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Scottish PSC sent the following letter to Stand Up to Racism (Scotland) on 8 March 2023. Dear SUTR Scotland Committee Members I would be grateful if you would confirm that the position of Stand Up to Racism is that the Confederation of Friends of Israel (COFIS) is not welcome at the upcoming SUTR demonstration in…

Introduction In recent years groups that advocate in support of the state of Israel have been smearing organisations and wholly innocent individuals as antisemitic, pressuring venues to cancel meetings and lobbying employers to dismiss employees. Pro-Israel groups liaised with state bodies in Scotland to influence criminal cases against campaigners. No one can have missed the…

Scottish PSC, 9 October 2022 After extensive consultation taking place during 2021 and 2022 with a range of parties, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Aberdeen has rejected the infamous ‘IHRA definition of Antisemitism’ in favour of the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism (JDA). This decision was upheld by the Court of the University of…

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 in Trump’s so-called ‘deal of the century’ which served to legitimise Israel’s colonial project and system of apartheid.  It is no…

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 Miller’s sacking to be an outrageous breach of academic freedom; Reiterates its commitment to the motion ‘Defend David Miller, defend…

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’ agreement with the Scottish Green Party which includes elected representatives of the Green Party in government.  It is noteworthy that…