Governments – Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

SPSC Statement: Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

11 August 2025

The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, alongside camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa in a targeted […]

New Laws to Protect Apartheid Israel from Popular Hostility

10 September 2023

This summer 2023 we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, which Britain supported and which launched the murder of over 3,000 Chileans. This criminality is fairly well known since Thatcher brazenly […]

BBC shameless lie to conceal Israeli air piracy

1 July 2021

1. Jonathan Freedland’s untruthFreedland:“Back in 1971 was this the first ever case where a commercial scheduled passenger jet had been hijacked, taken over by a government?” Learmount: “I think that was pretty much unique at […]

Palestine: Scottish party statements

14 May 2021

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has joined Scottish Labour and the Scottish Green Party to condemn Israel’s actions and attacks on the Palestinian people. Scottish Justice Minister Humza Yousaf has spoken publicly of his distress […]

Admit Israel is a Settler colonial state? Out of the Labour Party!

27 June 2019

On the BBC Today programme this morning, Justin Webb introduces a piece (1:52 in) on the “horror” among many Labour MPs at the Party reinstating left-wing MP Chris Williamson, accused of alleged anti-semitism. Lord Charles […]

BBC challenged over bias and complicity

1 December 2017

On 2nd November, the BBC published an article by Fiona Stalker, and ran an accompanying piece on Reporting Scotland. Throughout both pieces, individuals were allowed to make unfounded accusations against pro-Palestine supporters with no attempt […]

BBC becomes the latest establishment body to cosy up to the Israel lobby in Scotland

27 November 2017

The BBC has been criticised for its failures during an episode of the BBC Two “Victoria Derbyshire” show broadcast on 27 April – see article here. The BBC was found to have given a platform […]

Texas city to citizens: no Hurricane Harvey aid unless they promise not to boycott Israel

20 October 2017

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)19 October 2017 The city of Dickinson, Texas, is requiring applicants for Hurricane Harvey rebuilding funds to certify in writing that they will not take part in a boycott of Israel. […]

Sadistic refusal of access to Britain for Gaza trauma sugeons to attend trauma conference

10 November 2015

UK decision to refuse Gaza medical experts from joining Kingston University conference condemned by campaignersJonathan OwenIndependent 10 Nov 2015 A decision by Britain to refuse a group of Palestinian medical experts from Gaza permission to […]

CCTV linked to social media, medical records

Glasgow City Council Press Office claims critics of sinister Israeli surveillance contract are “anti-Jewish”

17 February 2015

Big Brother is watching: Glasgow City Council partners with Israeli surveillance company to monitor ‘unusual behaviour’ among citizens City council spokesperson calls campaigners critical of the system “anti-Jewish” GLASGOW City Council is monitoring its citizens […]