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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2022

21 March 2022

Scottish PSC Statement On 21 March 1960 the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 peaceful demonstrators who were protesting aègainst the apartheid ‘pass laws’. On this day every year the UN […]

A war of aggression is the supreme international crime

28 February 2022

“Every politician who condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who ratchets up the bellicose rhetoric without opposing Israel’s crimes against humanity, is a liar and a deceiver; their talk of defending the Ukrainian […]

Israeli apartheid and its defenders are running scared

23 February 2022

Scottish PSC, 23 February 2022 Robert Jenrick, a member of Conservative Friends of Israel, is a man found to have had questionable links to an Israeli businessman when he was housing secretary and who participated […]

BDS successes of 2014 that need to be defended and extended

16 December 2021

In 2014, Israel attacked Gaza with overwhelming force and slaughtered over 2,200 Palestinian men, woman and children – over 10,000 were wounded, including 3,374 children, of whom over 1,000 were left permanently disabled. Palestinians heroically […]

Issam Hijjawi still detained at Maghaberry

22 November 2021

Issam Hijjawi has now been held on remand at Maghaberry prison in Northern Ireland for more than a year. He was arrested on 22nd August 2020 and charged under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 […]

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Join COP26 Palestine solidarity bloc on Climate Justice march

26 October 2021

A 140-strong Israeli delegation is coming to the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, bigger than any other delegation except the US. At the same time Israel and the UK cooperate to prevent some Palestinian […]

Stand up against silencing of Palestinian civil society

23 October 2021

Write letters to your MSPs and MPs to ask them to take action against Israel’s designation of six Palestinian independent non-governmental civil society organisations as ‘terror organisations’. Ask them to take immediate action by: making […]

UCU Scotland reaffirms support for Professor David Miller

8 October 2021

8 October 2021 UCU Scotland Executive today passed this motion. UCUS Executive: Expresses major concern that UCU member David Miller has been sacked by Bristol University following a campaign by pro-Israel lobby groups; Considers Professor […]

Volunteer to stop the genocide!

1 October 2021

Scottish PSC is a wholly volunteer organisation and we rely on individuals giving their ideas, skills, time and energy to the campaign. There are different ways that you can help, according to your availability and […]

Read the SPSC Statement Israel lobby attack on Scottish Green Party www.scottishpsc.org.uk1

An open letter to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon regarding the IHRA

14 September 2021

Dear First Minister We note the letter from the Conservative MSP for Eastwood Jackson Carlaw concerning the Scottish Government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the ‘confidence and supply’ […]