Articles – Page 92

Scottish First Minister: Israel is a foreign state, not a Scottish community

28 May 2010

Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, told a meeting this week of the Jewish Educational Forum that opposition to the State of Israel has nothing to do with anti-Semitism and he criticised those who would link […]

Israel hawked nuclear weapons to apartheid rulers in South Africa

27 May 2010

Nuclear Offer to Apartheid Regime Blows Diplomatic Cover Israel’s Nukes Out of the Shadows By Jonathan Cook Mordechai Vanunu, a technician at the Dimona nuclear energy plant in the Negev, provided photographic evidence and detailed […]

Elvis plays Glasgow instead of Israel

23 May 2010

Boycotting Israel has meant that Elvis will now play three extra gigs including Gateshead, Dublin, and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on July 2nd, which can be booked from the venue directly here. Scottish PSC […]

Elvis Costello boycotts Israel

21 May 2010

Standing firm against Apartheid last century and this one! Elvis Costello has cancelled his scheduled gigs in Israel on explicity human rights grounds: Read the statement on his website Please thank Elvis via his manager:gilmour@mfmgt.com […]

PROTEST SCOTTISH VISIT BY ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR

6 May 2010

Israeli Ambassador, Ron Prosor, will be given a platform in Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews on Tuesday 4 May to make the case for Israel’s crimes. PROTEST: Assemble Holy Trinity Church, South Street, St Andrews […]

Dr Hajo Meyer at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in solidarity with SPSC members charged with 'racism' for pro-Palestine activities

‘Racism’ case against five SPSC members ridiculed and thrown out

1 May 2010

Criminalising solidarity; ‘racism’ case thrown out1st May 2010 A legal attempt to stifle solidarity action with Palestine through boycott fails in Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Five members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign were accused of […]

ROGUE MSP SAYS SPSC “TARGETS JEWISH PEOPLE”

1 May 2010

Clearly ignorant of SPSC’s decisive defeat of the nonsense charge of “racism” levelled for protesting Israeli crimes (see here), rogue MSP Ken Macintosh (sponsor of the Israel exhibition that took place in the Scottish Parliament, […]

Stand-up comic Frankie Boyle stands up for Palestine and bites the hand that feeds him, hard

30 April 2010

A stand-up’s sharp take on the BBC and Palestine “I’ve been studying Israeli Army Martial Arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back. “The situation in Palestine seems to be, in […]

SCOTTISH SECRETARY OF STATE TAKES ON MANDELA & TUTU

30 April 2010

In the process of attacking SPSC for standing up for human rights and against Israel’s crimes, Scottish Secretary of State, Jim Murphy is quoted in the Jewish Telegraph defending Israel’s record: "I grew up in […]

Jewish Chronicle: Anti-Israel demos at technology show

30 April 2010

Anti-Israel demos at technology show By Marcus Dysch, April 29, 2010 Original article: Jewish Chronicle Anti-Israel demonstrations took place outside the Scottish Parliament for three days this week as an exhibition promoting the Jewish state’s […]