Coming Events
Scottish PSC Webinars 2018
SPSC Webinars 2018 The winners of the 2017 Palestine Book Awards will speak in a series of webinars on aspects of Palestine that can expand our knowledge base in ways that are essential to deliver […]
Articles by martyn
Resistance
Happy Birthday Ahed
{gallery}ahed{/gallery} VideoSinging from the streets of Scotland’s capital into the Israeli dungeons “Happy Birthday Ahed!” Solidarity forever until freedom comes for ALL Palestinian prisoners! Edinburgh, 31 January 2018: Edinburgh Branch SPSC + “Protest in Harmony”
Support for Zionism
Lies, damned lies, empty threats and casual Zionist racism
An email exchange yesterday and this morning with a Glasgow Zionist activist that shows the absurd and dishonest lengths they go to in defence of a racist state and its crimes against humanity. The scandal […]
Occupied West Bank
Israeli journalist suggests to ‘exact a price’ from Ahed Tamimi, ‘in the dark, without witnesses and cameras
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 […]
Sanctions
Trump-Israel isolated at UN following threats and insults
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 […]
Press releases
SPSC press release: Is Scotland encouraging Israel’s extremism?
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 […]
Legal attacks
Three submissions to ‘Review’ but no submission to attacks on free speech
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 […]
The BBC
BBC challenged over bias and complicity
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 […]
Arms companies
Israel’s Security Industry & Hyper-surveillance in Scotland
Scottish speaking tour SPSC believes its crucial not just to get angry at Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people but to take effective, collective action based on an understanding of the forces at work […]
The BBC
BBC becomes the latest establishment body to cosy up to the Israel lobby in Scotland
The BBC has been criticised for its failures during an episode of the BBC Two “Victoria Derbyshire” show broadcast on 27 April – see article here. The BBC was found to have given a platform […]