August 2014 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Hajo Meyer RIP

25 August 2014

“Hajo described from his own youth how dehumanisation of German society occurred in preparation for Auschwitz – different laws for Jews and Aryans, arrests without warrant, systematic indoctrination through propaganda – school books, comparison with […]

Scottish Councils support call to boycott Israel

20 August 2014

To date four Scottish Councils have resolved to boycott Israeli goods, resist any form of political or economic support for the state of Israel, and endorse the Palestinian civil society call for a campaign of […]

Dead Sea Products

13 August 2014

Don’t buy Dead Sea Products Palestinian people have been violently dispossessed and robbed of the natural resources of the Dead Sea. We believe that Kedem Cosmetics – and other Israeli Dead Sea products – are […]

Stop Powering Israeli Apartheid

13 August 2014

Visit the Wood Group Campaign site STOP POWERING ISRAELI APARTHEID is a campaign organised by Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign with support from a wide range of partners and supporters including trade unions, environmentalists and grassroots activists […]

Scottish Government & Israel/Palestine – an updated chronology

12 August 2014

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”. George Orwell The Scottish Government’s positions on Israel/Palestine are in flux, responding to pressures from a furious public opinion as well as the […]

Scottish call to demonstrate and build effective solidarity with Palestine

8 August 2014

We appeal to all sections of Scottish civil society to heed the call from occupied and besieged Gaza to take to the streets and to support the campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against the […]

Campaigners welcome government call for arms embargo

6 August 2014

5 August 2014 Campaigners have responded positively to the Scottish Government call for an immediate arms embargo against Israel and a UN led investigation into Israel’s war crimes. These moves were described by the Scottish […]

‘Scottish government will never join Israel boycott’

4 August 2014

A Scottish Government minister has pledged not to join the boycotts, divestments and sanctions campaign against Israel. Humza Yousaf told a Glasgow Jewish Representative Council centenary event on Tuesday night: “You get wiser as you […]

When Genocide is Undeniable

4 August 2014

It is 2014 and Zionism continues to labour under the delusion that it will achieve its settler-colonial aims of 1897. Starting in 1947, the ongoing Nakba has now reached an agonising climax, with the […]

Media Release: Protests stop second Israel state-sponsored show

4 August 2014

MEDIA RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE USEMonday 4th August Israeli press reports have confirmed that the planned production at the Edinburgh Fringe by Ben-Gurion University dance group Pola has been cancelled. The Jerusalem Post reports that “Ben-Gurion University […]