Literature
The Almond Tree – Book review
The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing, 2012 £7.99 I would like to be generous in my review of this book, but that’s no easy matter. Sure enough, the author gives a […]
Month: May 2013
Scotland
MEDIA RELEASE: Church of Scotland General Assembly refuses to accept misuse of scripture to claim exclusive right to territory and reaffirms support for Palestinian rights
MEDIA RELEASEThursday 23 May 2013 Delegates to the Church of Scotland General Assembly have today voted to adopt a report by its Church and Society Council which challenged “claims that scripture offers any peoples a […]
From anti-Semites
Anti-semitic Argentine butchers worked closely with Israel
Videla reserved special treatment for Jews, and among those kidnapped there were approximately 1300 Jews, significantly higher than their share of the population. They also received special treatment in terms of torture. There is a […]
Zionism
Gordon Brown MP – a case to answer
Gordon Brown MP is Patron of an openly racist organisation, worked to criminalise free speech for supporters of Palestine As Scottish civil society declares increasingly in favour of Palestinian rights, Gordon Brown remains a Patron […]
Scrap Trident
Honesty on Nuclear Weapons in Scotland and the Middle East
Motion S4M-05982 calling for inspection of Israel’s vast nuclear arsenal has been closed, with 43 MSPs in support of S4M-05982 opposing nuclear weapons inScotland and the Middle East. 18 March 2013 43 signatories equals over […]
Scotland
Church of Scotland General Assembly slams Israeli apartheid and land theft – suggests BDS needed
The Inheritance of Abraham? A report on the ‘promised land’ is a ground-breaking report by the Church and Society Council that was overwhelmingly agreed this weekend at the annual General Assembly of the Church of […]
Scotland
Israeli treatment of Palestinians is “appalling” says senior Scottish cleric
“The Church of Scotland is right to criticise Israel because of the ‘appalling’ way it has treated the Palestinians, according to one of its most senior clerics. “The Very Reverend Gilleasbuig MacMillan, who is stepping […]
Smears
Correspondence between SPSC and Jerusalem Post
“It is another matter altogether, a matter of very poor journalism, to ignore the views of the St Andrews police, the Hotel which cancelled the fundraiser, and the clear statement of denial you received from […]
Edinburgh
Edinburgh newsletter – May 2013
Edinburgh SPSC Branch Newsletter for May Welcome to this late-spring newsletter from the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We have a very busy month upcoming with important events both new and […]
Scotland
Church of Scotland: “Bible is not a mandate to dispossess native people” – Zionists outraged
Ephraim Borowski, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities Director, demanded that Christians condone the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and elsewhere as Biblically endorsed, or accept they are committing “an outrage to everything that interfaith dialogue stands […]