Campaigning – Page 24 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

A supposedly anti-Semitic cartoon according to Scottish Zionists

‘The boycott of Israeli academic institutions is… a moral duty rather than a moral offence.’

4 July 2009

Tom Hickey is a Principle Lecturer in Aesthetics and Political Economy at the University of Brighton and member of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) that was established 5 years ago by […]

Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel

2 July 2009

Boycott from within for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian rights. We, Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel1 and call on others to do the same. […]

The Yes Men withdraw their film from Jerusalem Film Festival, endorsing BDS

2 July 2009

Letter published in Tikkun Magazine July 1, 2009 Protesting Israeli policies, The Yes Men have withdrawn their highly acclaimed new film from the Jerusalem Film Festival where it was scheduled to be shown. “For Once, […]

Outside the main gate: a little rain doesn't dampen the spirit of justice

Racist fundraisers face falling support

27 June 2009

By Robert Burns27 June 2009 For large parts of last Tuesday’s perfect day for the outdoors, the fairways and greens at Bonnyton Golf Course near Eaglesham were empty. Unofficial police reports confirmed the obvious – […]

Israeli artists must sign secret contract ‘to promote the policy interests of the State of Israel’

25 June 2009

Putting out a contract on art by Yitzhak Laor …Below is the text of the contract that authors and artists sign with the Foreign Ministry in exchange for funding for the most important component in […]

Catholic moralist who says Israel should take all of Palestine

James MacMillan CBE is a shameless hypocrite and serial liar

9 June 2009

On 27 May (2009), Scottish composer James MacMillan CBE denounced to the Scotsman ‘the attempt to prevent Tel Aviv University graduate Tali Shalom Ezer…from travelling to Edinburgh for a screening of her film…at this year’s […]

Why boycott Veolia

3 June 2009

The Veolia parent company is Veolia Environnement, a French multinational. Veolia Transport, a subsidiary of Veolia Environnement, is a leading partner in the CityPass consortium, contracted to build a light rail tramway system linking west […]

Israel closes Palestinian festival as part of ‘ban on political activity’

26 May 2009

Armed Israeli police close theatre on first night of Palestinian festival Shortly before the opening event was due to begin, a squad of around a dozen Israeli border police walked into the Palestinian National Theatre, […]

Tainted money returned to Israeli Embassy

Edinburgh International Film Festival joins boycott of Israeli State institutions

19 May 2009

Boycott movement can oppose Israeli violence The 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival organisers announced on Friday they were returning money donated by the Israeli Embassy. The return of the money was accompanied by an admission […]

The ‘SPSC 5’ are facing trumped-up political charges of ‘racism’

17 May 2009

Far from being driven by malice towards Jews or Israelis, the rising world-wide campaign of BDS is driven by anger at the crimes of the Israeli State and its supporting Zionist institutions. The BDS campaign is […]