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SPSC Statement: Israel lobby attack on Scottish Green Party

14 September 2021

Nicola Sturgeon has come under pressure over the Scottish Government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism with respect to the ‘confidence and supply’ agreement with the Scottish Green Party (SGP) […]

Bannockburn of all places the site of a shameful surrender

31 August 2021

Scottish media are reporting that the National Trust for Scotland has closed an exhibit at the The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre of work by young people expressing sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian […]

Thoughts on Jeff Halper’s talk: ‘Pegasus worldwide & NICE in Glasgow

4 August 2021

Last week, Jeff Halper, the Israeli-American anthropologist, author, lecturer and political activist gave a talk discussing the implications of the Pegasus worldwide and NICE in Glasgow. He began this discussion with a very bold statement: […]

Unit 8200 spawned both NSO and Israeli ‘NICE’ Security Group

23 July 2021

Jeff Halper’s talk on Moday is a vital contribution to the discussion over Israel’s NSO sales of Pegagsus electronic warfare tools around the world. There seems little doubt the hacking and tracking software has been […]

BBC shameless lie to conceal Israeli air piracy

1 July 2021

1. Jonathan Freedland’s untruthFreedland:“Back in 1971 was this the first ever case where a commercial scheduled passenger jet had been hijacked, taken over by a government?” Learmount: “I think that was pretty much unique at […]

I’m fed up talking about emergencies in Palestine

30 June 2021

Below we reproduce an Edinburgh delegate’s speech to the 2021 Aslef annual conference. The debate led to the 80 delegates (virtually unanimously with no votes against) passing what Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan called “a […]

Demonstrate against the Israeli Murder Regime

17 June 2021

Palestinians are in danger: the new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has called previously for the mass killing of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and boasts that he “has killed lots of Arabs”. UK Prime […]

Lothian Pension Fund divests from Bank Hapoalim

10 June 2021

Lothian Pension Fund, the second largest local authority pension fund in Scotland with 84,000 members and £8bn of assets, has divested from Israeli Bank Hapoalim. This is the third such decision in Scotland to divest […]

Statement

22 May 2021

Scottish PSC has been made aware of a statement by Mohammad Asif, Afghan Human Rights Foundation, that he was ‘verbally abused and physically assaulted & shove by an individual while I was marching for Palestine’ […]

Solidarity with Palestinian General Strike – 18 May 2021

18 May 2021

Scottish PSC calls on trade unionists throughout Scotland to support the Palestinian General Strike, called for Tuesday 18th May to protest against Israel’s ongoing war crimes and policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and aggression against […]