz survivor Hajo Meyer sends message of support for protests against JNF & FIDF

25 April 2013

The names Jewish National Fund and Israeli Defence Force are both deceitful. The former is a so called “private” organisation which however had the exclusive right to acquire private land which was abandoned by its […]

Mahmoud Sarsak, risked death to avoid illegal detention or exile

June in Scotland will be a busy month – help us

24 April 2013

Mahmoud Sarsak Scottish tour: 1-16 JuneMahmoud Sarsak was a member of the Palestinian national football team who was seized by Israeli troops and held without charge in Israel’s notorious prison system. After three years, Sarsak […]

G4S worried about reputational risk of being associated with Israeli crimes.

FT reports G4S could divest from Israel to avoid “reputational risk”

23 April 2013

“G4S, the world’s biggest security company by revenues, has confirmed it is planning to quit key contracts in Israel amid protests against its involvement in settlements within Occupied Palestinian territories.” Gill Plimmer, Financial Times 21 […]

The JNF and Friends of the IDF: there is nothing charitable about racism and military occupation

23 April 2013

On Friday April 26th, 2013 the St Andrews University Jewish Society and the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity of the university will be hosting a Matzah Ball, fundraising for amongst others the Friends of the IDF […]

Scottish Trade unions stand in solidarity with all Palestinian political prisoners and supports campaign to boycott G4S

17 April 2013

At its 2013 Annual Congress in Perth, the Scottish Trades Union Council (STUC) re-affirmed its support for the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and extended the scope of its campaign to […]

Why I joined SPSC

7 April 2013

I was dismayed to learn that a conference about sustainable living at Findhorn had fourteen Israeli speakers, many were clearly aligned with Israel’s policies. One of them, Ruth Kark, gave evidence it support of the […]

Fakhri Barghouti after 33 years in Israeli prisons for resistance activities

Fakhri Barghouti: recounting a lifetime of struggle

6 April 2013

“We will not be satisfied with empty talk. It is not sufficient, that the Arab and Islamic world stands in solidarity with us in words alone. The tongue does not liberate anything…As for the Western […]

Debate between Israeli spokesman, a Palestinian, and a BDS activist

1 April 2013

Israeli illegal Jewish settlers get 42 times more water than Palestinians and earn more than 20 times as much. Greg Roman defends the crimes of the Israeli State. Watch here an exchange between SPSC spokeperson […]