August 2015 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Israeli State’s continuing boycott efforts – this time a fail

30 August 2015

Israel launches a culture warYvonne RidleyFriday, 28 August 2015 While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to scupper the historic nuclear deal with Iran, his Culture and Sports Minister, Miri Regev, has opened up […]

Middle East Monitor’s evaluation of SPSC – an opinion we need to live up to

30 August 2015

Scottish activists lead the way on BDS Asa WinstanleyMiddle East Monitor28 August 2015 The SPSC stated succinctly its reasons for this act of cultural boycott in a press release: “There can be no normality for […]

Haaretz asks: Israelis scarce at Edinburgh Fringe – because of BDS?

27 August 2015

Israelis are but a Walking Shadow at This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Yair AshkeenaziHaaretz 27 August 2015 “…all the artists who spoke to Haaretz said the BDS protests were aimed solely at works or […]

Palestinian rights campaigners respond to “hypocritical” Festival chiefs

24 August 2015

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE Scots campaigning for Palestinian rights have responded to “hypocritical”comments by Fergus Linehan, the new director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and his predecessor Jonathan Mills. Last week Linehan and Mills […]

4 reasons the “anti-Semitism” attacks on Jeremy Corbyn are dishonest

19 August 2015

It was inevitable, shocking but not surprising. A determined opponent of all racism, Jeremy Corbyn is smeared by pro-Israel Blairites and the same pro-Israel media that helped Blair and Israel in their war crimes. BBC […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Clinton intervention fails to reverse Israel boycott

9 August 2015

Media Release: Sunday 9th August 2015, No Embargo Pro-Palestine campaigners say recent revelations of Hilary Clinton’s attempt to overturn the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s (EIFF) rejection of Israeli Government funding is evidence that “boycott works”. […]

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Month: August 2015

Israeli State’s continuing boycott efforts – this time a fail

Middle East Monitor’s evaluation of SPSC – an opinion we need to live up to

Haaretz asks: Israelis scarce at Edinburgh Fringe – because of BDS?

Palestinian rights campaigners respond to “hypocritical” Festival chiefs

4 reasons the “anti-Semitism” attacks on Jeremy Corbyn are dishonest

MEDIA RELEASE: Clinton intervention fails to reverse Israel boycott

Israeli State-sponsored groups avoiding Edinburgh Festival because of human rights protests

US State Department intervened to defeat grass-roots Scottish boycott effort…and failed

Letter from SPSC to US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation