Sports – 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 […]

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 […]

The Herald: “Football chiefs reject petition backed by thousands calling for Scotland to boycott matches against Israel”

17 August 2018

The Herald 17 August 2018 SCOTTISH football’s governing body has rejected calls for the national team to boycott forthcoming matches against Israel. Nearly 3000 have backed a campaign to have Scotland withdraw from fixtures against […]

Interview with Argentine BDS campaigner on football victory

8 June 2018

Tonight (Fri June 8) at 7.30pm UK timeon https://www.facebook.com/scottishpscArgentine BDS activist David Comedi will discuss the decision by the Argentine national football team to cancel their game in occupied Jerusalem tomorrow.1. What were the main […]

Sept 5th Israel-Italy World Cup qualifier – BDS Italy appeal

1 September 2016

During the Israel-Italy World Cup qualifier, let’s fill social media with Palestinian flags!BDS Italy On September 5 in Haifa, Italy will play against Israel in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. This match should […]

How Israeli lacrosse pushes an ethnic supremacy agenda

22 July 2015

Should Israeli soldiers be able to brutalise Palestinian sports team members with impunity and then travel the world un-protested? The pro-Israeli gang, as usual, seek to prohibit peaceful protest against the sporting ambassadors of the […]

“Slaves for the Jews...our friend from the stands in a typical picture at one of the roadblocks, ‘Kiss the scarf and then you pass'.

Racism rampant in Israeli football, rewarded by UEFA

19 June 2013

Israeli football, racism and politics: The ugly side of the beautiful gameJonathan Cook 25 April 2013 Rifaat Turk, the most successful Arab player in Israeli football and the first to be selected for the national […]

L to R: Jackie MacNamara, ex-Celtic and Hibs player, Mahmoud Sarsak, Tony Higgins of FIFPro

FIFPro (World Football Players’ Union) on Mahmoud Sarsak’s jailing and torture by Israel

17 June 2013

Mahmoud Sarsak: ‘Football is my weapon of resistance’Friday 14 JuneFIFPro World – Anti-racism FIFPro – represented in the person of anti-racism spokesman and FIFPro Division Europe board member Tony Higgins – finally met Mahmoud Sarsak […]

The Israeli cricket team had to play behind barbed wire inside a UK military base

Protests force Israeli team out of Glasgow

27 June 2012

Israeli cricket match cancelledBBC 09 August 2006 An Israeli cricket team match which was due to take place under armed guard at RAF Lossiemouth has been cancelled. A spokesman for the organisers, the European Cricket […]