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December 10th & 11th 2011 – two anniversaries

10 December 2011

The 63rd anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of resolution 194 affirming the inalienable, natural, legal and historical rights of the Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties from which they […]

Babar on the successful 2010 small shops BDS campaign in Glasgow - don't just mourn, emulate!

In memoriam – Babar Saleem

9 December 2011

It is with great sadness that we hear of the death of Babar Saleem. Babar was a true inspiration, who continued, as long as he was able, to actively support the Palestinian freedom struggle. He […]

British trade unionists demonstrate to defend their pensions: every British TU has declared for BDS

Solidarity from Occupied Palestine with UK public sector strike

30 November 2011

Occupied Palestine, November 29 – The Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (PTUC-BDS), the largest coalition of the Palestinian trade union movement, stands in solidarity with the millions of public sector workers […]

Jewish Federations of North America register major decline in Jewish interest in Israel

10 November 2011

At the GA, fundraisers eye a Jewish earthquake Haaretz 9 Nov 2011 By Chemi Shalev "In so many sessions, professionals and activists young and old expressed both weariness and wariness from an Israel-centered acrimony in […]

Protests against Brand Israel asset Batsheva spread to Italy

9 November 2011

“The protest action in Rome is part of the international campaign Don´t Dance With Israeli Apartheid (http://www.no2brandisrael.org/),which in recent weeks has seen protests at every Batsheva performance in the UK and has involved noted choreographers […]

Attacked on high seas on way to Gaza by Israeli military

6 November 2011

ISRAELI TAKEOVER OF FREEDOM BOATS VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS Contrary to Israeli claims that the takeover of the two Freedom boats Tahrir and MV Saoirse by the Israeli navy was peaceful, organisers of this latest Freedom […]

Mass international fly-in to Tel Aviv to visit imprisoned people of Palestine

6 November 2011

Welcome to Palestine Initiative 2012 The challenge to Israel’s illegal siege of Palestine has to move from words to deeds; a small flotilla of boats challenge the siege of Gaza by sea and the Welcome […]

BDS Victory against Eden Springs

6 November 2011

by Glasgow Caledonian Palestine Society, 31 October 2011 Glasgow Caledonian Palestine Society are delighted that Eden Springs no longer provide water anywhere on our campus. Mayanot Eden (The Israeli parent company of Eden Springs UK) […]

Demonstrating against Israeli crimes; pushing the boycott campaign

Israeli diplomat: “Every appearance by an official Israeli representative in Scotland is like a visit to enemy territory”

2 November 2011

Does Scotland manage to be anti-Israel without being anti-Semitic?Anshel Pfeffer in Glasgow Haaretz 2 November 2012 No one I spoke to there seems to have ever personally experienced anti-Jewish bias… Similar boycott efforts also occur in […]

Dennis MacShane wants to define anti-Semitism to cover legitimate areas of political support for Palestinians

Denis MacShane – thief, bully and militant Zionist

2 November 2011

Mick Napier24 December 2013 Denis MacShane, Tony Blair’s Europe minister, has been jailed for six months for stealing £13,000 in expenses fiddles while an MP. He was expelled from the Labour party just over a […]