Governments

“It is noteworthy, and unhelpful, that while many Muslim leaders quickly condemned Al Qaeda’s Paris savagery, they find no public echo from the bulk of Jewish political leaders condemning the mass killings, the organised immiseration […]

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”. George Orwell The Scottish Government’s positions on Israel/Palestine are in flux, responding to pressures from a furious public opinion as well as the […]

A Scottish Government minister has pledged not to join the boycotts, divestments and sanctions campaign against Israel. Humza Yousaf told a Glasgow Jewish Representative Council centenary event on Tuesday night: “You get wiser as you […]

“If European leaders are serious about preventing international fighters crossing their borders, or returning home with weapons training and a grudge to bear, they should pay equal attention to all European fighters taking part in […]

We did not write concerning some ‘escalation of violence in Gaza’ – what weasel words to describe Israel’s crimes against humanity, Palestinian humanity…You have pointedly ignored our reference to Alex Salmond’s 2010 statement that “you […]

Mick Napier2 November 2012 Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond met with Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub in Edinburgh shortly before Taub faced protests from students angry at his visit to Edinburgh University. Expressing his concerns about […]

In December 2008, the Zionist mouthpiece, Jerusalem Post, ran a damage-limitation piece accusing Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign of dishonesty in claiming that Israeli water cooler company and human rights violator, Eden Springs, was suffering a […]