December 2017 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Israeli journalist suggests to ‘exact a price’ from Ahed Tamimi, ‘in the dark, without witnesses and cameras

22 December 2017

Israeli society has been incensed this week with the video of Ahed Tamimi and two other girls from Nabi Saleh, who slapped the Israeli soldiers occupying their family yard. The story of her 15-year-old cousin […]

Trump-Israel isolated at UN following threats and insults

21 December 2017

The Israel-Trump school of diplomacy was on full view as US Ambassador Haley again threatened the UN as a whole, and Israeli Ambassador Danon followed Haley to snarl at those in the hall: “You are […]

SPSC press release: Is Scotland encouraging Israel’s extremism?

7 December 2017

For immediate release Is Scotland encouraging Israel’s extremism? 7 December 2017 Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has been condemned by campaigners for Palestinian rights in Scotland. They claim that the move […]

Three submissions to ‘Review’ but no submission to attacks on free speech

4 December 2017

Update 29 January 2018 Lord Bracadale is expected to publish his report and recommendations in Spring 2018. The Hate Crime Legislation Review group has not yet published the review submissions on their website but we […]

BBC challenged over bias and complicity

1 December 2017

On 2nd November, the BBC published an article by Fiona Stalker, and ran an accompanying piece on Reporting Scotland. Throughout both pieces, individuals were allowed to make unfounded accusations against pro-Palestine supporters with no attempt […]