August 2016 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Human rights groups call for end to ‘severe’ Israeli torture

27 August 2016

Three human rights groups urged the international community to take action to end Israel’s torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26). […]

Journal of imperial and Commonwealth history

How British soldiers brutalised Jewish troops in Mandate Palestine

27 August 2016

Terror in Galilee: British-Jewish Collaboration and the Special Night Squads in Palestine during the Arab Revolt, 1938–39Matthew HughesThe Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History In 1938 in British Mandate Palestine, British army officer Orde Wingate […]

Most aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli hands

27 August 2016

Study: At least 78% of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers Shir Hever, an Israeli economist who has spent years piecing together the murky economics of the occupation, recently published a […]

Violence at Israel ‘Peace Festival’ in Edinburgh Fringe

22 August 2016

The claim in the Jewish Chronicle of Nazi salutes at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Edinburgh on August 17th was pure invention. The smear is as ridiculous as it is unsurprising given the anti-racist politics of […]

Protest Festival of Israeli crime in Edinburgh, August 17

2 August 2016

Palestine supporters to Edinburgh on August 17th! The language of some UK pro-Israel organisations is getting very heated concerning their celebration of “all things Israel” during the Edinburgh Fringe on Wednesday August 17. The celebration […]