Boycott – Page 2 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Israeli footballers in Scotland “We felt that we weren’t at all wanted here”.

4 June 2024

Israeli daily reports on last Friday’s game that went ahead in Hampden, Scotland’s national stadium, in Glasgow “The Israeli women’s national soccer team faced surveillance, harassment by hosts and rival players and a threatening atmosphere […]

Sold-out Glasgow leg of Yalla! Yalla! film show with Argentine director

3 April 2024

Last night’s Glasgow leg of SPSC film show and discussion with Argentinian film-maker Cristian Pirovano was sold-out. Great atmosphere and lead-in to the campaign to stop the Israel-Scotland women’s football game in Glasgow on the […]

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Are we the city of Nelson Mandela Place or Glassford Street?

11 July 2023

“Are we the city of Nelson Mandela Place or Glassford Street?” asks Glasgow musician Declan Welsh. John Glassford’s vast 18th Century fortune was sweated from Caribbean slaves. Share Declan Welsh’ call to action delivered at […]

EIF: Don’t dance with Israeli apartheid!

3 July 2023

Join the protests! Tell Edinburgh International Festival: Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid! Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh at 8pm Sunday 13 August Monday 14 August We have created a letter template for you to personalise […]

2018: CAMPAIGN PRESSURED ARGENTINA TO CALL OFF GAME IN ISRAEL

20 December 2022

On 5th June, 2018, Israeli fans were “stunned” when the Argentine national football team cancelled their game with Israel due four days later. The game had been highly anticipated in Israel with tickets selling out […]

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 […]

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 […]

Scottish civil society call for sanctions against Israel

11 July 2020

9 July 2020 As representatives of Scottish civil society, we are extremely concerned for the fate of the Palestinian people who have suffered under Israeli occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid for decades. Despite the numerous […]

Articles in The National & The Ferret on Lothian Pension Fund Investments in Corrupt Israeli Bank Hapoalim

10 May 2020

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign have been campaiging through Time to Divest for divestment from Israeli Bank Hapolaim for several years. Billy Briggs reports on the corruption scandal engulfing the Bank today in a story carried […]

Scotland, Palestine and the struggle against the racist JNF

1 April 2019

(THIS ARTICLE WILL BE EXPANDED DAILY UNTIL SATURDAY) Palestinian Kholoud Ajjarmi from Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem (twinned officially with Glasgow), will speak on her family story, their violent dispossession and expulsion by Zionist Jewish militias […]