Articles – Page 51 – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Sat July 20: Taking the Palestinian Call for BDS to Local Councils

19 June 2013

Workshop on campaigning for BDS with elected local councils Saturday 20 July 2013St John’s Church Hall, Princes Street, Edinburgh12noon – 5pm Recent months have seen developments in the campaign for BDS (Boycott, Divestment […]

“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 […]

The JCT was founded in 1899 to be the financial instrument for the colonisation of Palestine

Zionist Colonialism in Palestine

18 June 2013

Fayez Sayegh (1965) The frenzied ‘Scramble for Africa’ of the 1880s stimulated the beginnings of Zionist colonisation in Palestine. As European fortunehunters, prospective settlers, and empire builders raced for Africa, Zionist settlers and would-be state-builders […]

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 […]

UK Zionists begin to panic, see great danger for Israeli regime

8 June 2013

When the Israel boycott goes mainstreamBy Jonathan Freedland, in Jewish Chronicle 7 June 7 2013 “Rather than slamming him, those who wish the best for Israel should contemplate what Hawking’s move means – that unless […]

2013 June 4: CONTROVERSIAL ISRAEL CHARITY FACES FUNDRAISER PROTEST

4 June 2013

Tuesday 4th June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release CONTROVERSIAL ISRAEL CHARITY FACES FUNDRAISER PROTEST Campaigners are set to protest a “charity shoot” fundraiser for the UK arm of a controversial Israeli organisation today. […]

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak presenting the Rivals4Charity trophy to Hibs Skipper Frankie Arthur

2013 June 1st: Mahmoud Sarsak presents Hearts/Hibs charity trophy as calls increase to prevent Israel’s hosting of the U21 European Championships

1 June 2013

NO EMBARGO: Saturday 1st June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release PALESTINIAN FOOTBALLER PRESENTS HEARTS/HIBS RIVALS4CHARITY TROPHY AT TYNECASTLE AS CALLS INCREASE TO PREVENT ISRAEL HOSTING THE UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS A Palestinian national footballer […]

The Almond Tree – Book review

24 May 2013

The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing, 2012 £7.99 I would like to be generous in my review of this book, but that’s no easy matter. Sure enough, the author gives a […]

Church of Scotland General Assembly 2013

MEDIA RELEASE: Church of Scotland General Assembly refuses to accept misuse of scripture to claim exclusive right to territory and reaffirms support for Palestinian rights

23 May 2013

MEDIA RELEASEThursday 23 May 2013 Delegates to the Church of Scotland General Assembly have today voted to adopt a report by its Church and Society Council which challenged “claims that scripture offers any peoples a […]

Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla greets fellow South American strongman Augusto Pinochet

Anti-semitic Argentine butchers worked closely with Israel

22 May 2013

Videla reserved special treatment for Jews, and among those kidnapped there were approximately 1300 Jews, significantly higher than their share of the population. They also received special treatment in terms of torture. There is a […]