June 2013 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Scottish solidarity with French BDS activists

29 June 2013

Scottish PSC endorses statement of solidarity with French campaigners facing trial for BDS actions, members and branches send photo messages of solidarity. More than 150 solidarity organisations stand in solidarity with French campaigners facing legal […]

Palestinian-Irish solidarity with French BDS activists

29 June 2013

The Palestinian call for solidarity with the upstanding citizens of France facing state repression for their efforts in the BDS campaign could not have fell on more receptive ears or a more fitting place. Unjust […]

Findhorn Foundation statement supporting rights of refugees and internally displaced persons

27 June 2013

The following statement has been issued by The Findhorn Foundation, following approaches to the management by many members of The Findhorn Foundation Community and representatives of The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign. “After a constructive meeting […]

Speaking tour by author of ‘Gaza: when the sky rained white fire’

22 June 2013

On December 27, 2008, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, a massive, 22-day military assault on the Gaza Strip. The ferocity of the attack was unprecedented in the almost seven decades of Zionist dispossession of Palestinians, […]

Divestment workshop 19 & 20 October, Edinburgh

22 June 2013

Conference details, speakers & participants A two day conference bringing international speakers and Scottish groups and organisations actively supporting the Palestinian call for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) aims to build on […]

Palestinian refugees on the move in 1948 - many were massacred by Zionist militias

Findhorn Community “proudly hosts” supporters of ethnic cleansing

21 June 2013

UPDATE: Findhorn Foundation statement Many supporters of a militaristic movement which was central to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians are among those presenting papers at a conference which “The Findhorn Foundation and community will proudly […]

Sat July 20: Taking the Palestinian Call for BDS to Local Councils

19 June 2013

Workshop on campaigning for BDS with elected local councils Saturday 20 July 2013St John’s Church Hall, Princes Street, Edinburgh12noon – 5pm Recent months have seen developments in the campaign for BDS (Boycott, Divestment […]

“Slaves for the Jews...our friend from the stands in a typical picture at one of the roadblocks, ‘Kiss the scarf and then you pass'.

Racism rampant in Israeli football, rewarded by UEFA

19 June 2013

Israeli football, racism and politics: The ugly side of the beautiful gameJonathan Cook 25 April 2013 Rifaat Turk, the most successful Arab player in Israeli football and the first to be selected for the national […]

The JCT was founded in 1899 to be the financial instrument for the colonisation of Palestine

Zionist Colonialism in Palestine

18 June 2013

Fayez Sayegh (1965) The frenzied ‘Scramble for Africa’ of the 1880s stimulated the beginnings of Zionist colonisation in Palestine. As European fortunehunters, prospective settlers, and empire builders raced for Africa, Zionist settlers and would-be state-builders […]

L to R: Jackie MacNamara, ex-Celtic and Hibs player, Mahmoud Sarsak, Tony Higgins of FIFPro

FIFPro (World Football Players’ Union) on Mahmoud Sarsak’s jailing and torture by Israel

17 June 2013

Mahmoud Sarsak: ‘Football is my weapon of resistance’Friday 14 JuneFIFPro World – Anti-racism FIFPro – represented in the person of anti-racism spokesman and FIFPro Division Europe board member Tony Higgins – finally met Mahmoud Sarsak […]